Roberta Bevilacqua
Biographic Data
| ID | 5141166 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roberta Bevilacqua |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roberta |
| FAMILY NAME | Bevilacqua |
| SIGNATURE | BEVILACQUA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3851-3552 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Impact of Depression and Leisure Activities on E-Health Literacy Among Older Adults
Health services through digital technologies (e-health) offer a promising solution, but some older adults may encounter difficulties in utilizing these resources due to varying levels of e-health literacy. This study investigated the relationship between depression, leisure activities, and e-health literacy among older adults in the EU and Japan using cross-sectional data from the e-ViTA baseline survey. Findings revealed that depression was nega…
E-Vita study protocol
Aim: The aim of this study is to report a trial protocol for assessing the improvement of older adults' well-being, promoting active and healthy aging, and reducing the risks of social exclusion, using a virtual coach. Background: Increased longevity brings with it reduced autonomy and independence, and it is therefore necessary to act with preventive measures that can promote active and healthy aging. With the development of technology, new tool…
Social robotics to support older people with dementia
Introduction: The aging of the population and the high incidence of those over 80 lead to an inevitable increase in chronic degenerative diseases, such as dementia, resulting in increased morbidity and disability. Treatment of people with dementia involves both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. In particular, robot-assisted therapy is a potentially useful treatment for dementia as it has the advantage of improving mood, encou…
Evaluation of the Italian version of the elderly mobility scale in older hospitalized patients
Introduction Reliable and valid assessment tools are needed to evaluate and predict physical function in older hospitalized patients. The aim of this study is to develop the Italian version of the Elderly Mobility Scale (I-EMS) and to evaluate its validity and inter-rater reliability for use with geriatric inpatients. Methods The study consists of two phases: (i) translation, where EMS version 2 was translated into Italian by two teams, each comp…
Design and Development of a Technological Platform Based on a Sensorized Social Robot for Supporting Older Adults and Caregivers
In this paper, a new ecosystem to support older adults and their caregivers in an indoor living environment is proposed. The GUARDIAN ecosystem is designed to address the different needs of end users in different countries. The ecosystem consists of a socially assistive robot (SAR), including sensors, and two mobile applications (one for caregivers and one for the older user). Starting from a user-centred and value-sensitive co-design approach, t…
A Multilevel Model of Older Adults’ Appropriation of ICT and Acquisition of Digital Literacy
Digital literacy refers to a set of competencies related to the skilled use of computers and information technology. Low digital skills can be a barrier for older adults' full participation in a digital society, and COVID-19 has increased this risk of social exclusion. Older adults' digital inclusion is a complex process that consists of the interplay of structural and individual factors. The ACCESS project unwrapped the complexity of the process…
The Effect of Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exergames versus Traditional Physiotherapy in Parkinson’s Disease Older Patients
(1) Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most frequent causes of disability among older people. Recently, virtual reality and exergaming have been emerged as promising tools for gait and balance rehabilitation in PD patients. Our purpose is to evaluate an innovative treatment for older patients with PD, based on non-immersive virtual reality exergames, improving gait and balance and reducing falling risk. (2) Methods: Thirty PD pati…
Acceptability and Preliminary Results of Technology-Assisted Balance Training in Parkinson’s Disease
(1) Background: Parkinson's Disease (PD) is one of the most common causes of disability among older individuals. The advanced stages of PD are usually characterized by postural instability and, as a consequence, falls. Those are among the main factors that determine the quality of life, as well as the morbidity and mortality of a person with PD. In the field of PD rehabilitation, robotics is also rapidly gaining ground. As a primary aim, we evalu…
Social Robotics and Dementia
The aim of this paper is to describe the results collected with the Italian study conducted within eWare project, aimed at supporting the autonomy and health of the older people affected by dementia and their informal caregivers, through the use of an innovative system based on a social robot and a sensorized environmental infrastructure. Nine dyads of older participants with their caregivers were enrolled in testing the system for 6 months. The …
User Perceptions and Needs Analysis of a Virtual Coach for Active and Healthy Ageing—An International Qualitative Study
Virtual coaching systems show great potential for meeting the challenges of demographic change. However, the proportion of older users in the field of digital technologies is far behind that of younger people. As part of the e-VITA project, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Japan, France, Italy and Germany with 58 people aged 65 and over, and the content was analyzed with the aim of obtaining information about how older adults organize…
Dancing With Parkinson's Disease
Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most frequent causes of disability among older people, characterized by motor disorders, rigidity, and balance problems. Recently, dance has started to be considered an effective exercise for people with PD. In particular, Irish dancing, along with tango and different forms of modern dance, may be a valid strategy to motivate people with PD to perform physical activity. The present protocol aim…
EHealth Literacy
Skills, knowledge, and awareness of digital and technological tools are essential to improve the state of well-being and health of older adults and also to mitigate the condition of social isolation in the aging process. For this reason, it is necessary to implement a social learning of electronic/digital tools for health of older people to support the achievement of eHealth and digital competences. The paper reports the results of an Italian inn…
Designing Acceptable Robots for Assisting Older Adults
The aim of this paper was to explore the psychosocial determinants that lead to acceptability and willingness to interact with a service robot, starting with an analysis of older users' behaviors toward the Robot-Era platform, in order to provide strategies for the promotion of social assistive robotics. A mixed-method approach was used to collect information on acceptability, usability, and human-robot interaction, by analyzing nonverbal behavio…
Positive Outcomes of a Comprehensive Health Literacy Communication Training for Health Professionals in Three European Countries
Many professionals have limited knowledge of how to address health literacy; they need a wider range of health literacy competencies to enhance empowerment and person-centred prevention. We evaluated whether: (1) a comprehensive health literacy training increased self-rated competencies of health professionals to address health literacy related problems and support the development of people's autonomy and self-management abilities after training …
A social robot to support integrated person centered care
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis. IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.60 (2023 JCR, received in June 2024) The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Un habitat de la fin du premier âge du Fer dans le Toulousain
L’occupation protohistorique de la vallée de la Garonne était jusqu’à présent essentiellement marquée par des sites de l’âge du Bronze et du premier âge du Fer. En 2008 et 2009, à l’occasion d’une vaste opération de fouille préventive couvrant une dizaine d’hectares sur la commune de Blagnac, un habitat de la fin du premier âge du Fer a été mis au jour au lieu-dit Sauzas. Reconnu sur une surface d’environ 2000 m2, cet ensemble n’est conservé que …
Un habitat de la fin du premier âge du Fer dans le Toulousain
Telepresence Robot at Home
Correlates of perceived health related quality of life in obese, overweight and normal weight older adults
Research funding should be invested in the study of the benefits accruing from reducing obesity in the elderly
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Telepresence Robot at Home
Correlates of perceived health related quality of life in obese, overweight and normal weight older adults
Research funding should be invested in the study of the benefits accruing from reducing obesity in the elderly
Un habitat de la fin du premier âge du Fer dans le Toulousain
L’occupation protohistorique de la vallée de la Garonne était jusqu’à présent essentiellement marquée par des sites de l’âge du Bronze et du premier âge du Fer. En 2008 et 2009, à l’occasion d’une vaste opération de fouille préventive couvrant une dizaine d’hectares sur la commune de Blagnac, un habitat de la fin du premier âge du Fer a été mis au jour au lieu-dit Sauzas. Reconnu sur une surface d’environ 2000 m2, cet ensemble n’est conservé que …
Un habitat de la fin du premier âge du Fer dans le Toulousain
A social robot to support integrated person centered care
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis. IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.60 (2023 JCR, received in June 2024) The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Positive Outcomes of a Comprehensive Health Literacy Communication Training for Health Professionals in Three European Countries
Many professionals have limited knowledge of how to address health literacy; they need a wider range of health literacy competencies to enhance empowerment and person-centred prevention. We evaluated whether: (1) a comprehensive health literacy training increased self-rated competencies of health professionals to address health literacy related problems and support the development of people's autonomy and self-management abilities after training …
Dancing With Parkinson's Disease
Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most frequent causes of disability among older people, characterized by motor disorders, rigidity, and balance problems. Recently, dance has started to be considered an effective exercise for people with PD. In particular, Irish dancing, along with tango and different forms of modern dance, may be a valid strategy to motivate people with PD to perform physical activity. The present protocol aim…
EHealth Literacy
Skills, knowledge, and awareness of digital and technological tools are essential to improve the state of well-being and health of older adults and also to mitigate the condition of social isolation in the aging process. For this reason, it is necessary to implement a social learning of electronic/digital tools for health of older people to support the achievement of eHealth and digital competences. The paper reports the results of an Italian inn…
Designing Acceptable Robots for Assisting Older Adults
The aim of this paper was to explore the psychosocial determinants that lead to acceptability and willingness to interact with a service robot, starting with an analysis of older users' behaviors toward the Robot-Era platform, in order to provide strategies for the promotion of social assistive robotics. A mixed-method approach was used to collect information on acceptability, usability, and human-robot interaction, by analyzing nonverbal behavio…
