The effectiveness of a therapeutic robot, 'Paro', on behavioural and psychological symptoms, medication use, total sleep time and sociability in older adults with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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• Nur Lidiya Abdul Rashid
  Major Operating Theatre Department, Woodlands Health, 2 Yishun Central 2, Tower E, Level 5, Yishun Community Hospital, Singapore 768024, Singapore. Electronic address: e0325757@u.nus.edu.
• Yihong Leow
  Emergency Medicine, Woodlands Health, 2 Yishun Central 2, Tower E, Level 5, Yishun Community Hospital, Singapore 768024, Singapore. Electronic address: e0309286@u.nus.edu.
• Piyanee Klainin-Yobas
  Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Level 2, Clinical Research Centre, Block MD 11, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore. Electronic address: nurpk@nus.edu.sg.
• Sakiko Itoh
  Department of Home Health and Palliative Care Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan. Electronic address: itoh.sakiko@tmd.ac.jp.
• Vivien Xi Wu
  Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Level 2, Clinical Research Centre, Block MD 11, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore; NUSMED Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, National University of Singapore, 28 Medical Drive, Singapore 117456, Singapore. Electronic address: vivien.wu@nus.edu.sg.

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