Low assistive technologies for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Bangladesh

Habib, Md. Monjurul; Jahan, Nusrat; Nahar, Luthfun

doi:10.1179/otb.2014.69.1.011

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“…62 In this light, the development of suitable mobility technologies is encouraging. 12 Additionally, [4] individuals need support to improve their performance capacities and daily routines. This study identified a dearth of initiatives in this respect.…”

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“…The Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) is the main provider of treatment and rehabilitation for persons with SCI in Bangladesh. 8,11 Persons with SCI reported satisfaction with daily life during institutionbased rehabilitation at the CRP, 12,13 in part due to their participation in ongoing activities (work I n what the World Bank calls low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), 1 such as Bangladesh, persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) face challenging barriers when accessing resources related to health care and social factors, in particular, education, employment, housing, and transportation. These barriers are not only caused by the low resource conditions (which the World Bank determines from countries' income and lending status); additional barriers to strained financial resources are limited knowledge, negative social attitudes, risk of violence, prejudice, and stigma further compromising opportunities for persons with SCI to lead quality daily lives and to achieve healthy outcomes.…”

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Factors Influencing Participation in Daily Activities by Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: Lessons Learned From an International Scoping Review

Alve

Bontje

2019

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

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Background: It is important to develop further understanding regarding the facilitating and constraining factors that influence participation in daily activities, including social and human rights issues faced by persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) that affect their opportunities to lead full social lives. Objectives: To identify, describe, and compare factors that influence participation in daily activities by persons with SCI living in high-income countries (HICs) and in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Method: We performed a scoping review of 2,406 articles published between 2001 and 2016 that were identified from electronic databases. From these, 58 remained after checking inclusion and exclusion criteria. Analyses included (a) identifying factors that facilitate and constrain participation in daily activities; (b) categorizing the identified factors as issues related to medical, social, and human rights models; and (c) comparing determinants between LMICs and HICs. Results: The medical model factors pertained to long-term physical health and functional capacities, self-efficacy and adjustment skills, relearning capacities for performing daily activities, and availability of cost-effective adaptive equipment. The social model factors pertained to developing accommodating communities (accessible environments and mutual understanding). The factors of the human rights model pertained to autonomy (empowerment) and development of social justice (application of policies, advocacy, and negotiation). Conclusion: Eight lessons are proposed to enhance health and functional abilities, ensure disability friendly environments, develop social justice, and provide empowerment to enhance participation in daily activities among person with SCI living in LMICs.

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Factors Influencing Participation in Daily Activities by Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: Lessons Learned From an International Scoping Review

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Bontje

2019

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

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“…There were seven descriptive studies, two qualitative studies, two observational studies and one retrospective review, explorative study, cohort study and case study designs. Eight of these studies were conducted in Bangladesh 26,[28][29][30][47][48][49][50] , two in Haiti 27, 51 and one each in Indonesia 52 , Sri Lanka 53 , Papua New Guinea 54 , the Philippines 55 and Nepal 56 (Table 3). Common mechanisms of injury identified in these studies were natural disasters (earthquakes), accidents (road crashes and falling buildings), falls from trees and burns.…”

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“…Occupational therapists were predominantly focused on enhancing quality of life after injury to ensure that people have as much independence as possible within their daily lives [26][27][28][29][30][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] . These roles encompass remediation (range of motion exercises, upper limb exercises, splinting), compensatory actions (assistive equipment prescription, home modifications) and return-to-work programs (vocational trainings) [26][27][28][29][30][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] . Occupational therapists also undertook educational roles including capacity-building training 26,27,30,52 .…”

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Unintentional injury prevention and the role of occupational therapy in the Solomon Islands: an integrative review

Daufanamae

Franklin

Eagers

2016

RRH

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Introduction: Unintentional injuries (injuries for which there is no evidence of a predetermined intent) are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, particularly in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although evidence demonstrates unintentional injuries are preventable it is a public health challenge for many LMICs such as the Solomon Islands. Occupational therapists are well placed to contribute to injury prevention, as they have specialised skills to analyse the accessibility and safety of the environments within which people conduct their daily occupations. While the role of occupational therapy in unintentional injury prevention is well known in high-income countries, it is unfamiliar in LMICs, especially in the Solomon Islands. This integrative review aimed to explore the incidence of common unintentional injuries, and the burden in the Solomon Islands; and explore the potential role of occupational therapy in unintentional injury prevention in the Solomon Islands, based on current activities in LMICs. Method: Articles were reviewed from six databases (Medline, CINAHL, OTDBase, OT Seeker, Scopus and PsychInfo). Five articles met the inclusion criteria for the first objective and 15 articles met the inclusion criteria for the second objective. These articles were thematically analysed where themes and codes associated with the research objectives were extracted and analysed. Results: Unintentional injuries in the Solomon Islands reported in the literature included ocular trauma, falls from fruit trees and coconut palms, and road traffic crashes. Burden of injury reported was mostly associated with loss of productivity. Occupational therapists undertook rehabilitative, biomechanical, neurodevelopmental and educational roles in LMIC, focusing on tertiary and secondary injury prevention.Conclusions: This integrative review suggests that there is limited information regarding injury in the Solomon Islands. However, evidence is available in LMICs to suggest that occupational therapy services can play a potential significant role in unintentional injury prevention, demonstrating a need for establishing injury prevention within the occupational therapy role in the Solomon Islands.

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“…The handful of studies which have investigated AT provision in informal settlements. have tended to focus on specific groups or technologies—for instance, how blind and partially sighted people navigate in informal settlements [ 7 ]; how wheelchair users overcome physical access barriers in informal settlement with mobile phones [ 24 ]; and the impact of low-cost AT-solutions for individuals with spinal cord injuries (in this case, in Bangladesh) [ 25 ]. These studies largely focused on understanding how persons with disabilities living in informal settlements leverage AT to tackle fundamental everyday activities.…”

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“Give Us the Chance to Be Part of You, We Want Our Voices to Be Heard”: Assistive Technology as a Mediator of Participation in (Formal and Informal) Citizenship Activities for Persons with Disabilities Who Are Slum Dwellers in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Austin

Holloway

Ossul-Vermehren

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IJERPH

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The importance of assistive technology (AT) is gaining recognition, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) set to publish a Global Report in 2022. Yet little is understood about access for the poorest, or the potential of AT to enable this group to participate in the activities of citizenship; both formal and informal. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore AT as mediator of participation in citizenship for persons with disabilities who live in two informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone (SL). The paper presents evidence from 16 participant and 5 stakeholder interviews; 5 focus groups and 4 events; combining this with the findings of a house-to-house AT survey; and two national studies—a country capacity assessment and an informal markets deep-dive. Despite citizenship activities being valued, a lack of AT was consistently reported and hindered participation. Stigma was also found to be a major barrier. AT access for the poorest must be addressed if citizenship participation for persons with disabilities is a genuine global intention and disability justice is to become a reality.

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Low assistive technologies for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Bangladesh

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Factors Influencing Participation in Daily Activities by Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: Lessons Learned From an International Scoping Review

Factors Influencing Participation in Daily Activities by Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: Lessons Learned From an International Scoping Review

Unintentional injury prevention and the role of occupational therapy in the Solomon Islands: an integrative review

“Give Us the Chance to Be Part of You, We Want Our Voices to Be Heard”: Assistive Technology as a Mediator of Participation in (Formal and Informal) Citizenship Activities for Persons with Disabilities Who Are Slum Dwellers in Freetown, Sierra Leone

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