PARO as a Biofeedback Medical Device for Mental Health in the COVID-19 Era
PARO as a Biofeedback Medical Device for Mental Health in the COVID-19 Era
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DOI：
10.3390/su132011502
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发表时间：
2021-10-01
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Coughlin, Joseph F.
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作者：
Shibata, Takanori;Hung, Lillian;Coughlin, Joseph F.
新冠肺炎疫情正在全球蔓延，社会可能需要数年时间才能完全恢复。已实施个人防护装备、各种卫生措施和社会距离，以减少“人与人”接触，这是预防暴发的重要组成部分。大流行的压力加上沟通和社会接触的减少对许多人的心理健康造成了损害，特别是在焦虑和抑郁方面。有效地使用机器人和技术作为传统医学的替代品或与之协同工作，现在可以比以往任何时候都在减少心理痛苦方面发挥宝贵的作用。本文综述了帕罗的临床研究成果。帕罗是一种治疗性封印机器人，在心理健康领域广泛用作生物反馈医疗设备和社交辅助机器人。在新冠肺炎大流行期间，Paro已被证明是一种有效和经济的非药物干预方法，对身心健康都有帮助。在这些时间内使用Paro提供了更多的数据供考虑，并有助于减轻在治疗环境中使用机器人的负面耻辱。
The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading across the globe, and it could take years for society to fully recover. Personal protective equipment (PPE), various hygiene measures, and social distancing have been implemented to reduce "human to human " contact, which is an essential part of outbreak prevention. The pressure of the pandemic combined with decreased communication and social contact have taken a toll on the mental health of many individuals, especially with respect to anxiety and depression. Effective use of robots and technology as a substitute for-or in coordination with-traditional medicine could play a valuable role in reducing psychological distress now more than ever. This paper summarizes the results of a comprehensive review of clinical research on PARO, a therapeutic seal robot, which has been used extensively as a biofeedback medical device and socially assistive robot in the field of mental health. PARO has proven to be an effective and economical non-pharmacological intervention method for both mental and physical well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilization of PARO during these times has provided more data for consideration and has helped in mitigating the negative stigma surrounding using robots in therapeutic settings.