Use of a Socially Assistive Robot to Promote Physical Activity of Older Adults at Home
Use of a Socially Assistive Robot to Promote Physical Activity of Older Adults at Home
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使用社交辅助机器人促进老年人在家中的身体活动
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-030-70807-8_5
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发表时间：
2020
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Sabina Misoch
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作者：
Esther Ruf;Stephanie Lehmann;Sabina Misoch
人口结构的变化正在导致老年人的比例上升。卫生和保健部门必须适应，因为疾病和功能限制随着年龄的增长而增加。需要制定战略来促进和提高老年人的功能能力。保护健康的一个关键因素是有规律的体力活动。然而，老年人的活动量不够。因此，重要的是制定战略，鼓励老年人参加体育活动。定期激励和指导是有帮助的，但由于工作人员短缺和个性化培训人员的高昂成本，往往行不通。一种解决方案是使用技术。几项研究表明，机器人作为体力活动的指导者和激励者具有积极作用。然而，它是否适合在私人家庭中使用还没有得到检验。因此，这项探索性的用户研究调查了社交辅助机器人是否可以成为激励独立生活的老年人定期锻炼的实用解决方案。七名年长的成年人参与了调查。他们在机器人的指导下训练了一周。参与者喜欢机器人，但出现了一些技术困难，如速度慢、交流、人脸识别、稳定性和声学问题。参与者认为机器人是一种激励，但他们预计会产生适应效果。即使所使用的机器人不适合在家中进行自主训练，这项研究也可以帮助找到新的方法，在老年人的参与下激励老年人定期进行体育活动，并改进技术解决方案。
Demographic change is leading to a higher proportion of older adults. The health and care sector must adapt because diseases and functional limitations increase with age. Strategies are required to promote and improve the functional capacity of older adults. A key factor in protecting health is regular physical activity. However, older adults do not move enough. It is therefore important to develop strategies to encourage older adults to be physically active. Regular motivation and guidance are helpful, but often not feasible due to staff shortages and high costs of personalized trainers. One solution is to use technology. Several studies have shown the positive effects of robots as instructors and motivators for physical activity. However, it has not been examined whether it is suitable in the private household. Therefore, the explorative user study investigated whether a socially assistive robot could be a practical solution to motivate older adults living independently to exercise regularly. Seven older adults participated. They trained one week with the robot as an instructor. The participants enjoyed the robot, but some technical difficulties such as slowness, communication, face recognition, stability, and acoustic problems occured. The participants experienced the robot as motivating, but they expected habituation effects. Even if the robot used was not suitable for autonomous training at home, this research can help find new ways to motivate older adults to engage in regular physical activity and improve technical solutions with the involvement of older adults.
影响因子：
5.7
作者：
Schulz, Richard;Wahl, Hans-Werner;Czaja, Sara J.
通讯作者：
Czaja, Sara J.