Severely affected ALS patients have broad and high expectations for brain-machine interfaces
| Autor: | Osamu Sakura, Nozomi Mizushima, Haruhiko Kishima, Toshio Shimokawa, Yu Kageyama, Takufumi Yanagisawa, Masayuki Hirata, Shayne Morris, Jinichi Sawada, Toshiki Yoshimine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty education Motor function Severity of Illness Index Communication Aids for Disabled Physical medicine and rehabilitation Tracheostomy Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Positive pressure ventilation Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over business.industry Communication Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Questionnaire nutritional and metabolic diseases Middle Aged medicine.disease Frequent use Neurology Brain-Computer Interfaces Physical therapy Quality of Life Female Neurology (clinical) business human activities |
| DOI: | 10.6084/m9.figshare.11798793.v1 |
| Popis: | Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) may provide new communication channels and motor function to individuals with severe neurodegenerative diseases, but little is known about their interests in such devices. We investigated the interests of severely affected ALS patients in BMIs, and examined factors that might influence these interests. We conducted an anonymous, mail-back questionnaire survey of severely disabled ALS patients diagnosed using the revised El Escorial criteria. Thirty-seven patients responded to the questionnaire. Twenty-nine (78.4%) had undergone tracheostomy positive pressure ventilation. More than 80% of the patients were interested in communication support. Thirty-three (89.2%) felt stressed during communication. Among those using assistive communication devices (17 patients), 15 (88.2%) were not satisfied with them. More than 50% of the patients expressed an interest in BMIs. Their expectations of BMIs ranged widely from emergency alarm to postural change. The frequent use of personal computers tended to be correlated with an interest in invasive BMIs (p = 0.07). In conclusion, this was the first questionnaire survey demonstrating that severely affected ALS patients have broad and high expectations for BMIs. Communication was the most desired support from BMIs for such patients. We need to meet their widely ranging expectations of BMIs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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