Danemayer, J;
Boggs, D;
Polack, S;
Smith, EM;
Ramos, VD;
Battistella, LR;
Holloway, C;
(2021)
Measuring assistive technology supply and demand: A scoping review.
Assistive Technology
, 33
pp. 35-49.
10.1080/10400435.2021.1957039.
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Abstract
The supply of and market demand for assistive products (APs) are complex and influenced by diverse stakeholders. The methods used to collect AP population-level market data are similarly varied. In this paper, we review current population-level AP supply and demand estimation methods for five priority APs and provide recommendations for improving national and global AP market evaluation. Abstracts resulting from a systematic search were double-screened. Extracted data include WHO world region, publication year, age-groups, AP domain(s), study method, and individual assessment approach. 497 records were identified. Vision-related APs comprised 65% (n = 321 studies) of the body of literature; hearing (n = 59), mobility (n = 24), cognitive (n = 2), and studies measuring multiple domains (n = 92) were proportionately underrepresented. To assess individual AP need, 4 unique approaches were identified among 392 abstracts; 45% (n = 177) used self-report and 84% (n = 334) used clinical evaluation. Study methods were categorized among 431 abstracts; Cross-sectional studies (n = 312, 72%) and secondary analyses of cross-sectional data (n = 61, 14%) were most common. Case studies illustrating all methods are provided. Employing approaches and methods in the contexts where they are most well-suited to generate standardized AP indicators will be critical to further develop comparable population-level research informing supply and demand, ultimately expanding sustainable access to APs.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Measuring assistive technology supply and demand: A scoping review |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1080/10400435.2021.1957039 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2021.1957039 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC on behalf of the RESNA. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Rehabilitation, assessment, auditory impairment, mobility, outcomes, service delivery, visual impairment, VISION IMPAIRMENT, DEVICE USE, SUBSTITUTABILITY, BLINDNESS |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10141189 |




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