ICT usage in aphasia rehabilitation – beliefs, biases, and influencing factors from the perspectives of speech and language therapists

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dc.contributor.authorKearns, Áineen
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Helenen
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-04T11:54:14Z
dc.date.available2023-04-04T11:54:14Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-07en
dc.description.abstractBackground: The use of digital technology is promoted as an efficient route for the delivery of intensive speech and language therapy in aphasia rehabilitation. Research has begun to explore the views of people with aphasia (PwA) in relation to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage in the management of aphasia but there is less consideration of the prescribers’ views, i.e., speech and language therapists (SLTs). Aims: We aimed to explore SLTs’ views of ICT use in aphasia management and identify factors that influence their decisions to accept and integrate ICT in aphasia rehabilitation. In addition, we considered the findings in the context of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (Venkatesh, Morris, Davis & Davis, 2003). Methods & Procedures: Speech and language therapists (n = 15) from a range of clinical and geographical settings in the Republic of Ireland were invited to participate in one of four focus groups. Focus group discussions were facilitated by an SLT researcher and were audio-recorded and transcribed. Analysis was completed following Braun and Clarke’s six phases of thematic analysis (Braun and Clarke, 2006). Outcomes & Results: Four key themes were identified; i. Infrastructure, Resources, and Support, ii. SLT beliefs, biases and influencers, iii. Function & Fit, and iv. ICT and Living Successfully with Aphasia. The SLTs discussed a wide range of factors that influence their decisions to introduce ICT in aphasia rehabilitation, which related to the person with aphasia, the SLT, the broad rehabilitation environment, and the ICT programme features. In addition, several barriers and facilitators associated with ICT-delivered aphasia rehabilitation were highlighted. Conclusion: This research highlights a range of issues for SLTs in relation to the use of ICT in aphasia rehabilitation within an Irish context. The potential benefits of using ICT devices in rehabilitation and in functional everyday communication were discussed. However, SLTs also identified many barriers that prevent easy implementation of this mode of rehabilitation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Research Board (Health Professional Fellowship Grant (Grant No. HPF-2016-1700))en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationKearns, Á. and Kelly, H. (2023) ‘ICT usage in aphasia rehabilitation – beliefs, biases, and influencing factors from the perspectives of speech and language therapists’, Aphasiology, 37(3), pp. 456–478. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2022.2030462.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02687038.2022.2030462en
dc.identifier.endpage478en
dc.identifier.issn0268-7038en
dc.identifier.issn1464-5041en
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleAphasiologyen
dc.identifier.startpage456en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14358
dc.identifier.volume37en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.relation.ispartofAphasiologyen
dc.rights© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectICT usage in aphasia rehabilitationen
dc.subjectSpeech and language therapistsen
dc.subjectBarriers and facilitatorsen
dc.subjectInfluencing factorsen
dc.subjectThematic analysisen
dc.titleICT usage in aphasia rehabilitation – beliefs, biases, and influencing factors from the perspectives of speech and language therapistsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
dc.typejournal-articleen
oaire.citation.issue3en
oaire.citation.volume37en
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