An international content validation of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with assistive Technology (QUEST)

MSc, OT Louise Demers; Wessels, Roelof; Weiss-Lambrou, Rhoda; Ska, Bernadette; Witte, L.P. de

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“…As cost-related issues and quality of life are so important in long-term disabling diseases, the validity of outcome measures of assistive devices, such as orthoses, needs to be examined thoroughly to gain confidence in the outcome assessment and improve the knowledge of patient perception and satisfaction (Demers et al, 1999;Demers et al, 2001).…”

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Translation into Arabic of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology 2.0 and validation in orthosis users

Bakhsh¹,

Franchignoni²,

Ferriero³

et al. 2014

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

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The assessment of patient satisfaction with the orthosis is a key point for clinical practice and research, requiring the availability of questionnaires with robust psychometric properties. The aim of this study was the translation into Arabic and Rasch validation of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with assistive Technology (A-QUEST 2.0), one of the few standardized instruments appropriate for assessment of patient satisfaction with the orthosis. The translation was carried out in accordance with guideline recommendations. The translated version was administered to a convenience sample of 100 individuals with various health conditions using orthosis (59% men, mean age 36 years). Data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis, followed by Rasch analysis for each of the two subscales, that is satisfaction with the Device (eight items) and with Services (four items). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis verified the bidimensionality of A-QUEST 2.0. Rasch criteria for the functioning of rating scale categories were fulfilled for both subscales. All items except one showed an adequate fit to the Rasch model. The person separation reliability for A-QUEST 2.0_Device was 2.19 and Cronbach's α 0.83; A-QUEST 2.0_Services separation reliability was 2.79 and Cronbach's α was 0.89. Thus, the two subscales could define a hierarchy of persons along each measured construct with at least three different levels of satisfaction. This Rasch validation of A-QUEST 2.0, in patients with various types of orthoses, provides additional evidence of the psychometric properties (and particularly the internal construct validity) of the questionnaire, and provides insights for further improving its metric quality.

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Translation into Arabic of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology 2.0 and validation in orthosis users

Bakhsh¹,

Franchignoni²,

Ferriero³

et al. 2014

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

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“…In terms of psychometric properties, they were found to be reliable with respect to test-retest stability and inter-rater reproducibility, with weighted kappa values respectively ranging from 0.51 to 0.74, and from 0.35 to 0.72 (19). With respect to content validity, all 12 items were considered of primary importance for assessing satisfaction according to 50% and more assistive technology experts (n = 12) recruited in the United States, the Netherlands and Canada (18). Moreover, these items were rated as highly important (mean scores of 4.00 to 4.85 on a 5-point importance scale) by 158 Canadian users of assistive technology (12).…”

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“…The translation was based on a set of standardized procedures as discussed in two articles (16,18). The consistency of viewpoints between the authors of the tool, the researchers from the iRv and several Dutch occupationa l therapists was a strong contributing factor for obtaining conceptual equivalence between the English and Dutch versions.…”

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Key Dimensions of Client Satisfaction With Assistive Technology: A Cross-Validation of a Canadian Measure in the Netherlands

Demers¹,

Wessels²,

Weiss-Lambrou³

et al. 2001

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

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The purpose of this study was to conduct a cross-validation of the bidimensional structure of a satisfaction measure with assistive technology. Data were drawn from a follow-up study of 243 subjects who had been administered the Dutch version of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with assistive Technology (QUEST). Ratings related to 12 satisfaction items were analysed. Factor analysis results showed that the underlying structure of satisfaction with assistive technology consists of two dimensions related to assistive technology, Device (eight items) and Services (four items), accounting for 40% of the common variance. This finding was consistent with a previous Canadian study and was interpreted as supporting the adequacy and stability of the QUEST measure of satisfaction. Although the structure is delineated, further studies are recommended to support its use in European countries.

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“…Usually this simply means that is is more effective in a therapeutic or educational sense, when it is liked more. Of course, this is the case with technology in general [14,15] but robotic systems differ from other technologies, because they concern technology that is not always perceived just as such: a robot can be (partly) perceived as a social actor, and it could be that interaction with it follows the same *Research supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education through the project SOFIA (TIN2011-28854-C03-01,03) J. Albo-Canals, A. Barco, and C. principles as interpersonal communication rather than those of human-machine interaction. This is often found to show in the behavior of people interacting with robots ( [16].…”

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A field study with primary school children on perception of social presence and interactive behavior with a pet robot

Heerink

Díaz

Albó-Canals

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE RO-MAN: The 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

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Abstract-This paper presents a study on measuring (1) how children experience a pet robot, (2) how they play with it and (3) how children's perceptions on and interaction with pet robots are interrelated. The study features different types of subjective and objective techniques to assess the degree of perceived social entity from self-reports (i.e. questionnaires) and observed behavior. Three short questionnaires and an ad hoc code scheme of 15 low-level micro-behaviors were developed. 28 scholars aged 8 to 12 were observed at school during a play period with a Pleo robot and asked to answer the questionnaires. We found that the different questionnaire based methods were in line each other. Therefore, anyone of them can be used to measure the experience of a social entity. Play analyses showed that the two most prevalent behaviors were clearly social: petting the robot and showing it objects to engage in interaction. Moreover, children spent on average less than one per cent of the session time treating the robot as an artifact. However, significant covariation between the experience of a social entity and observed behavior could not be established.

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An international content validation of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with assistive Technology (QUEST)

Abstract: The Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with assistive Technology (QUEST) is an outcome assessment tool designed to identify the sources of user satis

Cited by 61 publications

References 23 publications

Translation into Arabic of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology 2.0 and validation in orthosis users

Translation into Arabic of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology 2.0 and validation in orthosis users

Key Dimensions of Client Satisfaction With Assistive Technology: A Cross-Validation of a Canadian Measure in the Netherlands

A field study with primary school children on perception of social presence and interactive behavior with a pet robot

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