The Influence of Robot-Assisted Learning System on Health Literacy and Learning Perception.

Chun-Wang Wei,Wen-Hsiung Wu,Hsin-Pin Fu,Hao-Yun Kao,Chien-Yu Chen

doi:10.3390/ijerph182111053

Abstract

Healthy aging is a new challenge for the world. Therefore, health literacy education is a key issue in the current health care field. This research has developed a robot-assisted learning system to explore the possibility of significantly improving health literacy and learning perception through interaction with robots. In particular, this study adopted an experimental design, in which the experiment lasted for 90 min. A total of 60 participants over the age of 50 were randomly assigned to different learning modes. The RobotLS group learned by interacting with robots, while the VideoLS group watched health education videos on a tablet computer. The content dealt with hypertension related issues. This study used the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16), Health Knowledge Questionnaire, Reduced Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (RIMMS), and Flow Scale as evaluation tools. The result shows no significant difference in the pre-test scores between the two groups. Compared with the video-assisted learning system, the robot-assisted learning system can significantly improve health knowledge, health literacy, learning motivation, and flow perception. According to the findings of this study, a robot-assisted learning system can be introduced in the future into homes and care institutions to enhance the health literacy of the elderly.

Highlights

With the increase of the elderly population and the average life expectancy, healthy aging is a new challenge facing the international community
If information and communication technology can play the role of providing correct health information, it will help fill the gap in health education and enable people to obtain adequate and correct health information and services
This study aims to explore the effects of the two learning modes on the elderly’s health knowledge, health literacy, learning motivation, and flow perception

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With the increase of the elderly population and the average life expectancy, healthy aging is a new challenge facing the international community. People gaining better health knowledge and behaviors will help achieve the goal of healthy aging [1]. When people encounter health problems, their most typical impulse would be to look for information through Internet search engines, ask relatives and friends, or watch health channels on TV. In general, they may not be able to judge the correctness of the information. If information and communication technology can play the role of providing correct health information, it will help fill the gap in health education and enable people to obtain adequate and correct health information and services. Scholars consider that robots have great potential as a learning technology and can be

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