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ArticleBMJ open2020

Use of technology in supporting goal setting in rehabilitation for adults: a scoping review.

Carla Strubbia, William Mark Magnus Levack, Rebecca Grainger, Kayoko Takahashi, Kounosuke Tomori

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Article in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Carla StrubbiaDepartment of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand carla.strubbia@postgrad.otago.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0001-9324-3607
William Mark Magnus LevackDepartment of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-6631-908X
Rebecca GraingerUniversity of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-9201-8678
Kayoko TakahashiDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kounosuke TomoriDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Tokyo University of Technology, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo map the extant literature evaluating the use of technology for goal setting in adult rehabilitation and the impact of technology for patient outcomes.

designScoping review.

methodsMEDLINE (via Ovid), CINAHL (via EBSCO), AMED and Scopus were searched for articles describing observational or interventional studies. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database were searched for grey literature. Two review authors independently screened all titles and abstracts for potentially relevant articles. We included articles describing studies that had evaluated the development or application of technology to facilitate goal setting in rehabilitation for adults. Articles were excluded if the technology described did not include features to facilitate goal setting or were not in English. Narrative reviews, opinion pieces and editorials were also excluded.

resultsAfter screening 1640 publications of potential interest, we identified 27 studies for inclusion. These 27 articles described studies involving a total of 16 different technologies including, seven mobile apps, three websites, two mobile apps/website hybrids, two apps and two websites connected to a pedometer. We found that most technologies described were designed to facilitate self-management with goal setting as a feature and that only five included a shared decision moment around goal setting. Only six of the 16 technologies had research providing evidence of effectiveness in terms of improved patient outcomes, with the best evidence of beneficial effects associated with technologies that linked goal setting to pedometer use.

conclusionsThe identified technologies for use in adult rehabilitation that included goal setting as a feature were largely accepted and valued by patients and health professionals. The limited data suggest that there is a need for further research; specific foci may include the impact of incorporation of a shared decision-making moment and evaluation of effectiveness on patient outcomes.

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TechnologyGoalsHumansMobile ApplicationsPersons with DisabilitiesSelf-Managementhealth informaticsinformation technologyrehabilitation medicine

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PMID33172946
PMCPMC7656911

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