Record number: 438
Last update: April 2013
Type of document: Tools

Author: Batavia A, Hammer G

Editorial data: Portale SIVA Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

Year of publication: 1996

Abstract:
(text automatically translated from Italian) This checklist, compiled in 1990 by the American researchers A.Batavia G.Hammer and interviewing a large sample of people users of assistive technology includes seventeen useful criteria for the comparative evaluation between different products belonging to the same type. The criteria are: affordability, technical compatibility, self-repairability, reliability, durability, ease of assembly, maintenance facilitrà, effectiveness, flexibility, ease of learning, maneuverability, personal acceptability, comfort, safety, portability, durability axes, technical assistance. For each criterion, the checklist suggests to assign a rating to each aid (eg, "low", "medium", "high") and a priority, in order to build a comparative judgment overall.

Downladable documents:

• Foglio di Lavoro di Batavia e Hammer (versione italiana) per la valutazione comparativa di ausili File format: pdf (384 KB)

ISO/SIVA codes related to this document (click on the list items to see the other documents related to the selected code):

• Assistive products for measuring, stimulating or training physiological and psychological functions (ISO 04)

• Orthoses and prostheses (ISO 06)

• Assistive products for self-care activities and participation in self-care (ISO 09)

• Assistive products for activities and participation relating to personal mobility and transportation (ISO 12)

• Assistive products for domestic activities and participation in domestic life (ISO 15)

• Furnishings, fixtures and other assistive products for supporting activities in indoor and outdoor human-made environments (ISO 18)

• Assistive products for communication and information management (ISO 22)

• Assistive products for controlling, carrying, moving and handling objects and devices (ISO 24)

• Assistive products for controlling, adapting or measuring elements of physical environments (ISO 27)

• Assistive products for work activities and participation in employment (ISO 28)

• Assistive products for recreation and leisure (ISO 30)