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Exploring Factors Related to Social Isolation Among Older Adults in the Predementia Stage Using Ecological Momentary Assessments and Actigraphy: Machine Learning Approach.
Journal of medical Internet research
Jun 23, 2025
BACKGROUND: As the global population ages, the economic burden of dementia continues to rise. Social isolation-which includes limited social interaction and feelings of loneliness-negatively affects cognitive function and is a significant risk factor...
Understanding patterns of loneliness in older long-term care users using natural language processing with free text case notes.
PloS one
Apr 2, 2025
Loneliness and social isolation are distressing for individuals and predictors of mortality, yet data on their impact on publicly funded long-term care is limited. Using recent advances in natural language processing (NLP), we analysed pseudonymised ...
COVID-19 prevention and control effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions-fuzzy-sets qualitative comparative analysis based on 69 countries in the world.
Frontiers in public health
Jul 26, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019 occurred unexpectedly in late December 2019, it was difficult to immediately develop an effective vaccine or propose targeted medical interventions in the early stages of the outbreak. At this point, non-pharmac...
Social Workers' Perspectives on Socially Isolated Older Adults Living with a Robot Companion.
Journal of gerontological social work
Apr 21, 2024
Addressing depression and social isolation among solo-living older adults in South Korea requires a multi-faceted approach. This study aims to explore the advantages and obstacles of a robotic elder care program by analyzing social workers' viewpoint...
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
Feb 26, 2024
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...
Social companion robots for alleviating depression and loneliness in institutional older adults.
Psychiatry research
Aug 22, 2023
Research Participant Selection Bias in the Workshop Using Socially Assistive Robots for Older Adults and Its Effect on Population Representativeness.
International journal of environmental research and public health
May 22, 2023
Every research participant has their own personality characteristics. For example, older adults assisted by socially assistive robots (SAR) may have their own unique characteristics and may not be representative of the general population of older adu...
Assessing Virtual Reality Spaces for Elders Using Image-Based Sentiment Analysis and Stress Level Detection.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Apr 20, 2023
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...
Socially Assistive Humanoid Robots: Effects on Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life among Low-Income, Socially Isolated Older Adults in South Korea.
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
Nov 3, 2022
Using a mixed-method study design, we examined the effects of a socially assistive humanoid robot (SAHR), called Hyodol, on depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of low-income, socially isolated older adults ( = 180). Quantit...
A Meta-Analysis on Remote HRI and In-Person HRI: What Is a Socially Assistive Robot to Do?
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 21, 2022
Recently, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the related social distancing measures, in-person activities have been significantly reduced to limit the spread of the virus, especially in healthcare settings. This has led to loneliness and social isolati...
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