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  "id": 8121,
  "url": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2017.03.018",
  "title": "Use of a Robotic Seal as a Therapeutic Tool to Improve Dementia Symptoms: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial",
  "summary": "OBJECTIVES: To test the effects of individual, nonfacilitated sessions with PARO (version 9), when compared against a look-alike plush toy and usual care, on the emotional and behavioral symptoms of dementia for people living in long-term care facilities. DESIGN: Parallel, 3-group, cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted between June 14, 2014, and May 16, 2015. SETTING: Twenty-eight long-term care facilities operated by 20 care organizations located in South-East Queensland, Australia. PAR",
  "authors": "Wendy Moyle, Cindy Jones, Jenny Murfield, Lukman Thalib, Elizabeth Beattie, David Shum",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "australia",
  "published_at": "2017-08-02T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:33:34.085Z",
  "source_slug": "openalex",
  "source_name": "OpenAlex",
  "source_homepage": "https://openalex.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/8121",
  "original_url": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2017.03.018",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}