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- Title
AVALIAÇÃO DE TECNOLOGIA ASSISTIVA SOBRE CÂNCER DE PRÓSTATA E MAMA PARA DEFICIENTES VISUAIS EM PAÍSES LUSÓFONOS.
- Authors
Mendes da Silva, Gisele; Ribeiro Mariano, Monaliza; Chaves Costa, Edmara; Coelho de Aquino, Sonha Maria; Jardani de Souza Medeiros, Antonia Ellen; Pinheiro de Oliveira, Paula Marciana
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the accessibility of assistive technology about prostate and breast cancer by visually impaired persons in two Portuguese-speaking countries. Methods: Methodological study of an assess assistive health technology. Data were collected from a validated instrument, comprising of 17 items distributed in the attributes, objective, access, clarity, structure and presentation, relevance and effectiveness and interactivity. In the analysis, the Pearson's Chi-squared test and the Fisher's exact test or likelihood ratios were applied according to the assumptions of the tests. The ethical aspects involved in the research were respected. Results: The sample was of 62 participants. The variables that exhibited any statistical diferences ware: schooling (p = 0.006); types of disabilities (p = 0.010) and; disabilities development (p = 0.005). All attributes and items had good evaluations, with some topics that there was no statistical difference among the countries. Conclusion: Assistive technology about prostate and breast cancer were well evaluated, regardless of the country, were considered adequate by brazilians and portuguese.
- Subjects
HEALTH services accessibility; FISHER exact test; CANCER patients; ASSISTIVE technology; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; VISION disorders; DATA analysis software; PROSTATE tumors; BREAST tumors
- Publication
Enfermagem em Foco, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 5, p1040
- ISSN
2177-4285
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21675/2357-707X.2021.v12.n5.4695