AIMC Topic: Loneliness

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A machine-learning approach to model risk and protective factors of vulnerability to depression.

Journal of psychiatric research
There are multiple risk and protective factors for depression. The association between these factors with vulnerability to depression is unclear. Such knowledge is an important insight into assessing risk for developing depression for precision inter...

Can Socially Assistive Robots Be Accepted by Older People Living Alone in the Community?: Empirical Findings from a Social Work Project in China.

Journal of gerontological social work
A pilot study was undertaken between March 2019 and September 2021, loaning socially assistive robots (SARs) for a 7-day trial to older people living alone in China. Quantitative assessments of participants' acceptance of technology and loneliness we...

The Effect of Social Robots on Depression and Loneliness for Older Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
OBJECTIVES: Depression and loneliness are challenges facing older residents living in long-term care facilities. Social robots might be a solution as nonpharmacologic interventions. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of concrete for...

Exploring the Use of Socially Assistive Robots Among Socially Isolated Korean American Older Adults.

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
This pilot study explored whether a socially assistive robot (SAR) would have positive effects on Korean American immigrant older adults' health behaviors and emotional well-being and whether the older adults would be receptive to the SAR. A total of...

Older adults' communication with an interactive humanoid robot : Expectations and experiences of older adults in verbal and nonverbal communication with a socially interactive humanoid robot: a mixed methods design in Germany.

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: One possible approach to counter singularization and loneliness of older adults is the development and implementation of socially interactive robots. Little is known about the expectations and experiences of older adults wit...

Humans are biocultural, science should be too.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
COVID-19 is restructuring societies. Loneliness is a global health threat. Large language models are outputting biased health care information, and human-artificial intelligence (AI) interfaces are reshaping how we live. For most humans, technology, ...

Assessing Virtual Reality Spaces for Elders Using Image-Based Sentiment Analysis and Stress Level Detection.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Seniors, in order to be able to fight loneliness, need to communicate with other people and be engaged in activities to keep their minds active to increase their social capital. There is an intensified interest in the development of social virtual re...

Prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national-based study.

Journal of affective disorders
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported that the prevalence of depression and depressive symptoms was significantly higher than that before the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of depressive symptoms and evaluate the i...

Associations Between Older Adults' Loneliness and Acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Journal of gerontological nursing
The use of socially assistive robots (SARs) to enable older adults (aged ≥65 years) to live independently for as long as possible has been researched for several years. Of particular interest is the way SARs can combat loneliness. A quantitative cros...