ArticleDementia and neurocognitive disorders2020
Four-Week, Home-Based, Robot Cognitive Intervention for Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Embodied robots in rehabilitation-oriented interventions for older adults with disability or cognitive impairment: a scoping review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of home-based lifestyle interventions on cognition in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Ageing society and the challenge for social robotics: A systematic review of Socially Assistive Robotics for MCI patients.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Home-Based Cognitive Intervention for Healthy Older Adults Through Asking Robots Questions: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR aging · 2024Trial
- Conversational AI in Cognitive and Social Training for People with Dementia: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Effects of a 12-Week Hybrid Analog-Digital Cognitive Training on Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults: A Pilot Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.Dementia and neurocognitive disorders · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Robot Care Intervention and Maintenance for People with Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Innovation in aging · 2025Review
- Huggable integrated socially assistive robots: exploring the potential and challenges for sustainable use in long-term care contexts.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Robot Interventions for Cognitive and Psychological Outcomes among Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
background and purposePrevious studies suggest that cognitive intervention can mitigate the development of dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, the previous cognitive intervention was mostly provided as a group session, in which MCI patients sometimes had difficulty in regularly attending sessions or were reluctant to participate in group-based classes. Additionally, experienced instructors for traditional cognitive intervention may be unavailable in some chronic-care facilities or community centers. Considering these reasons, we have developed 5 programs for home-based cognitive intervention using a personal robot for MCI patients. In this preliminary study, we aimed to demonstrate the effects of our newly developed home-based cognitive intervention with robots on cognitive function in MCI patients.
methodsWe conducted a single-blind randomized controlled trial enrolling 46 MCI patients. Participants were randomized into 2 groups: the robot cognitive intervention (robot) (
resultsThere were no significant baseline demographic or clinical differences between the robot and control groups. After the 4-week cognitive intervention, the robot group showed greater improvement in working memory than did the control group.
conclusionsOur home-based cognitive intervention with a personal robot improved the working memory in MCI patients. Further studies with larger samples and longer study periods are required to demonstrate the effects of these programs in other cognitive domains in MCI patients.
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