Does assistive technology contribute to social inclusion for people with intellectual disability? A systematic review protocol
Autor: | Geraldine Fitzgerald, Malcolm MacLachlan, Greg Sheaf, Bonnix Kayabu, Mike Clarke, John Owuor, Roy McConkey, Fiona Larkan, John Dinsmore |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
030506 rehabilitation
interpersonal relationships Intellectual Disability/rehabilitation 03 medical and health sciences Interpersonal relationship 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) assistive technology Intellectual disability Health care Protocol medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Narrative 030212 general & internal medicine 10. No inequality Socioeconomic status Medical education business.industry General Medicine Self-Help Devices Social Participation Social engagement medicine.disease Mental Health Socioeconomic Factors intellectual disability Research Design Autism social inclusion community participation 0305 other medical science business Systematic Reviews as Topic |
Zdroj: | Owuor, J, Larkan, F, Kayabu, B, Fitzgerald, G, Sheaf, G, Dinsmore, J, McConkey, R, Clarke, M & MacLachlan, M 2018, ' Does assistive technology contribute to social inclusion for people with intellectual disability? A systematic review protocol ', BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 2, e017533 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017533 BMJ Open |
ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
Popis: | IntroductionThe aim of this review is to answer the following question:Does assistive technology contribute to social inclusion for people with intellectual disability?Previous research on assistive technology has focused on socioeconomic impacts such as education, employment and access to healthcare by people with intellectual disability. There is a need to consolidate evidence on the interaction between intellectual disability, assistive technology, community living and social inclusion.Methods and analysisThe review will consider studies from all settings: geographical, socioeconomic and care (institutional and community care), published in English. Studies reported in other languages with abstracts in English will be included if they can be translated using Google Translate, otherwise such studies will be included in the appendix. The review will include both qualitative and quantitative studies. The intervention in this review refers to the use of assistive technology to promote community participation or interpersonal relationships (social inclusion) for people with intellectual disability. The outcomes will be behavioural and social benefits of using assistive technology by people with intellectual disability. Enhanced interpersonal relationships and community participation by people with intellectual disability. Data analysis will be in two phases. The first phase will involve analysis of individual study designs separately. The second phase will be narrative/thematic synthesis of all study groups.EthicsThe review will not create any ethical or safety concerns.DisseminationAt least one peer-reviewed article in a leading journal such as theBMJis planned. The findings will also be disseminated through a seminar session involving internal audience at Trinity College Dublin and within the Assistive Technologies for people with Intellectual Disability and Autism research programme.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42017065447; Pre-results. |
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