A Multilevel Model of Older Adults’ Appropriation of ICT and Acquisition of Digital Literacy
Digital literacy refers to a set of competencies related to the skilled use of computers and information technology. Low digital skills can be a barrier for older adults' full participation in a digital society, and COVID-19 has increased this risk of social exclusion. Older adults' digital inclusion is a complex process that consists of the interplay of structural and individual factors. The ACCESS project unwrapped the complexity of the process…
The Effect of Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exergames versus Traditional Physiotherapy in Parkinson’s Disease Older Patients
(1) Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most frequent causes of disability among older people. Recently, virtual reality and exergaming have been emerged as promising tools for gait and balance rehabilitation in PD patients. Our purpose is to evaluate an innovative treatment for older patients with PD, based on non-immersive virtual reality exergames, improving gait and balance and reducing falling risk. (2) Methods: Thirty PD pati…
Acceptability and Preliminary Results of Technology-Assisted Balance Training in Parkinson’s Disease
(1) Background: Parkinson's Disease (PD) is one of the most common causes of disability among older individuals. The advanced stages of PD are usually characterized by postural instability and, as a consequence, falls. Those are among the main factors that determine the quality of life, as well as the morbidity and mortality of a person with PD. In the field of PD rehabilitation, robotics is also rapidly gaining ground. As a primary aim, we evalu…
Social Robotics and Dementia
The aim of this paper is to describe the results collected with the Italian study conducted within eWare project, aimed at supporting the autonomy and health of the older people affected by dementia and their informal caregivers, through the use of an innovative system based on a social robot and a sensorized environmental infrastructure. Nine dyads of older participants with their caregivers were enrolled in testing the system for 6 months. The …
User Perceptions and Needs Analysis of a Virtual Coach for Active and Healthy Ageing—An International Qualitative Study
Virtual coaching systems show great potential for meeting the challenges of demographic change. However, the proportion of older users in the field of digital technologies is far behind that of younger people. As part of the e-VITA project, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Japan, France, Italy and Germany with 58 people aged 65 and over, and the content was analyzed with the aim of obtaining information about how older adults organize…
Social robotics to support older people with dementia
Introduction: The aging of the population and the high incidence of those over 80 lead to an inevitable increase in chronic degenerative diseases, such as dementia, resulting in increased morbidity and disability. Treatment of people with dementia involves both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. In particular, robot-assisted therapy is a potentially useful treatment for dementia as it has the advantage of improving mood, encou…
Evaluation of the Italian version of the elderly mobility scale in older hospitalized patients
Introduction Reliable and valid assessment tools are needed to evaluate and predict physical function in older hospitalized patients. The aim of this study is to develop the Italian version of the Elderly Mobility Scale (I-EMS) and to evaluate its validity and inter-rater reliability for use with geriatric inpatients. Methods The study consists of two phases: (i) translation, where EMS version 2 was translated into Italian by two teams, each comp…
Design and Development of a Technological Platform Based on a Sensorized Social Robot for Supporting Older Adults and Caregivers
In this paper, a new ecosystem to support older adults and their caregivers in an indoor living environment is proposed. The GUARDIAN ecosystem is designed to address the different needs of end users in different countries. The ecosystem consists of a socially assistive robot (SAR), including sensors, and two mobile applications (one for caregivers and one for the older user). Starting from a user-centred and value-sensitive co-design approach, t…
E-Vita study protocol
Aim: The aim of this study is to report a trial protocol for assessing the improvement of older adults' well-being, promoting active and healthy aging, and reducing the risks of social exclusion, using a virtual coach. Background: Increased longevity brings with it reduced autonomy and independence, and it is therefore necessary to act with preventive measures that can promote active and healthy aging. With the development of technology, new tool…
The Impact of Depression and Leisure Activities on E-Health Literacy Among Older Adults
Health services through digital technologies (e-health) offer a promising solution, but some older adults may encounter difficulties in utilizing these resources due to varying levels of e-health literacy. This study investigated the relationship between depression, leisure activities, and e-health literacy among older adults in the EU and Japan using cross-sectional data from the e-ViTA baseline survey. Findings revealed that depression was nega…
Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Technology Use by Older Adults (8 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Physical therapy (6 works) · Artificial Intelligence (5 works) · Robot (5 works) · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (4 works) · Health care (4 works)