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Background: Stroke rehabilitation is a complex process that requires collaboration between stroke patients
and various health professionals. One important component of the rehabilitation is to set goals collaboratively with health professionals. The goal setting process can be time-consuming. In many cases, it is complicated for the patient and difficult to track for the health professionals. A simple user interface that supports patients, their family members and health professionals can help both sides to make the goal setting and attainment process easier.
Objectives: The aim is to design and develop a software for the goal attainment process of stroke patients with milder disabilities that facilitates goal setting process and the traceability of the goal progress for patients and health professionals.
Methods: Based on previous evaluated results, the web interface was developed and improved. Using this knowledge, a goal setting interface was added. To analyze the the goal setting process, goal attainment scaling (GAS) was included as well as parts of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) core set for stroke. The results were discussed afterwards in focus groups and evaluated based on two stroke patients, one family member and health professionals.
Results: We developed an interactive prototype, that can aid the rehabilitation at home by inserting
problems with ICF codes and different kinds of goals, creating new activities and tracing goal progress by reviewing the different goals. With the help of the GAS the outcome of the patient’s goals are visualized by a line chart presenting the positive or negative outcomes of the stroke rehabilitation.
Conclusion: The interactive prototype showed that it can support stroke patients during their rehabilitation
at home. A usability test indicated that the goal setting and attainment process was perceived as useful for patients and their family members. Small improvements have to be made to simplify use and error handling. For health professionals, the prototype could also simplify the documentation process by using ICF in the prototype, and also improving collaboration when using the tool for coordination.
The aim of this master’s thesis is the design and implementation of a dedicated software system, for planning and implementation of occupational therapy intervention and research studies, in a driving simulator environment. In the first part, the concept based on user requirements is presented. It consists of architectural patterns and guidelines with the main focus on utility and application security. The result of this part is the design of a web application which supports integration in a clinical as well as a research environment. The second part presents the reference implementation of the previously introduced concept. It was developed under a case study in a research facility which hosts a driving simulator. A close cooperation and the influence the researcher’s experience led into a product which provides advanced usability for the target users. In conclusion, the thesis validated the concept indirectly under a testing phase of the reference implementation. It provides the base for a follow-up project to refine the software product and extend the concept to different fields of application.