Using Robots at Home to Support Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Elizabeth Broadbent   ¹ , BE (Hons), MSc, PhD ;   Jeff Garrett   ² , MBChB, FRACP ;   Nicola Jepsen   ³ , BHSc, PGDipPH ;   Vickie Li Ogilvie   ³ , BHSc, MHSc ;   Ho Seok Ahn   ⁴ , BS, PhD ;   Hayley Robinson   ¹ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Kathryn Peri   ⁵ , PhD ;   Ngaire Kerse   ⁶ , MBChB, PhD ;   Paul Rouse   ⁷ , PhD, CA ;   Avinesh Pillai   ⁸ , MSc ;   Bruce MacDonald   ⁴ , BE (Hons), PhD

¹ Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

² Department of Respiratory Medicine, Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand

³ Acute Allied Health Department, Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand

⁴ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

⁵ School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

⁶ School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

⁷ Department of Accounting and Finance, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

⁸ Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand