AI-Assisted Smart Interactive Healthcare Robot

National Taiwan University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Deep Learning; Nursing; Mechine Learning; Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Treatments: Other: Intervention Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06972043

202410046RINE

Details and patient eligibility

About

To address workforce shortages and increasing workloads in nursing, technological solutions and AI-powered robots for ward navigation have been introduced. However, limitations remain in their application to clinical care. This study aims to develop and test a programming framework for an AI-assisted nursing care robot ("E-Nursing Assistant") to reduce nurses' workload and improve the efficiency and quality of care.

Full description

In response to the challenges of workforce shortages and heavy workloads in the nursing field, clinical nursing practices are gradually integrating technological assistance, including the use of mobile phones to scan QR codes for viewing instructional videos and the introduction of robots with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for ward navigation. However, there are still several limitations to these technological applications in the nursing care process. Therefore, this study aims to develop and test the programming framework for an AI-assisted nursing care robot ("E-Nursing Assistant"). The goal is to reduce the workload of nursing staff and significantly improve the efficiency and quality of nursing work. The "E-Nursing Assistant" will be implemented in the ward to measure the nursing staff's workload, the time and frequency spent on specific nursing tasks, and to conduct interviews to gather their feedback.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

1. Nurse

   Inclusion Criteria:

   • Aged 18 years or older.
   • Currently employed as a ward nurse.

   Exclusion Criteria:

   • Nurses who do not actively participate in ward care, such as nursing unit supervisors.

2. Patients/Caregivers

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 18 years or older.
• Willing to accept the "E-Nursing Assistant" intervention for care tasks that do not involve patient safety.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients or caregivers who are unconscious or unable to communicate verbally or in writing to complete the research interview.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

160 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention Group

Other group

Description:

The functions performed by the robot include guiding patients through unit-specific locations for environmental orientation and equipment usage instructions, playing educational videos related to care, reminding patients of important examination precautions, providing health education on specimen collection, and delivering responses through an expert-developed medical Q\&A system.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention Group