Efficacy and patients’ satisfaction with the ORCAM MyEye device among visually impaired people: a multicenter study

Autor: Filippo Amore, Valeria Silvestri, Margherita Guidobaldi, Marco Sulfaro, Paola Piscopo, Simona Turco, Francesca De Rossi, Emanuela Rellini, Stefania Fortini, Stanislao Rizzo, Fabiana Perna, Leonardo Mastropasqua, Vanessa Bosch, Luz Ruriko Oest-Shirai, Maria Aparecida Onuki Haddad, Alez Haruo Higashi, Rodrigo Hideharo Sato, Yulia Pyatova, Monica Daibert-Nido, Samuel N. Markowitz
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Popis: Objective To evaluate usability of and satisfaction with OrCam MyEye, a finger-size wearable assistive technology device for visually impaired during real-world tasks. Methods This prospective multicenter study was conducted on visually impaired people recruited from 5 vision rehabilitation centers. Patients performed real-world tasks such as near and distance reading, money handling, colour identification and faces recognition in 2 different scenarios: without using any low vision aid and with OrCam. System Usability Scale (SUS), Patient’s Global Impression of Change (PGIC), the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology (QUEST 2.0) and the Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Devices Scale (PIADS) were administered after the use of the OrCam device. Results Among the 100 participants, use of OrCam MyEye device improved many daily-living tasks (F = 1.67, P 2 = 0.72, P
Databáze: OpenAIRE