Lancioni Giulio E, Singh Nirbhay N, O'Reilly Mark F, Sigafoos Jeff, Alberti Gloria, Perilli Viviana, Chiariello Valeria, Buono Serafino
University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States.
Front Public Health. 2018 Aug 28;6:234. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00234. eCollection 2018.
People with intellectual disability and sensory or sensory-motor impairments may display serious problems in managing functional daily activities as well as leisure activities and communication with distant partners. The study assessed an upgraded smartphone-based program to foster independent leisure and communication activity of eight participants with mild to moderate intellectual disability, sensory or sensory-motor impairments, and limited speech skills. The upgraded program was based on the use of (a) a Samsung Galaxy A3 smartphone with Android 6.0 Operating System, near-field communication, music and video player functions, and Macrodroid application, and (b) special radio frequency-code labels. Participants requested leisure and communication activities by placing mini objects or pictures representing those activities and containing frequency-code labels on the smartphone. The smartphone, via the Macrodroid application, read the labels (i.e., discriminated the participants' requests) and provided the participants with the activities requested. During the baseline (i.e., in the absence of the program), the participants failed to request/access leisure and communication activities independently. During the post-intervention phase of the study (i.e., using the program), they succeeded in requesting/accessing those activities independently and spent about 70-90% of their session time busy with those activities. The upgraded smartphone-based program may be highly functional for people like the participants of this study.
患有智力残疾以及感官或感官运动障碍的人在管理日常功能活动、休闲活动以及与远方伙伴交流方面可能会出现严重问题。该研究评估了一个基于智能手机的升级程序，以促进八名轻度至中度智力残疾、感官或感官运动障碍且语言能力有限的参与者的独立休闲和交流活动。升级后的程序基于以下设备的使用：(a) 一部搭载安卓6.0操作系统、具有近场通信、音乐和视频播放器功能以及Macrodroid应用程序的三星Galaxy A3智能手机，以及 (b) 特殊的射频代码标签。参与者通过将代表那些活动且包含频率代码标签的小物件或图片放置在智能手机上来请求休闲和交流活动。智能手机通过Macrodroid应用程序读取标签（即识别参与者的请求）并为参与者提供所请求的活动。在基线阶段（即没有该程序时），参与者无法独立请求/获取休闲和交流活动。在研究的干预后阶段（即使用该程序时），他们成功地独立请求/获取了那些活动，并将大约70 - 90%的会话时间用于这些活动。基于智能手机的升级程序对于像本研究参与者这样的人可能具有很高的实用性。
