Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/67601, first published .
Managing Cognitive Decline Through a Social Robot–Based Intervention: Protocol for the engAGE Proof of Concept and Randomized Controlled Trial

Managing Cognitive Decline Through a Social Robot–Based Intervention: Protocol for the engAGE Proof of Concept and Randomized Controlled Trial

Managing Cognitive Decline Through a Social Robot–Based Intervention: Protocol for the engAGE Proof of Concept and Randomized Controlled Trial

Giulio Amabili   1 , MEng ;   Elvira Maranesi   1 , PhD ;   Arianna Margaritini   1 , MScPH ;   Anna Rita Bonfigli   1 , MSc ;   Elisa Felici   1 , MScPH ;   Federico Barbarossa   1 , MEng ;   Marco Benadduci   1 , BPT ;   Laetitia Gosetto   2 , MSc ;   Julie Guebey   2 , MME ;   Terje Grimstad   3 , MSc ;   Riitta Hellman   3 , PhD ;   Andrei Iulian Marin   4 , PhD ;   Lars Thomas Boye   5 , MSc ;   Ionut Manuel Anghel   6 , PhD ;   Tudor Cioara   6 , PhD ;   Roberta Bevilacqua   1 , MScPH

1 Scientific Direction, Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani, Ancona, Italy

2 Division of Medical Information Sciences, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

3 KARDE AS, Oslo, Norway

4 IRIS Robotics, Iasi, Romania

5 TELLU AS, Oslo, Norway

6 Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Corresponding Author:

  • Elvira Maranesi, PhD
  • Scientific Direction
  • Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani
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