Comparison of Acceptance and Knowledge Transfer in Patient Information Before an MRI Exam Administered by Humanoid Robot Versus a Tablet Computer: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Journal: RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin
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Abstract

PURPOSE:  To investigate whether a humanoid robot in a clinical radiological setting is accepted as a source of information in conversations before MRI examinations of patients. In addition, the usability and the information transfer were compared with a tablet.

Authors

  • Dietrich Stoevesandt
    Dorothea Erxleben Lernzentrum, Medizinische Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Deutschland.
  • Patrick Jahn
    Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Stabsstelle Pflegeforschung, Halle (Saale), Deutschland.
  • Stefan Watzke
    Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Walter A Wohlgemuth
    Department of Radiology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Dominik Behr
    Dorothea Erxleben Skills and Simulation Centre, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Christian Buhtz
    Dorothea Erxleben Lernzentrum, Medizinische Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Deutschland. Electronic address: christian.buhtz@medizin.uni-halle.de.
  • Irina Faber
    Dorothea Erxleben Skills and Simulation Centre, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Stephanie Enger
    Department of Radiology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Karsten Schwarz
    Dorothea Erxleben Lernzentrum, Medizinische Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Deutschland.
  • Richard Brill
    Department of Radiology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.