敘述
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.
主題(依照ISO輔具編碼)
- 測量、支撐、訓練或取代身體功能之輔具 (ISO 04)
- 固定於身上支持神經肌肉骨骼或動作相關功能的輔具(矯具)和取代身體結構輔具(義具) (ISO 06)
- 自我照護活動/參與輔具 (ISO 09)
- 個人行動輔具 (ISO 12)
- 居家活動和居家生活參與輔具 (ISO 15)
- 家具與支持室內外人工環境活動用輔具 (ISO 18)
- 溝通與資訊整理輔具 (ISO 22)
- 控制、搬運、移動、處理物品用輔具 (ISO 24)
- 環境調整與測量輔具 (ISO 27)
- 工作活動與工作參與輔具 (ISO 28)
- 休閒娛樂輔具 (ISO 30)