Assessing Eye Clinic Accessibility: A Study Validating and Applying the SiteWise Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To validate the SiteWise survey as a reliable tool for assessing the accessibility of outpatient ophthalmology clinics for visually impaired patients and to compare accessibility between hospital-based and satellite clinics.

Methods

This quality improvement study, conducted from January to December 2023, used the SiteWise survey to assess design features in seven satellite and two hospital-based clinics within the Wilmer Eye Institute network. Independent surveyors evaluated elements such as parking, sidewalks, entrances, and interior areas. Reliability was measured using Krippendorf's alpha, and accessibility scores were compared using generalized estimated equations, analyses of variance, and t tests.

Results

The SiteWise survey demonstrated high reliability

SUBMITTER: Dossantos J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534020 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature