Internet use and interest among individuals with traumatic brain injury: a consumer survey.
Purpose. To examine experiences among individuals in the USA with traumatic brain injury (TBI) regarding their access to and use of the Internet, problems encountered, and desire for improved Internet access and skills. Method. An in-depth survey was administered as a semi-structured interview to 80...
| Published in: | Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 85 - 96 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106114379&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106114379 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17483107 1X04 jtl: Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology issn: 17483107 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Mar2007 vid: 2 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 106114379 106114379 2009581288 10.1080/17483100601167586 106114379 ppf: 85 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Internet use and interest among individuals with traumatic brain injury: a consumer survey. aug: au: Vaccaro M Hart T Whyte J Buchhofer R affil: Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA sug: subj: Brain Injuries United States Consumer Attitudes United States Internet Utilization Adolescence Adult Aged Chi Square Test Clinical Assessment Tools Cognition Disorders Descriptive Statistics Exploratory Research Female Functional Assessment Funding Source Internet Education Kruskal-Wallis Test Male Mann-Whitney U Test Middle Age Nonparametric Statistics Questionnaires Self Report Semi-Structured Interview Summated Rating Scaling Survey Research United States Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Purpose. To examine experiences among individuals in the USA with traumatic brain injury (TBI) regarding their access to and use of the Internet, problems encountered, and desire for improved Internet access and skills. Method. An in-depth survey was administered as a semi-structured interview to 80 individuals at least 3 months post moderate to severe TBI. Results. Two-thirds of respondents reported having a computer at home, but only half had access to the Internet. Fewer than half were Internet users, as compared to 60% users in the USA population at the time of the survey. However, Internet activities engaged in by users in this sample were comparable to those of the overall population. There was a strong interest in using the Internet among non-users. Most respondents expressed a strong desire for coaching or other training to enhance or develop Internet skills. Reported reasons for Internet non-use in this sample were lack of access and knowledge, versus lack of interest as in the general population. Conclusions. The high interest in using and learning more about the Internet supports the development of interventions to improve Internet skills for people with TBI. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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