Accessibility of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Patients With Disability: Observations From Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore attitudes and practices of physicians relating to accessible medical diagnostic equipment in serving patients with mobility disability.

Design

Open-ended individual telephone interviews, which reached data saturation. Interview recordings were transcribed verbatim for qualitative conventional content analysis.

Setting

Massachusetts, the United States, October 2017-January 2018.

Participants

Practicing physicians from 5 clinical specialties (N=20).

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Common themes concerning physical accessibility.

Results

Mean ± SD time in practice was 27.5±12.5 years; 14 practices had height-adjustable examination tables; and 7 had wheelchair-accessible weight scales. The analysis ident

SUBMITTER: Agaronnik N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6761045 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature