Addressing data deficiencies in assistive technology by using statistical matching methodology: a case study from Malawi.
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol
; 18(4): 415-422, 2023 05.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To address the data gap on efforts to assess use of assistive technology among children with disability in sub-Saharan Africa. Contribute towards efforts examining access to assistive technologies in sub-Saharan Africa. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
The paper uses data from the 2017 survey on Living conditions among persons with disabilities in Malawi and the 2015-16 Malawi Demographic and Health survey to address the objective of the study. The two datasets were statistically matched through random hot deck technique, by integrating the two datasets using randomly selected units from a subset of all available data donors.RESULTS:
Results indicate that statistical matching technique produces a composite dataset with an uncertainty value of 2.2%. An accuracy assessment test of the technique also indicates that the marginal distribution of use of assistive technology in the composite dataset is similar to that of the donor dataset with an Overlap index value of close to 1 (Overlap = 0.997).CONCLUSIONS:
The statistical matching procedure does enable generation of good data in data constrained contexts. In the current study, this approach enabled measurement of access to assistive products among children with disabilities, in situations where the variables of interest have not been jointly observed. Such a technique can be valuable in mining secondary data, the collection of which may have been funded from different sources and for different purposes. This is of significance for the efficient use of current and future data sets, allowing new questions to be asked and addressed by locally based researchers in poor settings. Implications for RehabilitationIn resource-poor settings, the technique of statistical matching can be used to examine factors that predict the use of assistive technology among persons with disabilities.The statistical matching technique is of significance for the efficient use of current and future datasets, allowing new questions to be asked and addressed by locally based researchers.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tecnologia Assistiva
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Pessoas com Deficiência
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol
Assunto da revista:
REABILITACAO
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Malauí