08 September 2023 : Clinical Research
Determinants of Attitude to a Humanoid Social Robot in Care for Older Adults: A Post-Interaction Study
Sławomir Tobis
1ABCDEF*, Joanna Piasek-Skupna 2BEF, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska 3BCDEF, Urszula Religioni 4EF, Aleksandra Suwalska 5BCDEF
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.941205
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941205
Table 2 Assessment of the correlation between the participants’ opinions (n=161) on the role of the robot and the robot’s functions in care for older adults grouped by self-assessment, functional capacity, and needs analysis.
| The robot should be | Functions of the robot | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A companion of the older person | An assistant of the older person | A useful device of the older person | Assistive functions | Social functions | ||
| Self-assessment | Computer use | r=0.0648 | r=0.07677 | r=0.05240 | r=0.0777 | r=0.0101 |
| p=0.3945 | p=0.3126 | p=0.4910 | p=0.3302 | p=0.8995 | ||
| Ease of use of technology | r=0.0720 | r=0.0552 | r=0.0201 | r=0.01316 | r=−0.0720 | |
| p=0.3453 | p=0.4691 | p=0.7923 | p=0.8696 | p=0.3705 | ||
| Loneliness | r=−0.008 | r=0.1010 | r=0.0020 | r=0.07128 | r=−0.0700 | |
| p=0.9133 | p=0.1872 | p=0.9789 | p=0.3766 | p=0.3902 | ||
| Health status | r=−0.0638 | r=−0.0496 | r=0.0329 | r=−0.0352 | r=0.0337 | |
| p=0.4044 | p=0.5172 | p=0.6677 | p=0.6616 | p=0.6763 | ||
| Fitness | r=−0.0131 | r=−0.0078 | r=0.0314 | r=−0.1010 | r=0.02239 | |
| p=0.8642 | p=0.9187 | p=0.6819 | p=0.2082 | p=0.7815 | ||
| Functional capacity | MMSE | r=0.0556 | r=0.0014 | r=−0.0039 | r=0.0387 | r=−0.0171 |
| p=0.5110 | p=0.8657 | p=0.9635 | p=0.6476 | p=0.8406 | ||
| GDS | r=−0.0647 | r=−0.0527 | r=−0.0161 | r=0.0330 | r=−0.0145 | |
| p=0.4394 | p=0.5287 | p=0.8475 | p=0.9686 | p=0.8629 | ||
| IADL | r=−0.0449 | r=−0.1192 | r=−0.0818 | r=−0.0318 | r=−0.0785 | |
| p=0.9932 | p=0.1549 | p=0.3295 | p=0.7038 | p=0.3497 | ||
| ADL | r=−0.1220 | r=−0.1800 | r=−0.1898 | r=−0.1224 | r=−0.604 | |
| p=0.1453 | p=0.0309 | p=0.1901 | p=0.1425 | p=0.4721 | ||
| Needs analysis based on the EASYCare Standard 2010 questionnaire | Independence score | r=0.0765 | r=0.1731 | r=0.1452 | r=0.1515 | r=0.0605 |
| p=0.3519 | p=0.0341 | p=0.0763 | p=0.0634 | p=0.4639 | ||
| Risk of breakdown in care | r=0.0948 | r=0.1303 | r=0.0933 | r=0.1067 | r=0.0854 | |
| p=0.2437 | p=0.1085 | p=0.2514 | p=0.1920 | p=0.2986 | ||
| Risk of falls | r=−0.0360 | r=−0.0001 | r=−0.0189 | r=0.1236 | r=0.0025 | |
| p=0.6589 | p=0.9996 | p=0.8169 | p=0.1304 | p=0.9754 | ||
| Number of needs in domain 1 | r=−0.0556 | r=−0.0341 | r=−0.0626 | r=0.1460 | r=−0.0244 | |
| p=0.5126 | p=0.6881 | p=0.4605 | p=0.0829 | p=0.7744 | ||
| Number of needs in domain 2 | r=0.0810 | r=0.1597 | r=0.1065 | r=0.1292 | r=0.0198 | |
| p=0.3397 | p=0.0585 | p=0.209 | p=0.1254 | p=0.8153 | ||
| Number of needs in domain 3 | r=−0.0310 | r=0.0673 | r=0.0445 | r=0.0135 | r=−0.0250 | |
| p=0.7154 | p=0.4276 | p=0.6002 | p=0.8730 | p=0.7689 | ||
| Number of needs in domain 4 | r=−0.0315 | r=−0.0640 | r=0.0372 | r=0.1763 | r=−0.0096 | |
| p=0.7106 | p=0.4509 | p=0.6617 | p=0.0358 | p=0.9096 | ||
| Number of needs in domain 5 | r=0.1245 | r=0.1523 | r=0.1745 | r=0.02477 | r=0.1403 | |
| p=0.1406 | p=0.0714 | p=0.0385 | p=0.7698 | p=0.0970 | ||
| Number of needs in domain 6 | r=0.0588 | r=−0.0110 | r=0.0903 | r=0.0687 | r=0.0548 | |
| p=0.4888 | p=0.8971 | p=0.2868 | p=0.4167 | p=0.5184 | ||
| Number of needs in domain 7 | r=0.1063 | r=0.0614 | r=−0.0870 | r=0.0743 | r=−0.0612 | |
| p=0.2132 | p=0.4726 | p=0.3086 | p=0.3832 | p=0.4739 | ||
| n – number of respondents; – the value; R – the Spearman coefficient; MMSE – Mini-Mental State Examination; GDS – Geriatric Depression Scale; IADL – Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; ADL – Activities of Daily Living. | ||||||