Characteristics of interactive communication between Pepper robot, patients with schizophrenia, and healthy persons.

communication delivery of health care robotics schizophrenia

Journal

Belitung nursing journal
ISSN: 2477-4073
Titre abrégé: Belitung Nurs J
Pays: Indonesia
ID NLM: 101685037

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 13 12 2021
revised: 17 01 2022
accepted: 12 03 2022
medline: 26 4 2022
pubmed: 26 4 2022
entrez: 31 7 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Expressing enjoyment when conversing with healthcare robots is an opportunity to enhance the value of human robots with interactive capabilities. In clinical practice, it is common to find verbal dysfunctions in patients with schizophrenia. Thus, interactive communication characteristics may vary between Pepper robot, persons with schizophrenia, and healthy persons. Two case studies aimed to describe the characteristics of interactive communications, 1) between Pepper as a healthcare robot and two patients with schizophrenia, and 2) between Pepper as a healthcare robot and two healthy persons. The "Intentional Observational Clinical Research Design" was used to collect data. Using audio-video technology, the conversational interactions between the four participants with the Pepper healthcare robot were recorded. Their interactions were observed, with significant events noted. After their interactions, the four participants were interviewed regarding their experience and impressions of interacting with the Pepper healthcare robot. Audio-video recordings were analyzed following the analysis and interpretation protocol, and the interview data were transcribed, analyzed, and interpreted. There were similarities and differences in the interactive communication characteristics between the Pepper robot and the two participants with schizophrenia and between Pepper and the two healthy participants. The similarities were experiences of human enjoyment while interacting with the Pepper robot. This enjoyment was enhanced with the expectancy of the Pepper robot as able to entertain, and possessing interactive capabilities, indicating two-way conversational abilities. However, different communicating characteristics were found between the healthy participants' impressions of the Pepper robot and the participants with schizophrenia. Healthy participants understood Pepper to be an automaton, with responses to questions often constrained and, on many occasions, displaying inaccurate gaze. Pepper robot showed capabilities for effective communication pertaining to expressing enjoyment. The accuracy and appropriateness of gaze remained a critical characteristic regardless of the situation or occasion with interactions between persons with schizophrenia, and between healthy persons. It is important to consider that in the future, for effective use of healthcare robots with multiple users, improvements in the areas of the appropriateness of gaze, response time during the conversation, and entertaining functions are critically observed.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Expressing enjoyment when conversing with healthcare robots is an opportunity to enhance the value of human robots with interactive capabilities. In clinical practice, it is common to find verbal dysfunctions in patients with schizophrenia. Thus, interactive communication characteristics may vary between Pepper robot, persons with schizophrenia, and healthy persons.
Objective UNASSIGNED
Two case studies aimed to describe the characteristics of interactive communications, 1) between Pepper as a healthcare robot and two patients with schizophrenia, and 2) between Pepper as a healthcare robot and two healthy persons.
Case Report UNASSIGNED
The "Intentional Observational Clinical Research Design" was used to collect data. Using audio-video technology, the conversational interactions between the four participants with the Pepper healthcare robot were recorded. Their interactions were observed, with significant events noted. After their interactions, the four participants were interviewed regarding their experience and impressions of interacting with the Pepper healthcare robot. Audio-video recordings were analyzed following the analysis and interpretation protocol, and the interview data were transcribed, analyzed, and interpreted.
Discussion UNASSIGNED
There were similarities and differences in the interactive communication characteristics between the Pepper robot and the two participants with schizophrenia and between Pepper and the two healthy participants. The similarities were experiences of human enjoyment while interacting with the Pepper robot. This enjoyment was enhanced with the expectancy of the Pepper robot as able to entertain, and possessing interactive capabilities, indicating two-way conversational abilities. However, different communicating characteristics were found between the healthy participants' impressions of the Pepper robot and the participants with schizophrenia. Healthy participants understood Pepper to be an automaton, with responses to questions often constrained and, on many occasions, displaying inaccurate gaze.
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
Pepper robot showed capabilities for effective communication pertaining to expressing enjoyment. The accuracy and appropriateness of gaze remained a critical characteristic regardless of the situation or occasion with interactions between persons with schizophrenia, and between healthy persons. It is important to consider that in the future, for effective use of healthcare robots with multiple users, improvements in the areas of the appropriateness of gaze, response time during the conversation, and entertaining functions are critically observed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37521889
doi: 10.33546/bnj.1998
pii: BNJ-8-2-176
pmc: PMC10386810
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

176-184

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2022.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

All authors have declared no actual or potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Feni Betriana (F)

Graduate School of Health Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.

Ryuichi Tanioka (R)

Graduate School of Health Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.

Tomoya Yokotani (T)

Graduate School of Health Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.

Kazuyuki Matsumoto (K)

Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.

Yueren Zhao (Y)

Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan.

Kyoko Osaka (K)

Department of Clinical Nursing, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.

Misao Miyagawa (M)

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Welfare, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan.

Yoshihiro Kai (Y)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan.

Savina Schoenhofer (S)

Anne Boykin Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991, USA.

Rozzano C Locsin (RC)

Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA.

Tetsuya Tanioka (T)

Department of Nursing Outcome Management, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.

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