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- Brandt, Åse
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Outcomes of Rollator and Powered Wheelchair Interventions - User Satisfaction and Participation
- 2005
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Rollator and powered wheelchair interventions are often applied to make participation possible for citizens with limited walking capacity. However, the research-based knowledge about outcomes is insufficient for societal prioritisation purposes and for quality development of assistive technology within occupational therapy contexts. In this thesis outcomes in terms of user satisfaction, participation, and frequency of use were investigated based on users? subjective assessments, collected by cross-sectional and follow-up interview studies in Danish municipalities, mainly among older persons. The levels of user satisfaction and participation were high, all devices were used, and user satisfaction increased over time, indicating that the interventions benefit the users and are worth while from a societal perspective. Even so, some rollator users had difficulties handling their rollator, the powered wheelchairs could not be used for all participation purposes, and some users were not satisfied in all respects, especially regarding assistive technology service. Physical environmental barriers and determinants for less beneficial outcomes were identified. Based on the study results suggestions for eligibility criteria and for quality development of e.g. occupational therapy services were provided. As regards methodological aspects of outcomes research, instrument translation and adaptation difficulties were identified. User satisfaction and a new promising construct, mobility-related participation, specifically targeting participation outcomes of mobility device interventions, were explored, requiring further research. Finally, further development of conceptual models for use in assistive technology outcomes research was suggested.
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- Brandt, Åse, et al.
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Reliability test-retest of the Nordic Assisted Mobility Evaluation (NAME 1.0)
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Ingår i: Challenges for Assistive Technology. - 9781586037918 ; , s. 85-87
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper describes preliminary results from the test-retest of the NAME 1.0. Four scales were tested: Mobility-related participation frequency; Mobility ease/difficulty; Mobility dependence; Extent of assistance in mobility. The test was conducted in the five Nordic countries. In all 147 mobility device users took part in the study, mean age 60 years (range 19 - 93). Each participant was interviewed twice by means of the NAME 1.0 with seven days' interval (SD 4) by interviewers trained in using the instrument. The reliability of two scales was good, and the reliability of one scale became good after it had been regrouped into fewer grades. The reliablity of the Mobility ease/difficulty scale was only moderate. Possible reasons for this are discussed. There is a need for further research.
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