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
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The objective of the dataset is to provide a comprehensive collection of data that investigates the effects of a group-based PARO intervention on cognitive function, autonomic nervous system function, and mental well-being in older adults with mild dementia. Our research hypothesis was that older adults with mild dementia who participated in a group-based PARO intervention could increase their cognitive function and improve autonomic nervous system function and mental well-being compared to the control group. This dataset is to paper “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” by Chen et al. It contains: (1) sum of scales, including the cognitive scale, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mental health data, including geriatric depression scale-short-form (GDS); UCLA-3 scale (UCLA), Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS). (2) HRV raw data. (3) finger-tapping test data (FTT) raw data. Physiological parameters were assessed using heart rate variability (HRV). In addition, 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 at three-time points: before the intervention (T1), at the end of the intervention (week 6, T2), and 1-month after the intervention (week 10, T3). Our results show changes in cognitive, HRV high-frequency and high-frequency/low-frequency ratio, UCLA-3, GDS-SF and WEMWBS in older adults with mild dementia. Furthermore, psychological parameters improved significantly and continuously even 1 month after the PARO intervention was finished. Physiological parameters (HRV, FTT) significantly improved at week-6, but the effects had diminished by week-10. 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 or research purposes. The findings from the data set could merely be interpreted as related to older adults with mild dementia receiving social robot intervention.
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Physiological parameters were assessed using heart rate variability (HRV). In addition, 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 at three time points: before the intervention (T1), at the end of the intervention (week 6, T2), and 1-month after the intervention (week 10, T3). The data was collected before and after the group-based PARO intervention by research assistants using the above scales and a HRV device. This data was the sum of all the scales.