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PURPOSE: To describe a measure and its performance specific to the relationship
of personal factors and subjective well-being (SWB) to the use of assistive
technology devices (ATDs). The primary hypothesis is that responses to a 33-item
personal factors scale and a 12-item SWB scale are good indicators of an
individual's predisposition for using, and subsequent match with, a given ATD.
METHODS: Data analyses from a number of studies using the 33-item personal
factors and the 12-item SWB scales of the Assistive Technology Device
Predisposition Assessment with persons of various ages and types of disabilities.
RESULTS: Regardless of type of disability or age of respondent, the ATD PA
personal factors and the SWB scales identified important differences in
predispositions to use an ATD as well as the subsequent quality of the match of
person and device. CONCLUSIONS: A quantifiable relationship exists between the
ATD PA's measure of personal factors and the SWB such that it is possible to
characterise an individual's predisposition to use a particular ATD. Results also
show that the scales are predictive of the quality of the ATD and user match at
follow-up. Rehabilitation practitioners who use the ATD PA may achieve enhanced
assistive technology service delivery outcomes by using this evidence-based
measure.
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