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ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2025

User-Centred Design to Inform Requirements for a Remotely Administered Hybrid Functional Test (RAHFT) Protocol.

Steven L Fischer, Sheldon J Hawley, Amandeep Bains, Tom Carter

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Steven L FischerDepartment of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. steven.fischer@uwaterloo.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-5403
Sheldon J HawleyDepartment of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Amandeep BainsCBI Health, 3300 Bloor St. W. Etobicoke, Toronto, M8X 2X2, Canada.
Tom CarterCBI Health, 3300 Bloor St. W. Etobicoke, Toronto, M8X 2X2, Canada.

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purposeFunctional testing is important to inform return-to-work (RTW), but new paradigms are needed to increase access and availability of testing. Our purpose was to deploy a user centred design approach to collect, describe, and interpret end-user feedback (clinicians and patients) to inform functional requirements for a remotely administered hybrid functional test (RAHFT) protocol.

methodsTwenty participants (10 clinicians and 10 patients) were interviewed about existing in-person functional testing and about perceptions of prospective remotely administered functional testing protocols. Interview data were synthesized, where findings informed a focus group with functional testing clinician experts to identify functional design requirements for a RAHFT protocol.

resultsPatients agreed that access to equipment and technology, safety, and personal connections were important requirements for a functional testing protocol. Expert clinicians emphasized that a RAHFT should provide valid information to inform treatment planning and RTW outcome decisions, inclusive of opportunities to capture subjective and performance-based information.

conclusionsRAHFT protocols can play an important role towards early and safe RTW. RAHFT protocols will increase availability and improve access for workers that cannot easily attend a clinic for in-person testing. Findings from this study provide functional requirements that should be considered when designing RAHFT protocols.

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