Perceived difficulties using everyday technology after acquired brain injury: Influence on activity and participation

Lindén, Anita; Lexell, Jan; Lund, Maria Larsson

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“…It is not only assistive devices that are difficult to learn to use. Using everyday technology is also perceived as difficult for pwABI [22,23], as well as accepting help from others, even though it is well known that pwABI benefit from compensatory techniques [24].…”

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The group rehabilitation helped me adjust to a new life: Experiences shared by persons with an acquired brain injury

2013

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The group rehabilitation helped me adjust to a new life: Experiences shared by persons with an acquired brain injury.Månsson Lexell, Eva; Alkhed, Ann-Kristin; Olsson, Kerstin General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain women with an acquired brain injury who had participated in an out-patient group rehabilitation programme were performed. Data was analysed with qualitative content analysis.Findings: The findings formed the theme "The group rehabilitation helped me adjust to a new life" that revealed experiences related to the content and outcome of the programme, as well as the process they went through during the programme. The participants described how the rehabilitation gave them the tools they needed to change their everyday lives, especially in relation to improved knowledge, and learning new routines and habits. They perceived their rehabilitation as a long-term, individual, but also collaborative process, where professionals as well as family and friends had crucial roles. Conclusion:Learning how persons with acquired brain injury experience participation in a group rehabilitation program can help to unravel parts of the 'black box of rehabilitation', and can support professionals to better understand the effective components of such programmes.3

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The group rehabilitation helped me adjust to a new life: Experiences shared by persons with an acquired brain injury

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“…However, a recent study (5) found that a majority of individuals with ABI had difficulties using various ET, such as automated telephone services, computer programmes, alarms and cash dispenser. Thus, using ET can be both a demanding and a complicating environmental aspect during the performance of tasks in daily life for people with a cognitive disability.…”

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Response actions to difficulties in using everyday technology after acquired brain injury

Lund

Engström

Lexell

2011

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Purpose: People with acquired brain injury (ABI) have difficulties using everyday technology (ET) in daily tasks at home and in the society. To support them managing the demands imposed by using ET, knowledge is needed about their response actions to the difficulties that occur during task performance, their conditions and efficiency. The aim of this study was to explore and describe what characterizes response actions to difficulties using ET, their conditions and how they influence the experiences of tasks in daily life among people with ABI.Methods: Interviews and observations were undertaken with thirteen men and women with an ABI. Data were analyzed qualitatively using the constant comparative method. Results:The participants' response actions were categorized as (i) deliberately and organized planning, (ii) random and inflexible repeating (iii), re-evaluating tasks, (iv) explaining difficulties related to others, and (iv) proving and protecting capability. Certain conditions were decisive for the different response actions to be applied and also for their effectiveness in enabling engagement in tasks in daily life. Each participant used several type of response actions and the same action could be applied in several situations. Conclusion:To support people with an ABI to manage the demands imposed by using ET, it is important to identify the uniqueness of each client and his or her response actions to difficulties using ET and thereafter adjust the interventions accordingly.

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“…The voice recorder was also used as a checklist during shopping (4). To overcome the difficulties to take messages during telephone calls, as the participants were not able to keep the information in their memory and record it afterwards, the digital voice recorder was complemented with a telephone pickup that enabled the entire phone call to be recorded (1,4). Thereby, this ET fully matched their needs and abilities.…”

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“…People with an acquired brain injury (ABI) can experience a wide range of difficulties with daily life tasks, such as self-care, productivity and leisure [1,2], as well as restrictions of participation and decreased quality of life [3][4][5][6][7]. A compensatory approach to reduce remaining disabilities are therefore commonly applied, in rehabilitation in general [4,8,9] as well in occupational therapy [10,11].…”

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Improvements of task performance in daily life after acquired brain injury using commonly available everyday technology

Lindén¹,

Lexell²,

Lund³

2010

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Purpose: To investigate how individualized occupation-based interventions with commonly available everyday technology (ET) can compensate for perceived difficulties with daily life tasks after an aquired brain injury (ABI) and improve satisfaction with occupational performance. Method: This intervention study was designed as a multiple case study according to Yin. Ten men and women with an ABI (traumatic or non-traumatic) participated. Data were collected through interviews, observations and field notes before and after the intervention and at follow-up (on average 11 weeks afterwards). The interventions focused on enabling each participant's prioritized goals related to task performance in daily life. Results: All participants achieved all their goals by learning to use both new functions in their own familiar ET and new ET. The participants perceived difficulties in occupational performance decreased and their satisfaction with occupational performance increased with the use of ET. Conclusions: An individualised intervention process, involving the use of own familiar ET or ET off-the-shelf, has the potential to compensate for perceived difficulties following an ABI and improve satisfaction with occupational performance in daily life.Key words: activities of daily living; assistive technology; brain injury; occupational therapy; rehabilitation INTRODUCTIONPeople with an acquired brain injury (ABI) can experience a wide range of difficulties with daily life tasks, such as self-care, productivity and leisure [1,2], as well as restrictions of participation and decreased quality of life [3][4][5][6][7]. A compensatory approach to reduce remaining disabilities are therefore commonly applied, in rehabilitation in general [4,8,9] as well in occupational therapy [10,11]. In occupational therapy [11], adapted methods of doing, adaptive equipment and assistive technology (AT) are used to compensate for ineffective actions to improve the performance of daily life tasks that people with an ABI need and want to do to enhance their roles and participation in society.AT comprises low-tech (mechanical) and high-tech (electro-mechanical or computerized) devices [12] and is defind as "any item, piece of equipment, or product system, (acquired commercially off-the-shelf, modified, or customized), that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities" [13]. However, it can be difficult to differentiate AT from everyday technology (ET) objects [14], such as mobile phones and computers, that already exist in peoples' lives and may be used to reduce difficulties in occupational performance.In reviewing the literature about the use and efficency of AT or ET in the form of electronic aids in people with ABI, it was found that a variety of AT, such as palmtop computer, paging system, voice organizer, can reduce memory problems [9,[15][16][17][18][19]. To the best of our knowledge, only one study has used unmodified handheld computers off-the-shelf to compensate for disabilities ...

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Perceived difficulties using everyday technology after acquired brain injury: Influence on activity and participation

Cited by 35 publications

References 26 publications

The group rehabilitation helped me adjust to a new life: Experiences shared by persons with an acquired brain injury

The group rehabilitation helped me adjust to a new life: Experiences shared by persons with an acquired brain injury

Response actions to difficulties in using everyday technology after acquired brain injury

Improvements of task performance in daily life after acquired brain injury using commonly available everyday technology

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