作者
Edward JD Webb, Yvonne Lynch, David Meads, Simon Judge, Nicola Randall, Juliet Goldbart, Stuart Meredith, Liz Moulam, Stephane Hess, Janice Murray
发表日期
2019/11/1
期刊
BMJ open
卷号
9
期号
11
页码范围
e030274
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
Objectives
Many children with varied disabilities, for example, cerebral palsy, autism, can benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. However, little is known about professionals’ decision-making when recommending symbol based AAC systems for children. This study examines AAC professionals’ preferences for attributes of AAC systems and how they interact with child characteristics.
Design
AAC professionals answered a discrete choice experiment survey with AAC system and child-related attributes, where participants chose an AAC system for a child vignette.
Setting
The survey was administered online in the UK.
Participants
155 UK-based AAC professionals were recruited between 20 October 2017 and 4 March 2018.
Outcomes
The study outcomes were the preferences of AAC professionals’ as quantified using a mixed logit model, with model selection performed using a step …
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