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ArticleAustralian occupational therapy journal2024

Utility of 3D modelling of the patient's living environment as perceived by occupational therapists.

Manon Guay, Claudine Auger, Noémie Séguin-Tremblay, François Michaud, Mathieu Labbé, Natalie Chevalier, Michelle Plante, Janice Polgar

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Article in Australian occupational therapy journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Manon GuaySchool of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2219-9327
Claudine AugerCenter for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0159-2004
Noémie Séguin-TremblayResearch Center on Aging, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7963-2593
François MichaudInterdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation (3IT), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3639-7770
Mathieu LabbéInterdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation (3IT), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0778-5595
Natalie ChevalierResearch Center on Aging, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7957-6381
Michelle PlanteCentre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Ouest-de-l'Île, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Janice PolgarSchool of Occupational Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

AGE-WELLFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Université de SherbrookeFonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) - Nature et technologieFRQ - SantéResearch Center on AgingStrategic Network INTER - Engineering Interactive Technology for Rehabilitation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionVisiting a patient's living environment is important for occupational therapists, albeit costly and time consuming. MapIt is a mobile app producing a 3D representation of a home with the possibility of taking measurements. The purpose of this study was to explore the utility of a 3D representation of a patient's home for the clinical practice of occupational therapists.

methodsCase study in which the unit of analysis was the utility of MapIt as defined by ISO 9241-11:2018 and as perceived by occupational therapists in four different occupational therapy clinical settings (Canada). Onsite observations with 10 occupational therapists (and their patients) were triangulated with data from interviews, diaries, and logbooks. Inductive thematic condensation led to emerging conclusions for each clinical setting, fuelling the next case data collection and analysis. Inter-case analysis was corroborated by additional occupational therapists, through crowdsourcing and expert review.

resultsOccupational therapists' clinical reasoning was supported by the MapIt app, enhancing and streamlining their work and inducing adjustments to treatment plans. Occupational therapists saw and measured the patient's environment remotely, to better match person-environment-occupation and promote occupational engagement. MapIt's 3D representations were judged useful to communicate between occupational therapists and stakeholders, to educate, allow continuity, optimise resources, minimise the patient's time on a waitlist for homecare, and save time for everyone. DISCUSSION: MapIt allowed occupational therapists who performed home visits to bring a little of the patients' home to their office, whereas occupational therapists without access to the home could see it and take measurements. MapIt's utility was confirmed for practice in clinical settings and for better continuity of care between settings.

conclusionMapIt makes it possible for occupational therapists to 'walk around' the patient's home remotely, but the possibility of measuring environmental elements is a 3D model's true added value over currently used photos or short videos.

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Occupational TherapistsOccupational TherapyAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMobile Applications3D visualisationageingassistive technologybuilt environmentmobile healthmobile phoneoccupational therapyremote assessmentuniversal design

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PMCPMC11609343

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