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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Geriatr Nurs. 2017 May 4;38(6):542–547. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.04.002

Table 4.

Numbers and types of interaction between digital pet avatar and participant over 3 month study period (of those completing study) (p = participant).

P1 P2 P3 P4 P 5 P6 P7 P8 Mean for all interactions/day
Mean: Avatar-initiated interactions/day 5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.5
Mean: Participant-initiated interactions/day 1.6 1.0 1.2 0.6 1.2 1.1 0.1 1.5 1.0
Mean: Friend-initiated interactions/day 0.2 0.1 0.2 0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
Mean total interactions/day 6.9 6.7 7.0 6.2 7.0 7.0 5.9 7.6 6.8