Are social robots ready yet to be used in care and therapy of autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Autism spectrum disorder
Health outcomes
Neurodevelopmental disorder
Randomized controlled trial
Social robot
Systematic review
Journal
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
ISSN: 1873-7528
Titre abrégé: Neurosci Biobehav Rev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7806090
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2021
10 2021
Historique:
received:
12
12
2020
revised:
11
04
2021
accepted:
11
04
2021
pubmed:
17
4
2021
medline:
16
9
2021
entrez:
16
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the everyday life of people who have this lifelong condition. Robots hold great promise for uplifting therapy and care of the affected population. We searched Scopus, Medline, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and PubMed databases for randomized controlled trials that had evaluated robot use in the therapy of people with autism, to see how effective social robots have been incorporated in autism care. Out of 240 papers initially identified, 19 satisfied the inclusion criteria and were fully evaluated. Overall, 10 different robots were utilized in the trials, out of which, four were non-humanoids. The number of papers with positive results for using robots on the main and secondary parameters was 11 and 5, respectively. Three papers reported that robot groups did not achieve better results than others. Robots in the papers included here were mainly added as the "entertainment agent" to elicit greater engagement from the participants, which is understandable, as robots at this stage might not be ready yet to deliver high-end care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33862066
pii: S0149-7634(21)00161-5
doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.04.009
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Systematic Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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