Exploring Mothers Perspectives on Socially Assistive Robots in Peripartum Depression Screening
2023 (English)In: COMPANION OF THE ACM/IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION, HRI 2023, ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY , 2023, p. 486-490Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Peripartum Depression (PPD) affects 8-15 percent of new mothers in Sweden every year; a majority of PPD cases go undetected, and only a small percentage receives adequate care. Social Assistive Robots (SARs) bring great potential for healthcare applications. Using SARs in healthcare tasks, for example PPD Screening, could reduce healthcare professionals strain, by supporting them, without replacing them, in key roles. However, studies that investigate the possibility to utilize SARs in PPD screening are scarce. In this paper, we present an interview study with ten mothers with prior experience of PPD in relation to their pregnancy. The contributions from this work are twofold. First, we elicited participants opinions and attitudes towards utilizing SARs in PPD screening. Second, we explored participants expressed needs in PPD screening. From the participants statements, we discovered potential scenarios which could address future patients needs. These insights could be used as a foundation for the development of SARs in PPD screening and other mental healthcare applications, thus helping address PPD in women.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY , 2023. p. 486-490
Keywords [en]
Peripartum Depression; HRI Design; Socially Assistive Robots
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-198534DOI: 10.1145/3568294.3580132ISI: 001054975700095ISBN: 9781450399708 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-198534DiVA, id: diva2:1805602
Conference
18th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Stockholm, SWEDEN, mar 13-16, 2023
Note
Funding Agencies|Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation; Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation; WoMHeR Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden
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