{
  "id": 7856,
  "url": "https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009097",
  "title": "Effect of an interactive therapeutic robotic animal on engagement, mood states, agitation and psychotropic drug use in people with dementia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol",
  "summary": "INTRODUCTION: Apathy, agitated behaviours, loneliness and depression are common consequences of dementia. This trial aims to evaluate the effect of a robotic animal on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in people with dementia living in long-term aged care. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A cluster-randomised controlled trial with three treatment groups: PARO (robotic animal), Plush-Toy (non-robotic PARO) or Usual Care (Control). The nursing home sites are Australian Government approved an",
  "authors": "Wendy Moyle, Elizabeth Beattie, Brian Draper, David Shum, Lukman Thalib, Cindy Jones",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "healthcare,agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "australia",
  "published_at": "2015-08-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:33:27.495Z",
  "source_slug": "openalex",
  "source_name": "OpenAlex",
  "source_homepage": "https://openalex.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/7856",
  "original_url": "https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009097",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}