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118tiOill Institute for HoIth Resod
PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews
What can robots do to help people with dementia- the evidence to date?
Clare YU, Gill Livingston, Andrew Sommerlad, Jelena Sakure
Citation Clare YU, Gill Livingston, Andrew Sommerlad, Jelena Sakure. What can robots do to help people with dementia- the evidence to date?. PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020168239 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020168239
Review question 1. What are robots used for in dementia care? 2. What is the feasibility and acceptability of robots in each task they are used for in caring for people with dementia (PWD)? 3. What are the enablers and barriers to the use of robots in dementia care? 4. What is the effectiveness of robots and on which dementia outcomes?
Searches
I will conduct the search on the following 6 electronic databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), IEEE Xplore Digital Library and El Engineering village. I will also conduct handsearching through the reference lists of any related reviews. All the searchers will be conducted in the title and abstract field. I will develop search terms tailored to each database. The search strategy consists of two key concepts: ‘Dementia’ and ‘Robots’, along with MeSH terms and free search terms. These search terms will be combined using Boolean operators (i.e. AND, OR) and applied with human filters. No restrictions on language of publication and publication date
For example, for the MEDLINE database, I will use search terms: (robotics or robo* or telerobo* or telerobo* or telepresence) AND (Dementia or dement or alzheimer* or lewy* adj2 bod* or pick* adj2 disease or creutzfeldt or jcd or cjd or frontotemporal). Human filter will be applied in the search.
Types of study to be included I will only include peer-reviewed studies and there are no restrictions on language of publication and publication date. As relevant studies in this field are likely to be limited due to novelty, any quantitative (i.e. randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, cross-sectional studies), qualitative (e.g. case studies) and mixed method studies will be included if they focused on robot use on PWD. Studies that solely focused on the architecture of robotic device will be excluded.
Condition or domain being studied The use of robots in dementia care.
Participants/population I will include studies which examine PWD. Participants must have a diagnosis of any dementia based on validated criteria, e.g. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)/ International Classification of Diseases (ICD), or following clinical diagnosis by clinicians. Those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) but without a diagnosis of dementia will be excluded. There is no restriction regarding stage and types of dementia, demographic characteristics and physical/psychiatric comorbidity of the participants. As I intend to study the application, acceptability and feasibility of robot use in dementia care, studies which include family caregivers and health care professionals will be included as long as the robotic interventions are to do with helping PWD.
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