Journal of medical Internet research
Participant Characteristics Associated With Loneliness Reduction During a Digital Social Robot Intervention Among Older Adults Living Alone in Japan: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
By Murayama H and Takase M.
Abstract
Among community-dwelling older adults living alone, less frequent preintervention social contact was associated with greater reductions in loneliness during a social robot intervention. Future trials should examine whether preintervention social contact modifies the effects of social robot interventions.
Keywords
- Loneliness
- Japan
- Robotics
- Social Isolation
- Secondary Data Analysis
- digital social robots