JMIR Publications

ABSTRACT

Background:

The application of intelligent robots in therapy is becoming more and more important for people with dementia. More extensive research is still needed to evaluate its impact on behavioral and psychological dementia symptoms as well as quality of life in different care settings.

Objective:

The purpose of this research is to methodically assess how well intelligence robot interventions work for dementia sufferers.

Methods:

A comprehensive search of PubMed, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Web of Science from the time of their founding to February 2024 for randomized controlled trials yielded pertinent studies. The Cochrane Collaboration bias assessment tool was used to assess the papers' quality, and Stata16.0 was used to do the meta-analysis.

Results:

15 studies were finally included for systematic review, of which 13 were subjected to Meta-analysis. Dementia patients experience less agitation and anxiety when they receive intelligent robotic help. Nevertheless, there was no discernible change in dementia patients' quality of life, sleep, neuropsychiatric symptoms, or cognitive performance. Subgroup studies revealed that the intelligent robot intervention was not significant for intervention durations shorter than 12 weeks, but had a favorable effect for intervention periods up to 12 weeks. Depression levels in dementia patients were not significantly impacted by either the animal robot or the humanoid robot, and there was no distinction between the two.

Conclusions:

Dementia patients experience less agitation and anxiety when an intelligent robot intervenes. The intervention may be more effective the longer it is implemented. Clinical Trial: This research was registered on PROSPERO CRD42024523007.