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Table 1 Overview of the purpose and inclusion criterions

From: Interventions for adults with deafblindness - an integrative review

Purpose: To compile the current research on interventions for rehabilitation aiming at adults with deafblindness (DB)

Setting

Perspective

Intervention

Comparison

Evaluation

Where?

For whom?

What?

Compared with what?

With what result?

All countries

All contexts

Original scientific studies published between 2000 and 2020

Adults (18-65 years) with DB, their relatives, and professionals

The DB can be congenital or acquired, and it does not need to be determined on the basis of objective criteria

Studies with mixed age populations where the results for adults with DB, their relatives, or professionals working with them can be distinguished from other results

Interventions related to DB specific difficulties of relevance for rehabilitation services

Interventions for people with DB, their relatives and professionals

Interventions in the surrounding environment

Comparisons not necessary

The result can be: perceived, observed, or measured

The result can be described from one of the following perspectives: the people with DB, their relatives, or professionals