AIMC Topic: Social Support

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A Research Roadmap: Connected Health as an Enabler of Cancer Patient Support.

Journal of medical Internet research
The evidence that quality of life is a positive variable for the survival of cancer patients has prompted the interest of the health and pharmaceutical industry in considering that variable as a final clinical outcome. Sustained improvements in cance...

Identifying Features that Enhance Older Adults' Acceptance of Robots: A Mixed Methods Study.

Gerontology
BACKGROUND: With global aging, robots are considered a promising solution for handling the shortage of aged care and companionships. However, these technologies would serve little purpose if their intended users do not accept them. While the socioemo...

Ensemble machine learning prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder screening status after emergency room hospitalization.

Journal of anxiety disorders
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops in a substantial minority of emergency room admits. Inexpensive and accurate person-level assessment of PTSD risk after trauma exposure is a critical precursor to large-scale deployment of early intervent...

Machine learning to support social media empowered patients in cancer care and cancer treatment decisions.

PloS one
BACKGROUND: A primary variant of social media, online support groups (OSG) extend beyond the standard definition to incorporate a dimension of advice, support and guidance for patients. OSG are complementary, yet significant adjunct to patient journe...

[Emotional robots in a nursing context : Empirical analysis of the present use and the effects of Paro and Pleo].

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
BACKGROUND: It has been questioned by researchers in robotics as well in the general public to what extent companion-type robots can support the elderly with the fulfillment of their psychological and social needs. Although these robots have already ...

A happiness degree predictor using the conceptual data structure for deep learning architectures.

Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Happiness is a universal fundamental human goal. Since the emergence of Positive Psychology, a major focus in psychological research has been to study the role of certain factors in the prediction of happiness. The conventio...

Inclusion of service robots in the daily lives of frail older users: A step-by-step definition procedure on users' requirements.

Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
The implications for the inclusion of robots in the daily lives of frail older adults, especially in relation to these population needs, have not been extensively studied. The "Multi-Role Shadow Robotic System for Independent Living" (SRS) project ha...

Comparing clinician descriptions of frailty and geriatric syndromes using electronic health records: a retrospective cohort study.

BMC geriatrics
BACKGROUND: Geriatric syndromes, including frailty, are common in older adults and associated with adverse outcomes. We compared patients described in clinical notes as "frail" to other older adults with respect to geriatric syndrome burden and healt...