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Table 3 Need and acceptance of robot assistance

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

Need and accept

Need, not accept

ICF domain

Scratch the participant

Shower assistance

Fine motor assistance

Assist in exercising

Walking partner (support walking-exercise)

Skincare

Shower assistance

Toileting/catheterization

Positioning

Body-functions and structures

Prepare/make food

Bring water/food

Clean up after a meal

Feeding

Pick up things from the floor

Prepare clothes

Assist in transfers

Assists with PC, cord, plugs

Turn on TV

Housework (dusting, tidying up)

Laundry

Make/change the bed

Shovel snow

Car maintenance

Maintenance of technical aids

Answer the door

Walking partner

Prepare/make food

Assist in transfers

Activities

Prepare for guests

Assist at work

Activities related to board and organizational work

Assist with grandchildren

Participation