Chamberlain M A, Stowe J
Rheumatol Rehabil. 1980 Nov;19(4):246-51. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/19.4.246.
A postal survey was mounted to investigate the use of the British Rheumatism and Arthritis Association's (B.R.A.A.) postal aids service. Of the 288 persons who ordered aids between B.R.A.A. and 446 from other sources. Many simple aids were valuable and well used; several had faults, which in many cases could easily have been rectified if the manufacturers been aware of them. Respondents appreciated the speedy provision of aids but many had problems which would have been better solved by attendance at an Aids Centre or Occupational Therapy Department. A quarter of the subjects were unaware that departments of social services provided aids.
开展了一项邮寄调查，以研究英国风湿病和关节炎协会（B.R.A.A.）的邮寄辅助器具服务的使用情况。在从B.R.A.A.订购辅助器具的288人当中，有446人是从其他渠道订购的。许多简单的辅助器具很有价值且使用广泛；有几种存在缺陷，如果制造商意识到这些问题，在很多情况下这些缺陷很容易得到纠正。受访者对辅助器具的快速提供表示满意，但许多人遇到的问题若能前往辅助器具中心或职业治疗科就诊，本可得到更好的解决。四分之一的受访者不知道社会服务部门提供辅助器具。
