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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/97371, first published .
Elderly man in chair conversing with a friendly yellow robot in a room

Conditions and Pathways for Integrating Smart Care Robots Into Long-Term Care Facilities: Qualitative Study From Nursing Assistants’ Perspectives

Conditions and Pathways for Integrating Smart Care Robots Into Long-Term Care Facilities: Qualitative Study From Nursing Assistants’ Perspectives

Yawen An   1 , BS ;   Fengying Zhang   1 , PhD ;   Yang Yang   2, 3 , PhD ;   Ruben Martin-Payo   4, 5 , PhD ;   Xiaofeng Xie   1 , PhD

1 West China School of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

2 School of Mathematics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China

3 SWUFE-UD Institute of Data Science, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China

4 Department of Medicine, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

5 Precam Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Corresponding Author:

  • Xiaofeng Xie, PhD
  • West China School of Nursing
  • West China Hospital, Sichuan University
  • No. 24, South Section, First Ring Road
  • Chengdu, Sichuan 610041
  • China
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  • Email: xiaofeng_xie@scu.edu.cn