Developing an assistive technology usability questionnaire for people with neurological diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study describes the development of a questionnaire for assessing the usability of assistive technologies accessible to people with neurological diseases.

Methods

A Delphi study was conducted to identify relevant items for the questionnaire. After that, the content validity was addressed to identify the essential items. Once the questionnaire was designed following the results of the Delphi study and content validity, the reliability, validity, and the Rasch model of the questionnaire were examined.

Results

Two rounds of the Delphi study were carried out. A total of 73 participants (42 experts and 31 users) participated in round 1, and 59 people (27 experts and 32 users) in round 2. A total of 53 and 29 items were identified in rounds 1 and 2, respectively

SUBMITTER: Masbernat-Almenara M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9888697 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature