Increasing efficiency and well-being? a systematic review of the empirical claims of the double-benefit argument in socially assistive devices

Haltaufderheide, Joschka; Lucht, Annika; Strünck, Christoph; Vollmann, Jochen

doi:10.1186/s12910-023-00984-z

Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Increasing efficiency and well-being? a systematic review of the empirical claims of the double-benefit argument in socially assistive devices

Article	Study type	Intervention	Comparison	Device
Bemelmans et al. 2015 [67]	quasi-experimental time series (ABAB -design)	Facilitation of daily care tasks	Care support intervention	Paro
Beuscher et al. 2017 [55]	Before/After	Facilitation of physical, social or cognitive activities in group and one-on-one		Nao
Bickmore et al. 2005 [56]	RCT	Facilitation of physical activities	Standard of care	FitTrack
Broadbent et al. 2016 [45]	CT	Availability for free interaction	Standard of care	Guide and Cafero
Broadbent et al. 2018 [46]	RCT	Facilitation of treatment adherence	Standard of care	iRobi
Chen et al. 2020 [75]	Before/After	Non-facilitated free interaction		Paro
D’Onofrio et al. 2019 [62]	Before/After	Facilitated interaction		MARIO
Demange et al. 2018 [65]	Before/After	Free interaction (non-participating supervision)		Paro
Fan et al. 2017 [70]	Before/After	One-on-one / triadic interaction		Nao (ROCARE)
Fischinger et al. 2016 [61]	Before/After	6 standardized care support operations performed by the robot		Hobbit
Gustafsson, Svanberg, and Müllersdorf 2015 [68]	Single-Case Study (A-B-A design)	Facilitation of physical, social or cognitive activities		Justo Cat
Jones et al. 2018 [37]	RCT	Individual non-factilitated interaction	Standard of care	Paro
Jøranson, Pedersen, Rokstad, and Ihlebaek 2016 [58]	RCT	Robot-assisted group acitivity	Standard of care	Paro
Jøranson, Pedersen, Rokstad, Aamodt, et al. 2015 [60]	RCT	Robot-assisted group acitivity	Standard of care	Paro
Jøranson et al. 2016 [59]	RCT	Robot-assisted group acitivity	Standard of care	Paro
Ke et al. 2020 [66]	RCT (ABAB-design)	Unstructured non-facilitated interaction	Standard of care	Kabochan
Khosla et al. 2021 [38]	Before/After	Interaction in home based care		Betty
Liang et al. 2017 [47]	RCT	Unstructured group sessions	Standard of care	Paro
Libin and Cohen-Mansfield 2004 [72]	Quasi-Experimental trial	Facilititated interactive sessions	Plush toy	NeCoRo
McGlynn et al. 2017 [57]	Before/After	Facilitated interaction	Plush toy	Paro
Mervin et al. 2018 [39]	RCT	Individual non-facilitated intervention	Plush toy and standard of care	Paro
Moyle et al. 2013 [40]	Randomised Crossover Study	Facilitation of physical, social or cognitive activities	Reading group intervention	Paro
Moyle et al. 2017 [41]	RCT	Individual non-facilitated sessions	Plush toy and standard of care	Paro
Petersen et al. 2016 [73]	RCT	Facilitated group intervention	Standard of care	Paro
Pripfl et al. 2016 [63]	Before/After	Free interaction in home care		Hobbit
Pu et al. 2020a [42]	RCT	Individual non-facilitated sessions	Standard of care	Paro
Pu et al. 2020b [43]	RCT	Individual non-facilitated sessions	Standard of care	Paro
Pu et al. 2021 [44]	RCT	Individual non-facilitated sessions	Standard of care	Paro
Robinson et al. 2013a [48]	Quasi-Experimental trial	Facilitated interaction with Paro	Facilitated interaction with Guide	Paro and Guide
Robinson et al. 2013b [49]	RCT	Robot-assisted discussion groups	Standard of care	Paro
Robinson, MacDonald, and Broadbent 2015 [50]	Quasi-Experimental (A-B-A design)	Facilitated interaction		Paro
Shibata et al. 2004 [71]	Before/After	Availability for free interaction	Availability for free interaction with placebo Paro (reduced functions	Paro
Valenti-Soler et al. 2015 [64]	RCT (2 phases)	Phase1/2: Paro and Nao in standardized occupational therapy sessions	Phase1: standard of care Phase 2: Dog therapy	Paro and Nao
Stafford et al. 2014 [51]	Before/After	Availability for facilitated interaction /individual sessions		Charlie
Sung et al. 2015 [69]	Before/After	Robot-assisted group therapy		Paro
Tamura et al. 2004 [52]	Quasi experimental trial	Robot-assisted occupational therapy	Toy	AIBO
Wada et al. 2005 [53]	Time series	Group interaction		Paro
Wada et al. 2006 [74]	Time series	Group interaction		Paro
Wada and Shibata 2008 [54]	Before/After	Availability for free interaction		Paro

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