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Impact of an Emotional Robot on Quality of Working Life of Caregivers in a Geriatric Unit

NCT03994159 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2022-04-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Since February 2016, with the objective of improving the quality of life and the autonomy of residents, the Le Mans General Hospital uses an interactive "emotional" robot within its geriatric wards.

This emotional robot, Paro, is equipped with a dozen sensors, 3 microphones and interacts with its user: it reacts to touch, voice and heat making small sounds and moves its head, fins and tail. The algorithm that governs Paro's behavior allows him to offer a behavioral answer adapted to the user's stimuli. Thus, Paro is able to communicate beneficial emotions to patients.

To this day however there is no published study exploring the effect of such a robot on team dynamics among caregivers in hospital units.

Our research aims at highlighting the benefits that a healthcare team perceives when working with this tool among patients suffering from dementia.

Conditions

  • Burnout, Professional
  • Stress
  • Anxiety

Interventions

DEVICE

Use of the "PARO" emotional robot

PARO is an advanced interactive therapeutic robot designed to stimulate patients with Dementia, Alzheimer's, and other cognition disorders.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier de Chateau du Loir

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Centre Hospitalier de Saint Calais

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Centre Hospitalier Local de Beaumont sur Sarthe

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Centre Hospitalier le Mans

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cathy LOIRAT · Centre Hospitalier du Mans

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-14
Primary Completion
2023-03-01
Completion
2023-03-01

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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Diseases

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