Exploring the Views of Individuals With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on the Use of Rollators

Abstract

Rollator acquisition appeared to be a unilateral, prescriptive process. Individuals described initial resistance to use, although in the long-term, negative perceptions were outweighed by the functional and social benefits of rollator use. Encouraging users to participate in deciding whether to use a rollator and providing adequate education on its indications, benefits, barriers, and facilitators are likely to promote optimal use of a rollator.

Exploring the barriers to using assistive technology for individuals with chronic conditions: a meta-synthesis review

“…A negative attitude towards using technology and assistive technology by the end user was a barrier to using assistive technology. When the end user was against the idea of using technology due to it being perceived as annoying, awkward or not appropriate for them, the personal attitude of the individual influenced the use of the assistive technology [52,53,55,58,61,[66][67][68]70,74,[77][78][79][81][82][83]85,87]. The end user's attitudes towards their health condition relates to the end user need to accept their current health condition and the need for help before they are willing to use assistive technology.…”

“…The end user's attitudes towards their health condition relates to the end user need to accept their current health condition and the need for help before they are willing to use assistive technology. The acceptance of needing help could be distressing and depressing for the users; this barrier needs to be overcome before assistive technology is accepted [52,55,61,[66][67][68]70,74,82,87]. Past negative experiences with assistive technology influenced the acceptance of the current assistive technology by the user.…”

“…Users often felt stigmatised by society when using assistive technology. The negative attitudes of others towards them made individuals feel vulnerable, selfconscious and embarrassed using their assistive technology in public places [49,50,52,54,55,59,63,65,67,68,70,73,74,78,81,84,85,87].…”

“…The design and construction of public infrastructure, for example buildings, roads and paths reduced the accessibility of the physical environment to assistive technology users, becoming a barrier to its use. Lack of access ramps, narrow corridors and aisles, high counters and a lack of appropriate parking spaces all limited assistive technology use [50,59,63,68,70,73,77,78,87]. Limited and poorly designed public transportation was also a barrier to the use of assistive technology in the community [50,59,63,70,83,87].…”

“…Lack of access ramps, narrow corridors and aisles, high counters and a lack of appropriate parking spaces all limited assistive technology use [50,59,63,68,70,73,77,78,87]. Limited and poorly designed public transportation was also a barrier to the use of assistive technology in the community [50,59,63,70,83,87].…”