End-User Perspectives of the Importance of Rehabilitation Technologies and Related Values for Implementation
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Mitchell, Jessie
Clanchy, Kelly
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Despite the increased availability of rehabilitation technologies (such as robotics) and evidence to support their use, their adoption is still limited in practice. To begin to address this issue, we sought to better understand the perspectives of end-users regarding the implementation of rehabilitation technologies through an online survey. Fifty unique responses across Client (e.g., people with disability and carers), Allied Health (e.g., occupational and physical therapists, podiatrists, psychologists, dieticians, audiologists, exercise physiologists), and Medical (i.e., physicians and nurses) groups were analyzed. Respondents considered rehabilitation technologies to be important (median across groups of 9 out of 10). Across groups, value statements related to the implementation of rehabilitation technologies ranked from most to least important related to: benefits of technology to its intended end-user with disability, practical use of technologies, the technologies themselves (e.g., innovative, established, stand-alone), and their impact on health professionals or the health system as a whole. There were similarities and differences in ranking within and across end-user groups. The prioritization of statements indicates where development efforts can be focused to address end-user goals, and disparity in results across groups supports rich stakeholder engagement during rehabilitation technology development.
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2023 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR)
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Rehabilitation
Allied health and rehabilitation science
Computer Science
Computer Science, Cybernetics
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Rehabilitation
Robotics
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Shirota, C; Mitchell, J; Clanchy, K, End-User Perspectives of the Importance of Rehabilitation Technologies and Related Values for Implementation, 2023 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2023