The FABS/M Instrument for assessing facilitators and barriers to mobility
Record number: 441
Last update: April 2013
Type of document: Tools
Last update: April 2013
Type of document: Tools
Author: Gray D, Hollingsworth H, Stark S, Morgan K, (traduz. Salatino C)
Editorial data: Portale SIVA Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus
Year of publication: 2013
Abstract:
(text automatically translated from Italian) The FABS/M Form is a questionnaire aimed at people with mobility problems due to mobility limitations, and therefore needing aids (wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, canes, etc. ...). It analyzes how the various elements in the environment are perceived by the person himself, when it moves with their aids, such as facilitators rather than as barriers. The questionnaire is divided into six domains: aids in use, features dellla home, public buildings and the natural environment, access to public places, accessibility of services in the area, support network. In each section, we asked questions relating to the various environmental elements that most commonly you may encounter (eg. In the "home" is asked how the element "scale" influences their participation, how to help rather than a hindrance, and with that frequency). Overall, the questionnaire helps to understand how the aid represents a facilitating element in the life of the user or whether there are environmental elements that undermine the effectiveness, in order to identify possible corrective actions.
(text automatically translated from Italian) The FABS/M Form is a questionnaire aimed at people with mobility problems due to mobility limitations, and therefore needing aids (wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, canes, etc. ...). It analyzes how the various elements in the environment are perceived by the person himself, when it moves with their aids, such as facilitators rather than as barriers. The questionnaire is divided into six domains: aids in use, features dellla home, public buildings and the natural environment, access to public places, accessibility of services in the area, support network. In each section, we asked questions relating to the various environmental elements that most commonly you may encounter (eg. In the "home" is asked how the element "scale" influences their participation, how to help rather than a hindrance, and with that frequency). Overall, the questionnaire helps to understand how the aid represents a facilitating element in the life of the user or whether there are environmental elements that undermine the effectiveness, in order to identify possible corrective actions.