Factors affecting the use of mobility aids devices among young adults with mobility disability in a selected Nigerian population

Assistive technology selection to outcome assessment: the benefit of having a service delivery protocol

“…Appropriate assistive technology provision remains problematic for many persons, and in a wide variety of global areas [8,9,10]. Even within well developed nations, there are geographic areas that receive poor services or lack fundamental resources such as occurs in many rural areas that lack cell phone and internet services and even basic healthcare.…”

“…We might think about standardized areas of consideration for AT selection, but identifying particular outcomes to measure can be challenging due to the differing mandates and interests of varied stakeholders [8,11]. For example, the MPT assessments [4] address psychological and sociocultural factors affecting consumer perspectives of the benefit they realize from use of an AT [10], prescriber goals of functional gain and personal well-being, as well as design elements and product usability that are the primary concerns held by engineers and suppliers of AT products [8,12] Thus, a system of practice that includes a mix of validated tools and measures to address different purposes and perspectives would likely yield important data and be very beneficial for all concerned.…”