Description
Objectives: Identifying outcome measures for individual assistive technology (AT) interventions, applicable to any kind of assistive products.
Study design: Literature review.
Methods: Three investigators searched and reviewed scientific papers published in sector journals in the past 13 years in relation to AT outcome measures.
Results: 53 papers met the inclusion criteria. Overall, they describe 86 measures. 37 of them were found to be related to the outcome of the whole rehabilitation process rather than to AT purposely. 41 are restricted to specific categories of AT products. Only five are actually applicable to any AT products: FIATS, IPPA, PIADS, QUEST, and SCAI. In addition, three further measures were found that - although unable to fully capture the AT outcome if used alone - can add useful information on the quality of the AT intervention (KWAZO, SATS) and the individual predisposition to AT use (ATD-PA).
Conclusions: A careful monitoring of the achieved outcome is an essential aspect of any individual AT interventions. This study provides a list of measures
that help monitoring the intervention effectiveness and cost.
Subject (according to the ISO classification of assistive products)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR MEASURING, SUPPORTING, TRAINING OR REPLACING BODY FUNCTIONS (ISO 04)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS ATTACHED TO THE BODY FOR SUPPORTING NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL OR MOVEMENT RELATED FUNCTIONS (ORTHOSES) AND REPLACING ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES (PROSTHESES) (ISO 06)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR SELF-CARE ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN SELF CARE (ISO 09)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION RELATING TO PERSONAL MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION (ISO 12)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN DOMESTIC LIFE (ISO 15)
- FURNISHINGS, FIXTURES AND OTHER ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR HUMAN-MADE ENVIRONMENTS (ISO 18)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (ISO 22)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING, CARRYING, MOVING AND HANDLING OBJECTS AND DEVICES (ISO 24)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING, ADAPTING OR MEASURING ELEMENTS OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS (ISO 27)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR WORK ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYMENT (ISO 28)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE (ISO 30)
