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Table 1 Conceptual framework of the monitoring questionnaire

From: Development and feasibility of an automated call monitoring intervention for older wheelchair users: the MOvIT project

Dimensions from taxonomy of assistive technology device outcomes

WC-related adverse outcomes tracked by the questionnaire

Source

EFFECTIVENESS: effect of assistive technology on domains of user functioning (ICF body functions, activity and participation) and effect of external influences on functioning and disability (ICF contextual factors)

Body functions

  
 

-Pain/discomfort

Literature [9, 10, 50]

 

-Skin problem

Literature [50–53]

 

-Positioning problem

Literature [42, 50, 54]

 

-WC incidents/accidents

Literature [15, 43, 45, 46, 50]

Activity and participation

  
 

-Limited WC skills and knowledge

Literature [50, 55, 56]/End-users

 

-Restricted WC participation

Literature [13, 57, 58]

Environmental factors

  
 

-Reasons for non-use (weather conditions, home accessibility, transportation issues)

Literature [58]/End-users

SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: includes users’ cognitive and affective evaluations of how assistive technology has affected their lives

Psychological functioning

  
 

-Psychosocial distress

Literature [28–31, 59]/End-users

Satisfaction

  
 

-Device dissatisfaction

Literature [32, 33, 60–62]/End-users

SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE: extent to which outcomes are important to society, primarily in terms of their economic effect

Device use

  
 

-Frequency of device use in various environments

Literature [59, 63–65]/End-users

Service use

  
 

-Device malfunction

Literature [16, 43, 44]/End-users