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18 18  == Participants ==
19 19  
20 20  The study will be conducted on approximately twenty people in the early stages of dementia. To avoid too much gender imbalance, there will be at least five men and five women. For the same reason, we hope to find at least five people around 50 or younger, although we expect most participants to be over 70 years old.
21 -The participants will be selected based on a pool of PwD who live at home and need regular visits from an HPC. Only the volunteers will be kept for the experiment. The participants must have no experience of a Pepper robot helping with dementia.
22 -As our experiment involves the PwD in their home environment, relatives and healthcare professionals (HPC) will also be involved in the process: although not being the targets of the experiment, they will contribute to obtaining the measurements and results.
21 +The participants will be selected based on a pool of PwD who live at home and need regular visits from an HCP. Only the volunteers will be kept for the experiment. The participants must have no experience of a Pepper robot helping with dementia.
22 +As our experiment involves the PwD in their home environment, relatives and healthcare professionals (HCP) will also be involved in the process: although not being the targets of the experiment, they will contribute to obtaining the measurements and results.
23 23  
24 24  == Experimental design ==
25 25  
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29 29  == Tasks ==
30 30  
31 31  The PwD will live their daily life, without Pepper in the beginning, then accompanied by Pepper, as if they were not under any experiment. The fact that they actually are will obviously affect their behavior. Yet, we hope that not being recorded and being under a non-invasive experiment will help them not to stress out and may make them live their life as normally as possible.
32 -The tasks performed during the evaluation by Pepper, by the PwD, and by Pepper and the PwD together, will be decided in consultation with the HPC (and potentially the relatives) based on the needs of each patient.
32 +The tasks performed during the evaluation by Pepper, by the PwD, and by Pepper and the PwD together, will be decided in consultation with the HCP (and potentially the relatives) based on the needs of each patient.
33 33  
34 34  == Measures ==
35 35  
36 36  We are planning to make behavioral and emotional measurements.
37 -Behavioral measurements are the actions that the PwD is going to perform during the week, so it can be considered as subjective quantitative data. This will involve the relatives, the HPC, and the PwD themselves to quantify whether the use of Pepper did actually result in an increase in autonomy for the PwD.
38 -Emotional measurements are more related to the state of mind, change of expression, and mood, so they can be considered as qualitative data. This can be measured by frequent talks with the PwD, either by the relatives or the HPC.
39 -Measures will be done by oral discussions with the PwD, HPC, and relatives.
37 +Behavioral measurements are the actions that the PwD is going to perform during the week, so it can be considered as subjective quantitative data. This will involve the relatives, the HCP, and the PwD themselves to quantify whether the use of Pepper did actually result in an increase in autonomy for the PwD.
38 +Emotional measurements are more related to the state of mind, change of expression, and mood, so they can be considered as qualitative data. This can be measured by frequent talks with the PwD, either by the relatives or the HCP.
39 +Measures will be done by oral discussions with the PwD, HCP, and relatives.
40 40  
41 41  == Procedure ==
42 42  
43 43  The whole experiment process is 4 weeks long, although only weeks 1 and 4 are technically part of the experiment itself.
44 -During week 1, the PwD, the HPC, and the relatives will be asked to pay increased attention. Behavioral and emotional data will be collected. This is a regular week for the PwD, i.e., in the usual situation, except that there is more attention dedicated to them.
45 -During weeks 2 and 3, the PwD, the HPC, and the relatives will be introduced to Pepper, with the goal of getting used to it.
44 +During week 1, the PwD, the HCP, and the relatives will be asked to pay increased attention. Behavioral and emotional data will be collected. This is a regular week for the PwD, i.e., in the usual situation, except that there is more attention dedicated to them.
45 +During weeks 2 and 3, the PwD, the HCP, and the relatives will be introduced to Pepper, with the goal of getting used to it.
46 46  During week 4, which is the actual week of the experiment, attention will be spent trying to mirror week 1 as closely as possible. Behavioral and emotional data will be collected again.
