ReviewJMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies2023
Available Assistive Technology Outcome Measures: Systematic Review.
Review in JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06546813 (Outcomes of ICT Assistive Technology in RehabiliTAtIoN Pathways), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Outcomes of ICT Assistive Technology in RehabiliTAtIoN Pathways
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- From Technical Performance to Assistive Validity: A Critical Review of Evaluation Approaches for AI-Enabled Assistive Technology.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Clinical evaluation of communication brain computer interfaces in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a landscape analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Understanding the Impact of Assistive Technology on Users' Lives in England: A Capability Approach.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Wearable Open-Source Neuroprosthesis/Neuro-Orthosis for Restoring Hand Function.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Understanding the Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Technologies for People With Visual Impairments: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- An Interdisciplinary Approach to Assistive Technology for Parkinson's Disease Dementia.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Review
- Assessing assistive technology needs, unmet demands, barriers, and gaps in the Indian population: a protocol for large epidemiological survey.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Global availability of guidelines related to assistive technology: a scoping review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Assistive Technologies on Individuals With Disabilities in Benin: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- The Role of Assistive Technology in Enabling Older Adults to Achieve Independent Living: Past and Future.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe World Health Organization claimed that measuring outcomes is necessary to understand the benefits of assistive technology (AT) and create evidence-based policies and systems to ensure universal access to it. In clinical practice, there is an increasing need for standardized methods to track AT interventions using outcome assessments.
objectiveThis review provides an overview of the available outcome measures that can be used at the follow-up stage of any AT intervention and integrated into daily clinical or service practice.
methodsWe systematically searched for original manuscripts regarding available and used AT outcome measures by searching for titles and abstracts in the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases up to March 2023.
resultsWe analyzed 955 articles, of which 50 (5.2%) were included in the review. Within these, 53 instruments have been mentioned and used to provide an AT outcome assessment. The most widely used tool is the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology, followed by the Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Technology Scale. Moreover, the identified measures addressed 8 AT outcome domains: functional efficacy, satisfaction, psychosocial impact, caregiver burden, quality of life, participation, confidence, and usability. The AT category Assistive products for activities and participation relating to personal mobility and transportation was the most involved in the reviewed articles.
conclusionsAmong the 53 cited instruments, only 17 (32%) scales were designed to evaluate specifically assistive devices. Moreover, 64% (34/53) of the instruments were only mentioned once to denote poor uniformity and concordance in the instruments to be used, limiting the possibility of comparing the results of studies. This work could represent a good guide for promoting the use of validated AT outcome measures in clinical practice that can be helpful to AT assessment teams in their everyday activities and the improvement of clinical practice.
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