AIMC Topic: Patient Acceptance of Health Care

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Living with the animals: animal or robotic companions for the elderly in smart homes?

Journal of medical ethics
Although the use of pet robots in senior living facilities and day-care centres, particularly for individuals suffering from dementia, has been intensively researched, the question of introducing pet robots into domestic settings has been relatively ...

Acceptability of Robot Assistant in Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Children.

Diabetes technology & therapeutics
BACKGROUND: To find out whether children with type 1 diabetes accept a humanoid robot as an assistant in their diabetes management. In particular, the study aims to determine how the patients feel the robot may contribute to their care and how they r...

[Should assistive robots have a "personality"? : Potential of simplified robot personalities].

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
BACKGROUND: In the European Union (EU) research project "HOBBIT" prototypes of assistive robots were developed in order to support a more secure and independent life style and trials were run at the homes of elderly users.

Effectiveness of a social robot, "Paro," in a VA long-term care setting.

Psychological services
Interest in animal assisted interventions (AAI) has grown over the years, but acceptance of AAI by the clinical and research community has been hampered by safety, hygiene, and logistical concerns. Advances in the field of social robotics have provid...

Will they participate? Predicting patients' response to clinical trial invitations in a pediatric emergency department.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
OBJECTIVE: (1) To develop an automated algorithm to predict a patient's response (ie, if the patient agrees or declines) before he/she is approached for a clinical trial invitation; (2) to assess the algorithm performance and the predictors on real-w...

Effect of an interactive therapeutic robotic animal on engagement, mood states, agitation and psychotropic drug use in people with dementia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol.

BMJ open
INTRODUCTION: Apathy, agitated behaviours, loneliness and depression are common consequences of dementia. This trial aims to evaluate the effect of a robotic animal on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in people with dementia living ...

Supporting Personalized prEgnancy Care wIth Artificial inteLligence (SPECIAL): An Acceptability Study of a Personalized Educational Platform.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Postpartum depression (PPD) affects approximately 20% of pregnant individuals, yet half of these cases remain under-treated despite the availability of educational interventions. To address this gap, the Supporting Personalized prEgnancy Care wIth Ar...

Healthcare resource utilization for the management of neonatal head shape deformities: a propensity-matched analysis of AI-assisted and conventional approaches.

Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics
OBJECTIVE: Overuse of radiography studies and underuse of conservative therapies for cranial deformities in neonates is a known inefficiency in pediatric craniofacial healthcare. This study sought to establish whether the introduction of artificial i...