The Usability of an AAC Pain Description System for Patients with Acquired Expressive Communication Disorders

Autor/inn/en	Kuo, Chen-li; Tsai, Tsai-Hsuan; Tung, Shen-Mei; Lin, Yueh-E
Titel	The Usability of an AAC Pain Description System for Patients with Acquired Expressive Communication Disorders
Quelle	In: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 39 (2023) 2, S.61-72 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tsai, Tsai-Hsuan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-4618
DOI	10.1080/07434618.2023.2206895
Schlagwörter	Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Pain; Chinese; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Data Collection; Patients; Neurological Impairments; Communication Disorders; Program Effectiveness; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schmerz; China; Chinesen; Telekommunikationstechnik; Data capture; Datensammlung; Patient; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Kommunikationsstörung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland
Abstract	Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been used by patients with acquired expressive communication disorders as an alternative to natural speech. The use of symbols to express pain, which is intangible, is challenging because designing a series of comprehensible symbols to represent personal experiences such as pain is not straightforward. This study describes (a) the development of symbols to express pain that were derived from Chinese pain-related similes and metaphors for an AAC mobile application developed specifically for this study known as PainDiary and (b) an assessment of the appropriateness of the app compared to conventional methods of collecting pain information. The symbols depicted headache pain and discomfort, which is prevalent among neurosurgical patients. The participants were 31 patients diagnosed with acquired expressive communication disorders who were receiving treatment in a neurosurgery general ward of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan and 14 nurses who worked on the ward. Pain information was collected by nurses using conventional methods and the PainDiary app. Assessment data, including the accuracy and efficiency of and user satisfaction with PainDiary, are compared. The results show that use of the app was effective in reporting pain and that patients required less time to report a pain event. The results further indicate that the PainDiary app was better received by younger individuals than by their older counterparts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01