Social support

Loneliness and Isolation in Long-term Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Joyce Simard, Ladislav Volicer

Citations: 266 • 2020

Psychosocial Health Interventions by Social Robots: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Nicole Robinson, Timothy Cottier, David J. Kavanagh

Citations: 225 • 2019

Friends from the Future: A Scoping Review of Research into Robots and Computer Agents to Combat Loneliness in Older People

Norina Gasteiger, Kate Loveys, Mikaela Law, Elizabeth Broadbent

Citations: 150 • 2021

Comparison of verbal and emotional responses of elderly people with mild/moderate dementia and those with severe dementia in responses to seal robot, PARO

Kazue Takayanagi

Citations: 130 • 2014

Envisioning the future for older adults: Autonomy, health, well-being, and social connectedness with technology support

Wendy A. Rogers, Tracy L. Mitzner

Citations: 123 • 2016

A Social Robot to Mitigate Stress, Anxiety, and Pain in Hospital Pediatric Care

Sooyeon Jeong, Deirdre E. Logan, Matthew S. Goodwin, Suzanne Graca, Brianna O’Connell, Honey Goodenough, Laurel Anderson, Nicole Stenquist, Katie Fitzpatrick, Miriam Zisook, Luke Plummer, Cynthia Breazeal, Peter Weinstock

Citations: 111 • 2015

Social robots to support children’s well-being under medical treatment: A systematic state-of-the-art review

C. J. Moerman, Loek van der Heide, Marcel Heerink

Citations: 92 • 2018

Arash: A social robot buddy to support children with cancer in a hospital environment

Ali Meghdari, Azadeh Shariati, Minoo Alemi, Gholamreza Vossoughi, Abdollah Eydi, Ehsan Ahmadi, Behrad Mozafari, Ali Amoozandeh Nobaveh, Reza Tahami

Citations: 78 • 2018

Common themes and emerging trends for the use of technology to support mental health and psychosocial well-being in limited resource settings: A review of the literature

Nadi Kaonga, Jonathan Morgan

Citations: 73 • 2019

Long-Term Interactions with Empathic Robots: Evaluating Perceived Support in Children

Iolanda Leite, Ginevra Castellano, André Pereira, Carlos Martinho, Ana Paiva

Citations: 59 • 2012

Evaluating the Facilitators, Barriers, and Medical Outcomes Commensurate with the Use of Assistive Technology to Support People with Dementia: A Systematic Review Literature

Clemens Scott Kruse, Joanna Fohn, Gilson Umunnakwe, Krupa Patel, Saloni Patel

Citations: 58 • 2020

Exploring experiences of loneliness among Canadian long‐term care residents during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study

Chelsea Smith, Karen Lok Yi Wong, Flora To‐Miles, Sheila Dunn, Mario Gregorio, Lily Wong, Samantha Tam, Polly Huynh, Lillian Hung

Citations: 51 • 2022

My Precious Friend: Human-Robot Interactions in Home Care for Socially Isolated Older Adults

Othelia EunKyoung Lee, Hyenjoo Lee, Albert Park, Namkee G. Choi

Citations: 50 • 2022

Exploring the impact of socially assistive robots on health and wellbeing across the lifespan: An umbrella review and meta-analysis

Beth Nichol, Jemma McCready, Goran Erfani, Dania Comparcini, Valentina Simonetti, Giancarlo Cicolini, Kristina Mikkonen, Miyae Yamakawa, Marco Tomietto

Citations: 42 • 2024

Exploring the Presence of Humanoid Social Robots at Home and Capturing Human-Robot Interactions with Older Adults: Experiences from Four Case Studies

Angela Yee Man Leung, Ivy Yan Zhao, Shuanglan Lin, Terence K. Lau

Citations: 34 • 2022

Using robot animal companions in the academic library to mitigate student stress

Autumn Edwards, Chad Edwards, Bryan Abendschein, Juliana Espinosa, Jonathan Scherger, Patricia Vander Meer

Citations: 33 • 2020

Social constraints and psychological well‐being after prostate cancer: A follow‐up at 12 and 24 months after surgery

Karin Stinesen Kollberg, Thordis Thorsteinsdóttir, Ulrica Wilderäng, Jonas Hugosson, Peter Wiklund, Anders Bjartell, Stefan Carlsson, Johan Stranne, Eva Haglind, Gunnar Steineck

Citations: 30 • 2017

Technological interventions for loneliness and social isolation among older adults: a scoping review protocol

Andrew Wister, Ian Fyffe, Eireann O’Dea

Citations: 30 • 2021

Finding ikigai: How robots can support meaning in later life

Natasha Randall, Swapna Joshi, Waki Kamino, Long-Jing Hsu, Abhijeet Agnihotri, Grace Li, Donald S. Williamson, Kate Tsui, Selma Šabanović

Citations: 27 • 2022

Informal Caregivers Disclose Increasingly More to a Social Robot Over Time

Guy Laban, Val Morrison, Arvid Kappas, Emily S. Cross

Citations: 26 • 2022