47 47  
48 48  == Material ==
49 49  
50 50  1. Consent form. To protect the privacy of participants and ensure the evaluation process goes smoothly, we will ask participants to sign a consent form, indicating they are willing to take part in the evaluation and the data gathered from the experiment will be analyzed by researchers.
51 -1. Pepper robot. Our robot is programmed using Choregraphe. The robot will have the same behavior for every participant. However, the input data will be entered by the HPC (and potentially the relatives).
51 +1. Pepper robot. Our robot is programmed using Choregraphe. The robot will have the same behavior for every participant. However, the input data will be entered by the HCP(and potentially the relatives).
52 52  
53 53  == Results ==
54 54  
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57 57  However, we can try to consider the main trends that we are interested in.
58 58  Thus, the results will be mainly focused on:
59 59  - How much autonomy did the PwD gain?
60 -→ what did the HPC, relatives, and PwD report
60 +→ what did the HCP, relatives, and PwD report
61 61  → how many tasks did they perform that they didn't do previously
62 62  → did the relatives feel they had more time for themselves
63 63  - Did their emotional state improve?
64 64  → feelings from the PwD themselves
65 -→ reports from relatives and HPC
65 +→ reports from relatives and HCP
66 66  These results will most likely never be yes-no results, but more like clues or hints that show whether some things worked on not, which will be the point of our discussion.
67 67  NB: This part explains what we expect as a kind of result, it will be replaced by actual results after we perform an experiment with the class. There may also be interesting points we did not think about.
68 68  
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92 92  
93 93  == Method ==
94 94  
95 -In our situation, we recruit 20 students in our class to simulate the research. Since they are not real PwD, we put them in the same home setting and observe the behavior and expression. These data will also be reviewed after the evaluation to obtain the data and feedback.
95 +In our situation, we recruit 20 students in our class to simulate the research. Since they are not real PwD, we ask them to act as if they were in home settings and we observe their behavior and expression. These data will also be reviewed after the evaluation to obtain the data and feedback.
96 96  
97 +==== Questionnairs ====
98 +
99 +In order to collect qualitative data, we have prepared two questionnaires to give to the participants: the affect assessment questionnaire and the system assessment questionnaire.
100 +
101 +**affect assessment**
102 +
103 +The affect assessment questionnaire asks the participant to describe his/her mood and feelings experienced during a task. The questionnaire is given two times: once before the experiments and once after. When compiling the questionnaire before the experiment the task that is taken as a reference is chosen by the participant based on his/her most common daily, challenging tasks. When doing the questionnaire after the interaction with Pepper the questions reference the task that has just been completed with Pepper. The purpose of this questionnaire is to compare the feelings experienced by the participant during a typical task with the feelings experienced during the task with Pepper. The questionnaire has 6 questions in total and they are s designed to answer research questions as listed below:
104 +
105 +Questionnaire questions:
106 +
107 +1. I felt frustrated by the difficulty of the task
108 +1. I felt frustrated by the lack of help
109 +1. I felt embarrassed by my ability to complete the task
110 +1. I felt embarrassed when asking for help
111 +1. The task was easier than usual
112 +1. I enjoyed the task more than usual
113 +
114 +Research questions:
115 +
116 +1. To what extent has Pepper improved the task's experience? [Questions: 1,2,3,4,5,6]
117 +1. Did pepper make it easier to ask for help? [Questions: 2,4]
118 +1. Did pepper make it easier to perform the task? [Questions: 1,5]
119 +
120 +**system assessment**
121 +
122 +The system assessment questionnaire is given after the interaction with Pepper and its purpose is to assess the participant's experience with pepper in more detail. The questionnaire has 12 questions which are designed to answer research questions as described below:
123 +
124 +
125 +Questionnaire questions:
126 +
127 +1. It was easy to understand each step from Pepper’s explanation
128 +1. I would have preferred if Pepper divided the task into more, easier steps
129 +1. The tablet images were very helpful for the task
130 +1. I felt annoyed by Pepper’s explanations
131 +1. I felt accomplished after completing the task
132 +1. I felt that completing the task was my own accomplishment
133 +1. The presence of Pepper made the task more enjoyable
134 +1. I felt reassured that I could ask pepper to repeat the task
135 +1. I felt pressured by Pepper to complete the task
136 +1. I would trust pepper with more important tasks
137 +1. I felt in control of the interaction with Pepper
138 +1. I believed that pepper cared about helping me
139 +
140 +Research questions:
141 +
142 +1. To what extent did Pepper improve the task's experience? [Questions: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
143 +1. To what extent did Pepper improve the participant's autonomy and perception of control? [Questions: 6, 11]
144 +1. To what extent did Pepper improve the participant's sense of accomplishment? [Questions: 5]
145 +1. Did the participant perceive Pepper as a social agent? [Questions: 7, 9, 12]
146 +1. How was Pepper's ability to guide the participant through the task? [Questions: 1, 2, 3]
147 +
97 97  == Participants ==
98 98  
99 99  For this study, we simulate the real research by including 20 students in our class. To avoid too much gender imbalance, there will be at least five men and five women. All participants will be asked to pretend to be a demented person and to make the simulation as real as possible.
