samuelsson Kersti, Wressle Ewa
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
Disabil Rehabil. 2008;30(7):551-8. doi: 10.1080/09638280701355777.
An assistive device often means an evident change in a person's ability, more easy to notice than the effects of most of other types of physiotherapy or occupational therapy intervention. In spite of this, there is very little evidence in this area.
The objective was to follow-up user satisfaction with and the use and usefulness of rollators and manual wheelchairs. The objective was also to determine any difference in satisfaction between users of the two different types of mobility assistive products.
A random sample of 262 users participated in the study, 175 rollator users and 87 wheelchair users. The Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology-QUEST 2.0 and an additional questionnaire were used for data collection.
Overall satisfaction with both types of device was high and most clients reported use of their device on a daily basis. There was a difference in how the users estimated the usefulness and other characteristics as well as some service aspects related to prescription and use of the two types of device. Most users reported not having had any follow-up; however, most users had not experienced any need for one.
A standardized follow-up will give rehabilitation professionals continuous and valuable information about the effect of and satisfaction with assistive devices.
辅助设备通常意味着一个人的能力有明显变化，比大多数其他类型的物理治疗或职业治疗干预的效果更容易被注意到。尽管如此，该领域的证据却非常少。
目的是随访助行器和手动轮椅使用者的满意度、使用情况及有用性。目的还在于确定两种不同类型的移动辅助产品使用者在满意度上是否存在差异。
随机抽取262名使用者参与研究，其中175名助行器使用者和87名轮椅使用者。采用魁北克辅助技术满意度用户评估问卷（QUEST 2.0）及一份附加问卷进行数据收集。
对这两种设备的总体满意度都很高，大多数使用者报告每天都使用他们的设备。在使用者如何评估两种设备的有用性及其他特征以及一些与处方和使用相关的服务方面存在差异。大多数使用者报告没有接受任何随访；然而，大多数使用者也没有感觉到有随访的必要。
标准化随访将为康复专业人员提供有关辅助设备效果和满意度的持续且有价值的信息。
