Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
User's actions
AT Assessment components
Center for technical aid
ICF factors
START
User/client REQUEST
(user request)
Request to
solve activity
limitations
Request to solve
environmental
restrictions
Contact
User's seeking solution
1
Clinical measures, functional
analysis, and psycho-socio-
environmental evaluations
User data collection
Providing history
(medical, rehabilitation,
support use) and
psycho-socio-
environmental data
2
Multidisciplinary
team meeting
for:
Data elaboration
- user data valuation
and - setting design
NOT
User subjective
evaluation of
technological aids
User's checking solution
Setting set-up
3
Matching process:
- assistive solution
proposal
- assistive solution
user-trial
- assistive solution
outcome
Environmental
assessment
process (
see
the Usability
and
accessibility
evaluation
diagram
)
Te chnological
aid selection
User
evaluation of
assistive
solution
Temporary
or
permanent
EXIT
NOT
NOT
Assistive solution
Environmental
evaluations
Multidisciplinary
team evaluation
NOT
Assistive solution obtained:
public health system or
public/private insurance
User
agreement
User's living solution
EXIT
NOT
NOT
Short/long-term use
-Effectiveness
-E�ciency
-Usability
-Personal, emotional,
social, comfort with use
-Subjective well-being
-Benefit
Assistive solution provision
4
Personal well-being, user
satisfaction, and benefit
from use
User support
Follow up
FIgUre 2.1
(See color insert.)
The assistive technology assessment (ATA) process and the four steps (orange shapes) of measurement and assessment.
