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Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Volume 14, 2019 - Issue 2
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Older adults’ perspectives on the process of becoming users of assistive technology: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis

Stina Meyer LarsenUnit of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; ;Health Sciences Research Centre, University College Lillebaelt, Odense, Denmark; Correspondence[email protected]
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Rikke Falgreen MortensenCentre for Assistive Technology, Municipality of Odense, Odense, Denmark; View further author information
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Hanne Kaae KristensenUnit of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; ;Health Sciences Research Centre, University College Lillebaelt, Odense, Denmark; View further author information
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Lise HounsgaardHealth Sciences Research Centre, University College Lillebaelt, Odense, Denmark; ;Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, Odense, Denmark; ;Centre for Psychiatric Nursing and Health Research, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; ;Department of Nursing and Health Science, University of Greenland, Nuuk, GreenlandView further author information
Pages 182-193 | Received 08 Nov 2017, Accepted 06 Apr 2018, Published online: 22 Apr 2018

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Liv Halvorsrud, Torhild Holthe, Dag Karterud, Erik Thorstensen & Anne Lund. (2023) Perspectives on assistive technology among older Norwegian adults receiving community health services. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 18:5, pages 685-692.
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Linda Shore, Adam de Eyto & Leonard O’Sullivan. (2022) Technology acceptance and perceptions of robotic assistive devices by older adults – implications for exoskeleton design. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 17:7, pages 782-790.
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Stina Meyer Larsen, Åse Brandt, Lise Hounsgaard & Hanne Kaae Kristensen. (2023) Occupational therapists’ perspectives on an evidence-based, client-centered assistive technology intervention. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 86:5, pages 376-384.
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Estíbaliz Jiménez & Feliciano Ordóñez. (2021) A Pilot Study of the Psychosocial Impact of Low-Cost Assistive Technology for Sexual Functioning in People with Acquired Brain Injury. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:7, pages 3765.
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