Older Wheelchair Users Recommend Age-Friendly Design Improvements to a Wheelchair Maintenance App: Mixed Methods Development Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wheelchair part failures have doubled over the past decade. Preventative wheelchair maintenance reduces wheelchair failures and prevents user consequences. We are developing a smartphone app called WheelTrak, which alerts users when maintenance is required, to encourage maintenance practices and compliance.

Objective

This mixed methods study aimed to develop a wheelchair maintenance app using broad stakeholder advice and investigate older adults' interaction experience with the app and their perceived barriers to and facilitators of maintenance.

Methods

Interviews were conducted with stakeholders, including mobility device users, to generate needs statements and app specifications. The app was designed in 2 stages. Stage 1 involved the development of the ap

SUBMITTER: Boccardi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9627462 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature