Smartphone usage among people living with severe visual impairment and blindness.
Low vision care and rehabilitation is often limited by access to assistive devices, especially in low-resourced countries, due to their high cost and unavailability. Smartphones have the potential to serve as an alternative assistive device for people living with severe visual impairment and blindne...
| Publicado en: | Assistive Technology Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 611 - 619 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=159447739&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 159447739 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10400435 YVP jtl: Assistive Technology issn: 10400435 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2022 vid: 34 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 159447739 150099330 159447739 159447739 10.1080/10400435.2021.1907485 159447739 ppf: 611 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Smartphone usage among people living with severe visual impairment and blindness. aug: au: Abraham, Carl Halladay Boadi-Kusi, Bert Morny, Enyam Komla Amewuho Agyekum, Prince affil: Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana sug: subj: Smartphone Utilization Severity of Illness Vision Disorders Blindness Assistive Technology Devices Utilization Rehabilitation of Persons with Vision Loss Human Male Female Young Adult Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Cross Sectional Studies Medically Underserved Area Questionnaires Prevalence Social Media Internet Searching Color Perception Ghana Descriptive Research Purposive Sample Persons with Disabilities Structured Questionnaires Open-Ended Questionnaires Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Coefficient alpha Chi Square Test Comparative Studies Age Factors Access to Information Mobile Applications Utilization Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Low vision care and rehabilitation is often limited by access to assistive devices, especially in low-resourced countries, due to their high cost and unavailability. Smartphones have the potential to serve as an alternative assistive device for people living with severe visual impairment and blindness (SVIB). This study aims to investigate the use of smartphones among people living with SVIB. The study was a cross-sectional study of 166 people living with SVIB in a low resourced setting. The participants were recruited from two tertiary institutions and four eye care facilities. A questionnaire was administered to all respondents and for those who could not read prints they were read out to them and their responses recorded. The majority of respondents (n = 88, 53.1%) either had no phone or used a basic phone. The prevalence of smartphone usage among people living with SVIB was found to be 46.90% (n = 78). Most respondents use their smartphones to interact on social media [n = 75 (96%)] and web browsing [n = 69,92%]. The most frequently demanded [n = 22 (44%)] smartphone functionality by the respondents was the image and color description feature. Most participants were unaware that 90% of their functionality demands already existed and were compatible with current smartphones. A significant number of people living with SVIB in this study used smartphones; however, most users are unaware of its full functionality and assistive capabilities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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