Abstract
Japan has approximately 1.74 million stroke patients, accounting for 16% of the elderly (age ≥ 65) who are eligible for nursing care. Stroke patients with lower limb disabilities often use a short-foot orthosis as a tool to improve their balance and walking ability. However, some ankle-foot-orthosis users stop using them and suffer a decline in their activities of daily living (ADLs). Therefore, understanding the needs of users is essential; however, only a few studies focused on this aspect have been reported in Japan. The purpose of this study was to interview stroke patients who use an ankle-foot-orthosis and to investigate the needs and difficulties experienced while using orthosis and orthosis services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and the user’s thoughts and opinions were extracted using steps for coding and theorizing. We extracted the benefits that stroke patients hoped to gain from wearing a ankle-foot-orthosis, the areas in which they desired improvements, such as the structure of the orthosis, and the anxieties they experienced while using the orthosis. We believe that by addressing these issues and modifying the orthosis to overcome the limitations of the current design, we can provide better orthosis and services to ankle-foot-orthosis users.
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Kento Sato, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School, Japan
Daiji Kobayashi, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
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Conference: AGen2023
Stream: Lifespan Health Promotion
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Sato K., & Kobayashi D. (2023) Identifying Needs for Ankle-Foot-Orthosis and Orthosis Provision Services Through Interview Analysis of Japanese Stroke Patients ISSN: 2432-4183 The Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology 2023: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2432-4183.2023.1
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2432-4183.2023.1
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