Computer assistive technology and associations with quality of life for individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.
Qual Life Res
; 27(3): 597-607, 2018 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-29417427
STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to identify and organize evidence regarding quality of life influenced by assistive technology related to computers for people with traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). SETTING: Distrito Federal, Brazil. METHODS: A search strategy was conducted on the PubMed, PEDro, LILACS, PsycINFO, and SCIELO. All types of study designs considering assistive technology to improve quality of life for individuals with SCI were included. After search strategy procedures, ten references were included to review. The methodologic quality of each study was evaluated using the Level of Evidence proposed by the Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine. RESULTS: Most of the studies showed that devices for computer access improve the quality of life of people with SCI, regardless of the level of injury and type of resource. However, the positive outcomes in the quality of life should be interpreted with caution, as several methodological limitations were observed in the articles. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the scarcity of studies and their methodological limitations, there is evidence that assistive technology for computer access favors the quality of life of people with tetraplegia due to SCI, since it improves participation, independence, and self-esteem.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Tecnologia Assistiva
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Grupos de Autoajuda
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Traumatismos da Medula Espinal
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Qual Life Res
Assunto da revista:
REABILITACAO
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TERAPEUTICA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Holanda