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Table 2 Participants

From: Care-receivers with physical disabilities’ perceptions on having humanoid assistive robots as assistants: a qualitative study

Participant

Sex

Age

Diagnosis

Assistance

Assistance from

 

Home-

nurse

Assistant

Next of kin

Others

F1-1

F

76

SCI-C5

A

x

x

x

 

F1-2

F

23

SCI-C5

A

x

x

x

 

F1-3

M

26

SCI-C6

A

x

x

x

 

F1-4

M

43

Amputation

B

x

 

x

 

F1-5

M

18

SCI-C6

B

 

x

x

 

F2-1

M

56

SCI-T5

B

 

x

x

 

F2-2

M

60

SCI-C3

A

   

Rehab-center staff

F2-3

M

56

SCI-C4

A

x

x

x

 

F2-4

M

77

SCI-T5

C

x

 

x

 

F2-5

F

33

SCI-C5

D

 

x

x

 

F3-1

M

30

SCI-C5

B

x

x

  

F3-2

F

59

Muscular

dystrophy

A

 

x

x

Friends

F3-3

M

58

SCI-C4

A

 

x

  

F3-4

M

36

SCI-C6

B

 

x

x

Friends

F3-5

M

51

SCI-T9

D

   

Cleaner

F4-1

M

59

Stroke

B

x

 

x

 

F4-2

M

43

Stroke

B

x

 

x

 

F4-3

F

59

Stroke

A

x

 

x

 
  1. Abbreviations: SCI-C: Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, paralysis in arms and legs. SCI-T: Thoracal Spinal Cord Injury, paralysis from waist and down. Assistance categories receive assistance A: more than five times a day, B: 1–3 times a day, C: 3–5 times a day, D: 1–6 times a week