Published on in Vol 26 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/50534, first published .
Reducing Loneliness and Social Isolation of Older Adults Through Voice Assistants: Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Reducing Loneliness and Social Isolation of Older Adults Through Voice Assistants: Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Reducing Loneliness and Social Isolation of Older Adults Through Voice Assistants: Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Rachele Alessandra Marziali   1 * , MSc ;   Claudia Franceschetti   1 * , MEng ;   Adrian Dinculescu   2 * , PhD ;   Alexandru Nistorescu   2 * , PhD ;   Dominic Mircea Kristály   3 * , PhD ;   Adrian Alexandru Moșoi   4 * , MSc ;   Ronny Broekx   5 * , BSB ;   Mihaela Marin   2 * , MSc ;   Cristian Vizitiu   2, 3 * , PhD ;   Sorin-Aurel Moraru   3 * , PhD ;   Lorena Rossi   1 * , MEng ;   Mirko Di Rosa   6 * , PhD

1 Centre for Innovative Models for Aging Care and Technology, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Ancona, Italy

2 The Space Applications and Technologies Laboratory, Institute of Space Science – Subsidiary of INFLPR (National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics), Magurele, Romania

3 Department of Automatics and Information Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania

4 Department of Psychology and Education Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania

5 Innovation Department, ePoint, Hamont, Belgium

6 Centre for Biostatistics and Applied Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Ancona, Italy

*all authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Claudia Franceschetti, MEng
  • Centre for Innovative Models for Aging Care and Technology, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Aging
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  • Ancona, 60124
  • Italy
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  • Email: c.franceschetti@inrca.it