Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/74168, first published .
Health Care Professionals’ Experiences Regarding Facilitators of and Barriers to Sustained Use of Social Robot Ivy for People With Intellectual Disabilities: Qualitative Interview Study

Health Care Professionals’ Experiences Regarding Facilitators of and Barriers to Sustained Use of Social Robot Ivy for People With Intellectual Disabilities: Qualitative Interview Study

Health Care Professionals’ Experiences Regarding Facilitators of and Barriers to Sustained Use of Social Robot Ivy for People With Intellectual Disabilities: Qualitative Interview Study

Mark Steins   1, 2 , PhD ;   Claire Huijnen   3 , PhD, PEng ;   Gaby Odekerken-Schröder   1 , PhD, Prof Dr ;   Dominik Mahr   1 , PhD, Prof Dr ;   Kars Mennens   1 , PhD ;   Ramon Daniels   3 , PhD ;   Frank Mathmann   2 , PhD

1 Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Maastricht Center for Robots, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2 School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

3 Research Centre for Assistive Technology in Care, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Heerlen, The Netherlands

Corresponding Author:

  • Mark Steins, PhD
  • Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Maastricht Center for Robots
  • School of Business and Economics
  • Maastricht University
  • Tongersestraat 53
  • Maastricht 6211 LM
  • The Netherlands
  • Phone: 31 043 388 3768
  • Email: m.steins@maastrichtuniversity.nl