Effect of a Group-based PARO Robot intervention on Cognitive Function, Autonomic Nervous System Function, and Mental Well-being in Older Adults with Mild Dementia
Description
Our research hypothesis was that older adults with mild dementia who participated in a group-based PARO intervention could improve their cognitive function, autonomic nervous system function, and mental well-being compared to the control group. Our data shows changes in cognitive and mental health in older adults with mild dementia. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF), UCLA loneliness scale-version 3 (UCLA-3), and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) were assessed before the intervention, at the end of the intervention (week 6), and 1-month after the intervention (week 10). In this randomized controlled trial of older adults with mild dementia, following the group-based robotic seal (PARO) intervention, participants showed significantly increased cognition and improved mental well-being. These findings suggest that the group-based PARO intervention regulated a balance of sympathetic activity and parasympathetic modulation, improved cognitive function, and enhanced feelings of social well-being. The readers can free download and reuse this dataset for academic purposes. The findings from the data set could merely be interpreted as related to older adults with mild dementia.