Accessing public space in the digital society: relationship between the use of everyday technology and places visited outside the home after acquired brain injury.
Maria Larsson LundAlexandra OlofssonCamilla W MalinowskyPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2021)
To facilitate participation after ABI, the relationship between the use of ET and places visited outside the home needs to be assessed in rehabilitation.Implications for rehabilitationDigitalization has increased the need of everyday technology (ET) when visiting various places in society.The use of ET was positively significantly correlated with the total number of places visited outside the home in the sample of people with acquired brain injury (ABI).Those with severe or moderate disability after their ABI used significantly fewer ET and visited fewer places compared to those with good recovery.Evaluation of the use of ET and places visited outside the home is important in rehabilitation to support participation after ABI.