Rushton Paula W, Kairy Dahlia, Archambault Philippe, Pituch Evelina, Torkia Caryne, El Fathi Anas, Stone Paula, Routhier François, Forget Robert, Pineau Joelle, Gourdeau Richard, Demers Louise
School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal , Montréal, Québec , Canada .
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2015 May;10(3):191-7. doi: 10.3109/17483107.2014.907366. Epub 2014 Apr 8.
To explore power wheelchair users', caregivers' and clinicians' perspectives regarding the potential impact of intelligent power wheelchair use on social participation.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with power wheelchair users (n = 12), caregivers (n = 4) and clinicians (n = 12). An illustrative video was used to facilitate discussion. The transcribed interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis.
Three main themes were identified based on the experiences of the power wheelchair users, caregivers and clinicians: (1) increased social participation opportunities, (2) changing how social participation is experienced and (3) decreased risk of accidents during social participation.
Findings from this study suggest that an intelligent power wheelchair would enhance social participation in a variety of important ways, thereby providing support for continued design and development of this assistive technology.
An intelligent power wheelchair has the potential to: Increase social participation opportunities by overcoming challenges associated with navigating through crowds and small spaces. Change how social participation is experienced through "normalizing" social interactions and decreasing the effort required to drive a power wheelchair. Decrease the risk of accidents during social participation by reducing the need for dangerous compensatory strategies and minimizing the impact of the physical environment.
探讨电动轮椅使用者、护理人员和临床医生对于使用智能电动轮椅对社会参与潜在影响的看法。
对电动轮椅使用者（n = 12）、护理人员（n = 4）和临床医生（n = 12）进行了半结构化访谈。使用一段说明性视频来促进讨论。对转录的访谈内容采用主题分析法进行分析。
根据电动轮椅使用者、护理人员和临床医生的经历确定了三个主要主题：（1）增加社会参与机会；（2）改变社会参与的体验方式；（3）降低社会参与期间的事故风险。
本研究结果表明，智能电动轮椅将以多种重要方式增强社会参与，从而为这种辅助技术的持续设计和开发提供支持。
智能电动轮椅有潜力：通过克服在人群和狭小空间中通行的相关挑战来增加社会参与机会。通过使社会互动“正常化”并减少驾驶电动轮椅所需的努力来改变社会参与的体验方式。通过减少危险补偿策略的需求并将物理环境的影响降至最低，降低社会参与期间的事故风险。
