title: Employing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework to capture user feedback in the design and testing stage of development of home-based arm rehabilitation technology.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a framework to ensure that key aspects of user feedback are identified in the design and testing stages of development of a home-based upper limb rehabilitation system. Seventeen stroke survivors with residual upper limb weakness, and seven healthcare professionals with expertise in stroke rehabilitation, were enrolled in the user-centered design process. Through semi-structured interviews, they provided feedback on the hardware, software and impact of a home-based rehabilitation device to facilitate self-managed arm exercise. Members of the multidisciplinary clinical and engineering research team, based on previous experience and existing literature in user-centred design, developed the topic list for the interviews. Meaningful concepts were extracted from participants' interviews based on existing ICF linking rules and matched to categories within the ICF Comprehensive Core Set for stroke. Most of the interview concepts (except personal factors) matched the existing ICF Comprehensive Core Set categories. Personal factors that emerged from interviews e.g. gender, age, interest, compliance, motivation, choice and convenience that might determine device usability are yet to be categorised within the ICF framework and hence could not be matched to a specific Core Set category.
authors: a Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine , University of Leeds , Leeds , UK.|b Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester , Manchester, UK.
authors: Manoj
authors: M
authors: Sivan
authors: c School of Mechanical Engineering , University of Leeds , Leeds, UK.
authors: Justin
authors: J
authors: Gallagher
authors: c School of Mechanical Engineering , University of Leeds , Leeds, UK.
authors: Ray
authors: R
authors: Holt
authors: a Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine , University of Leeds , Leeds , UK.|d School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering , University of Manchester , Manchester , UK.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Weightman
authors: a Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine , University of Leeds , Leeds , UK.
authors: Rory
authors: R
authors: O'Connor
authors: c School of Mechanical Engineering , University of Leeds , Leeds, UK.
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Levesley
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018910:Video Games
keywords: robot; stroke; user involvement; user-centered design