Care Personnel's Attitudes and Fears Toward Care Robots in Elderly Care: A Comparison of Data from the Care Personnel in Finland and Japan
Care Personnel's Attitudes and Fears Toward Care Robots in Elderly Care: A Comparison of Data from the Care Personnel in Finland and Japan
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DOI：
10.1111/jnu.12435
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发表时间：
2018-11-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Rantanen, Teemu
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作者：
Coco, Kirsi;Kangasniemi, Mari;Rantanen, Teemu
目的本研究的目的是分析和比较芬兰和日本老年护理人员对护理机器人的态度。设计方法在芬兰和日本进行横断面调查。芬兰的样本是2016年从五个城市的家庭护理机构的护理人员中收集的。日本样本于2017年从本州岛北部两家康复日间中心和三家养老院的工作人员中收集。采用基本统计学方法对数据进行分析，并计算描述性统计（频次）。芬兰和日本数据之间的差异已经使用Mann-Whitney U检验进行了分析。总体而言，日本护理人员比芬兰同行更积极地评估机器人的有用性。数据显示，各国对护理机器人各种潜在任务的感知重要性存在显著差异。研究结果表明，人们对引进护理机器人也有一定的担忧，尤其是在芬兰的护理人员中。来自日本护理人员的数据为密切的人机关系的概念带来了新的视角。芬兰和日本在结果上的差异部分可以用文化差异来解释，但众所周知，日本在护理中使用机器人方面是一个更发达的国家。这项研究强调了在研究护理机器人问题时文化因素的重要性。影响恐惧的因素包括担心护理机器人会被用来取代人类，治疗的非人性化，以及老年人孤独感的增加。因此，需要进一步的研究来证明不同文化因素与护理机器人的态度和观念之间的关系。临床相关性管理在实施机器人技术时起着关键作用。重要的是要帮助护理人员接受护理机器人，并减少任何担心它们的引入会使老年人的待遇变得不人道或在某种程度上增加他们的孤独感。因此，教育对于改变态度和使护理人员了解护理机器人可以执行日常任务至关重要，从而使护理人员能够专注于提供更好的护理和护理。
Purpose The aim of the study was to analyze and compare elderly care personnel attitudes toward care robots in Finland and Japan. Design Methods Cross-sectional survey in Finland and Japan. The Finnish sample was collected from care personnel in home care facilities in five municipalities in 2016. The Japanese sample was collected from personnel in two rehabilitative day centers and three residential care homes for the elderly in the north of Honshu Island in 2017. The data were analyzed using basic statistical methods and calculated descriptive statistics (frequencies). Differences between the Finnish and Japanese data have been analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test. Findings Discussion Overall, Japanese care personnel assessed the usefulness of robots more positively than did their Finnish counterparts. The data showed substantial national differences in the perceived importance of various potential tasks for care robots. The findings show that there are also certain fears related to the introduction of care robots, in particular among the Finnish care personnel. The data from the Japanese care personnel bring new perspectives to the concept of a close human-robot relationship. The differences seen in the results between Finland and Japan can be partly explained by cultural dissimilarity, but it is also known that Japan is a more developed country with regard to the use of robotics in nursing care. The research highlights the importance of cultural factors when examining the issue of care robotics. The factors affecting fear are a concern that care robots would be used to replace people, the dehumanization of treatment, and an increased loneliness in the elderly. Thus, further research is required to demonstrate the relationship between different cultural factors, and attitudes and conceptions toward care robots. Clinical Relevance Management plays a key role when implementing robotics. It is important to help care personnel accept care robots, and to diminish any fears that their introduction would make the treatment of elderly people inhumane or in some way add to their loneliness. As such, education is crucial in changing attitudes and making care personnel understand that care robots can perform routine tasks, allowing care personnel to focus on providing improved care and nursing.