A Medical Assistive Robot for Telehealth Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Development and Usability Study in an Isolation Ward.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the mental and emotional well-being of patients, family members, and health care workers. Patients in the isolation ward may have psychological problems due to long-term hospitalization, the development of the epidemic, and the inability to see their families. A medical assistive robot (MAR), acting as an intermediary of communication, can be deployed to address these mental pressures.

Objective

CareDo, a MAR with telepresence and teleoperation functions, was developed in this work for remote health care. The aim of this study was to investigate its practical performance in the isolation ward during the pandemic.

Methods

Two systems were integrated into the CareDo robot. For the telepresence system, a web real-time communi

SUBMITTER: Wang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10131661 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature