Physical relief potential through robot-assisted mobilization in nursing care: an exploratory study

ConclusionsThe conducted study suggests that overall the robotic-assistance has the potential of relieving nurses of partial physical exertion during mobilization. However, the different focuses of analysis show varying results in regard to external, i.e. sensor data and expert analysis, compared to internal, i.e. the nurses, perspectives. Going forward, these results have to be further expanded to get more robust analyses and insights on the interdependencies of subjective factors contributing to the experience of workload. In view of the fact that robotics for nursing is still a relatively new field and there are various lessons to be learned regarding the conceptualization of studies and corresponding evaluations, our approach of combining perspectives of analysis allows for a more differentiated view of the subject at hand.
Source: Health and Technology - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research