Personal digital assistants as cognitive aids for individuals with severe traumatic brain injury: A community-based trial

Gentry, Tony; Wallace, Joseph F.; Kvarfordt, Connie L.; Lynch, Kathleen Bodisch

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“…Even if the COPM has good test-retest reliability [42], the large positive change in the scores on the COPM may indicate a placebo effect [20], or a therapeutic effect of the many contacts with the OT during intervention. As the same OT performed both the evaluations and interventions it is also possible that this affected the ratings in a positive direction.…”

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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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“…To the best of our knowledge, only one study has used unmodified handheld computers off-the-shelf to compensate for disabilities in people with ABI [20]. The use of a standard mobile phone was effective in assisting people by reminding them about their appointments, daily routines and medication [21].…”

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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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“…Gentry, Wallace, Kvarfordt, & Lynch, 2010). However, this approach does not always involve hands on use by the learner themselves.…”

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Mobile Learning and Games in Special Education

Standen¹,

Brown²

2014

The SAGE Handbook of Special Education: Two Volume Set

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“…In addition they often have multiple functions and applications that can support memory, such as calendars and voice recorders [1,4]. A number of studies have shown that electronic compensatory memory aids, such as pagers [12,13], mobile phones [14,15], PDAs [1,10,16,17] and smartphones [18,19,20] can be effective in supporting prospective memory in adults with brain injury, by helping them to remember and complete everyday tasks. A recent systematic review also concluded that external assistive devices reduce forgetfulness in adults after traumatic brain injury (TBI) or stroke [21].…”

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Professionals’ views on the use of smartphone technology to support children and adolescents with memory impairment due to acquired brain injury

Plackett

Thomas²,

Thomas

2016

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.For more information, please contact eprints@nottingham.ac.uk Conclusion: Many children and adolescents with brain injury are already using smartphones as memory aids but this is often not facilitated by professionals.Improving the attitudes of professionals towards using smartphones as assistive technology could help to increase smartphone use in rehabilitation.2

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Personal digital assistants as cognitive aids for individuals with severe traumatic brain injury: A community-based trial

Abstract: A brief training intervention utilizing PDAs as cognitive aids is associated with improved self-ratings of performance in everyday life tasks among community-dwelling individuals with severe TBI.

Cited by 106 publications

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

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

Mobile Learning and Games in Special Education

Professionals’ views on the use of smartphone technology to support children and adolescents with memory impairment due to acquired brain injury

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