Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of social robots for older adults and people with dementia: A scoping review

Findings

Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Full-text report

Full-text report (free)
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2020
Year Published

2021
Quality Rating

6/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

Australia (9); Netherlands (6); Finland (5); UK (England) (5); USA (5); Austria (4); France (3); Germany (3); Italy (3); New Zealand (3); Belgium (2); Greece (2); Ireland (2); Japan (2); Sweden (2); Denmark (1); Hungary (1); Mexico (1); Poland (1); UK (Wales) (1)
Global/regional focus

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Country focus

Australia (9); Netherlands (6); Finland (5); UK (England) (5); USA (5); Austria (4); France (3); Germany (3); Italy (3); New Zealand (3); Belgium (2); Greece (2); Ireland (2); Japan (2); Sweden (2); Denmark (1); Hungary (1); Mexico (1); Poland (1); UK (Wales) (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review addressing other questions
Type of question

Not effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Not yet available
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
Culturally appropriate care
With what supports is care provided
ICT that support individuals who receive care
Implementation strategies
Consumer-targeted strategy
(Personal) Support
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Alzheimer and other dementias
Technologies
Devices

Publication details

Citation

Koh WQ, Felding SA, Budak KB, Toomey E, Casey D. Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of social robots for older adults and people with dementia: A scoping review. BMC Geriatrics. 2021;21:351.
DOI

10.1186/s12877-021-02277-9

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