Providing Aging Adults Social Robots’ Companionship in Home-Based Elder Care

Table 2

Ranking of life situations according to aging adults’ demands for companionship.

Rank	Life situations	Mean	Standard deviation	Cronbach’s alpha	Demand level
1	Dinning	3.77	0.61	0.730	High
2	Doing housework	3.39	0.67	0.823	High
3	Exercising	3.29	0.55	0.743	High
4	Doing healthcare	3.20	0.66	0.809	High
5	Using computers/telephones	3.09	0.69	0.770	Medium
6	Studying	2.92	0.64	0.763	Medium
7	Watching TV	2.91	0.57	0.700	Medium
8	Entertaining	2.88	0.67	0.759	Medium
9	Religious activities	2.87	0.65	0.867	Low
10	Short breaking	2.78	0.82	0.848	Low
11	Reading	2.63	0.73	0.777	Low
12	Sleeping	2.50	0.61	0.716	Low