Evaluating the Acceptability and Appropriateness of the Augmented Reality Home Assessment Tool (ARHAT): Qualitative Descriptive Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Augmented Reality Home Assessment Tool (ARHAT) is a mobile app developed to provide rapid, highly accurate assessments of the home environment. It uses 3D-capture technologies to help people identify and address functional limitations and environmental barriers.

Objective

This study was conducted to gain stakeholder feedback on the acceptability and appropriateness of the ARHAT for identifying and addressing barriers within home environments.

Methods

A qualitative descriptive study was conducted because it allows for variability when obtaining data and seeks to understand stakeholders' insights on an understudied phenomenon. Each stakeholder group (occupational therapists, housing professionals, and aging adult and caregiver "dyads") participated in a 6

SUBMITTER: Fields B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10547935 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature