TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing a playful interactive product to watching television
T2 - an exploratory study for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
AU - Embregts, Petri J.C.M.
AU - van Oorsouw, Wietske M.W.J.
AU - Wintels, Sophie C.
AU - van Delden, Robby W.
AU - Evers, Vanessa
AU - Reidsma, Dennis
N1 - Taylor & Francis deal
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - Background: New technologies could broaden activities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). This study compared watching television with a newly-developed interactive ball. Method: The ball responded with sounds, lights, and wiggling to the player’s voice and movements. Five control sessions (watching television) were compared to five experimental sessions (interactive ball). Observations were evaluated with 10s-partial-interval recording focussed on indicators of alertness and affect, yielding 900 measurements/participant. Data were analysed with Nonoverlap-of-All-Pairs analyses and visual inspection. Results: Four out of nine participants responded positively to the ball regarding alertness. Three of them also showed positive changes regarding affective behaviour. For three participants, responses were comparable to television sessions. Finally, responses of two participants appeared difficult to observe. Conclusions: Responses to the ball varied widely, which fits the heterogeneous character of the targetgroup. Results are reasonably encouraging when it comes to the development and implications of interactive technologies for people with PIMD.
AB - Background: New technologies could broaden activities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). This study compared watching television with a newly-developed interactive ball. Method: The ball responded with sounds, lights, and wiggling to the player’s voice and movements. Five control sessions (watching television) were compared to five experimental sessions (interactive ball). Observations were evaluated with 10s-partial-interval recording focussed on indicators of alertness and affect, yielding 900 measurements/participant. Data were analysed with Nonoverlap-of-All-Pairs analyses and visual inspection. Results: Four out of nine participants responded positively to the ball regarding alertness. Three of them also showed positive changes regarding affective behaviour. For three participants, responses were comparable to television sessions. Finally, responses of two participants appeared difficult to observe. Conclusions: Responses to the ball varied widely, which fits the heterogeneous character of the targetgroup. Results are reasonably encouraging when it comes to the development and implications of interactive technologies for people with PIMD.
KW - UT-Hybrid-D
KW - Intellectual disability
KW - Interactive activity
KW - Leisure
KW - Quality of life (QoL)
KW - Technology
KW - Alertness
U2 - 10.3109/13668250.2018.1537846
DO - 10.3109/13668250.2018.1537846
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063153814
SN - 1366-8250
VL - 45
SP - 78
EP - 88
JO - Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
JF - Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
IS - 1
ER -