100 100  
101 101  == Experimental design ==
153 +
102 102  Since our evaluating process is relatively short, we use within-subject, which means each participant goes through all conditions. In this way, our experiments tend to have more statistical power and less variability. Furthermore, every PwD may have different issues in their day-to-day life, while also not having the same living conditions (alone, living with husband, family, etc), thus would require a different treatment. But in our setting, we use the same home setting for every participant.
103 103  
104 104  == Tasks ==
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111 111  == Measures ==
112 112  
113 113  We are planning to make behavioural and emotional measurements.
114 -Behavioral measurements are the actions that the PwD is going to perform during the week, so it can be considered as subjective quantitative data. This will involve the relatives, the HPC and the PwD themselves to quantify whether the use of Pepper did actually result in an increase in autonomy for the PwD.
115 -Emotional measurements are more related to state of mind, change of expression and mood, so it can be considered as qualitative data. This can be measured by frequent talks with the PwD, either by the relatives or the HPC.
116 -Measures will be done by oral discussions with the PwD, HPC and relatives.
166 +Behavioral measurements are the actions that the PwD is going to perform during the week, so it can be considered as subjective quantitative data. This will involve the relatives, the HCP and the PwD themselves to quantify whether the use of Pepper did actually result in an increase in autonomy for the PwD.
167 +Emotional measurements are more related to state of mind, change of expression and mood, so it can be considered as qualitative data. This can be measured by frequent talks with the PwD, either by the relatives or the HCP.
168 +Measures will be done by oral discussions with the PwD, HCP and relatives.
117 117  
118 118  == Procedure ==
119 119  
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128 128  == Material ==
129 129  
130 130  1. Consent form. To protect the privacy of participants and ensure the evaluation process goes smoothly, we will ask participants to sign a consent form, indicating they are willing to take part in the evaluation and the data gathered from the experiment will be analyzed by researchers.
131 -1. Pepper robot. Our robot is programmed using Choregraphe. The robot will have the same behaviour for every participant. However, the input data will be entered by the HPC (and potentially the relatives).
183 +1. Pepper robot. Our robot is programmed using Choregraphe. The robot will have the same behaviour for every participant. However, the input data will be entered by the HCP (and potentially the relatives).
132 132  
133 133  == Results ==
134 134  
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137 137  However, we can try to consider the main trends that we are interested in.
138 138  Thus, the results wil be mainly focused on:
139 139  - How much autonomy did the PwD gain?
140 -→ what did the HPC, relatives and PwD report
192 +→ what did the HCP, relatives and PwD report
141 141  → how many tasks did they perform that they didn't do previously
142 142  → did the relatives feel they had more time for themselves
143 143  - Did their emotional state improve?
144 144  → feelings from the PwD themselves
145 -→ reports from relatives and HPC
197 +→ reports from relatives and HCP
146 146  These results will most likely never be yes-no results, but more like clues or hints that show whether some things worked on not, which will be the point of our discussion.
147 147  NB: This part explains what we expect as kind of results, it will be replaced by actual results after we perform an experiment with the class. There may also be interesting points we did not think about.
148 148  
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