A5085696255- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- AI in Service Interactions
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Music Therapy and Health
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Robotics and Automated Systems
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Family Support in Illness
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Mental Health via Writing
University of Auckland
2016-2025
Dr. Hari Singh Gour University
2023
Ninewells Hospital
2021
Austin Hospital
2020
Middlemore Hospital
2020
University of Vienna
2020
University of Canterbury
2018
Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)
2017
Hull Royal Infirmary
2017
Maastricht University
2017
Objective. While effective preventative medication is readily available for asthma, adherence a major problem due to patients’ beliefs about their illness and medication. We investigated whether text message programme targeted at changing would improve in young adult asthma patients. Methods. Two hundred sixteen patients aged between 16 45 on preventer were recruited from pamphlets dispensed with e‐mails sent members of marketing website. Participants randomized receive individually tailored...
Objectives Previous pandemics have resulted in significant consequences for mental health. Here, we report the health sequelae of COVID-19 pandemic a UK cohort and examine modifiable non-modifiable explanatory factors associated with outcomes. We focus on first wave data collection, which examined short-term health, as reported during 4–6 weeks social distancing measures being introduced. Design Cross-sectional online survey. Setting Community study. Participants N=3097 adults aged ≥18 years...
To investigate diabetic patients' perceptions of illness and treatments, explore relationships to adherence blood glucose control.Forty-nine type 1 one hundred eight 2 patients completed questionnaires assessing perceptions, treatment beliefs, medications, diet, exercise. Blood control was assessed from tests.Patients rated medication more important than diet exercise, reported higher medications. Insulin perceived as helpful for diabetes, while antihypertensives cholesterol were preventing...
Objectives Cardiac computed tomography angiography ( CCTA ) is a commonly used diagnostic test for coronary artery disease. Despite its considerable clinical value, few studies have explored the psychological value of from perspective patients undergoing testing. This study aimed to investigate patient‐perceived testing, specifically in relation patients' perceptions their heart health and behaviours. Design The qualitative methodology incorporating thematic analysis before after Methods...
It is important for robot designers to know how make robots that interact effectively with humans. One key dimension appearance and in particular humanlike the should be. Uncanny Valley theory suggests look uncanny when their approaches, but not absolutely, human. An underlying mechanism may be affects users’ perceptions of robot’s personality mind. This study aimed investigate facial affected mind, eeriness. A repeated measures experiment was conducted. 30 participants (14 females 16 males,...
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to daily life. This study investigated depression, anxiety and stress in New Zealand (NZ) during the first 10 weeks of pandemic, associated psychological behavioural factors. It also compares results with a similar cross-sectional UK. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting NZ community cohort. Participants N=681 adults (≥18 years) NZ. cohort was predominantly female (89%) mean age 42 years (range 18–87). Most (74%)...
Objective Laboratory studies have demonstrated that psychological stress is associated with slower healing of small superficial wounds. The application this finding to the clinical environment has not yet been undertaken. In order do this, we investigated relationship between and wound repair in patients following routine surgery. Methods Forty-seven adults an inguinal hernia were given a standardized questionnaire assessing worry about operation before undergoing open incision repair. Wound...
Aim: This study investigated the attitudes and preferences of staff, residents relatives in a retirement village towards health‐care robot. Methods: Focus groups were conducted with residents, managers caregivers, questionnaires collected from 32 30 staff 27 residents. Results: The most popular robot tasks detection falls calling for help, lifting, monitoring location. Robot functionality was more important than appearance. Concerns included loss jobs personal care, while perceived benefits...
Human-robot interaction (HRI) and user acceptance become critical when service robots start to provide a variety of assistance users on personal level. Limited research date has studied the influence users' attributes (such as age gender) implications for HRI design. This paper describes development social interactive healthcare robot named Charles, capable measuring blood pressure. Using pressure monitoring scenario, study was conducted investigate differences between two groups (40 65...
The hypothesis that muscular states are related to emotions has been supported predominantly by research on facial expressions. However, body posture also may be important the initiation and modulation of emotions. This experiment aimed investigate whether an upright seated could influence affective cardiovascular responses a psychological stress task, relative slumped posture.There were 74 participants who randomly assigned either or posture. Their backs strapped with physiotherapy tape...
Fifty-seven (n = 57) adults aged over 40 years and recruited from local general practitioner or gerontology group lists participated in two cross-sectional studies. The first was an open-ended questionnaire assessing perceptions of robots. In the second study, participants had their blood pressure taken by a medical student robot. Patient comfort with each encounter, perceived accuracy measurement, quality patient interaction were studied case. Readings compared independent t-tests...