2023 Volume 38 Issue 2 Pages 125-130
The initial stage of evaluation conducted on actual persons in the development of assistive devices is also called monitor evaluation. The setting in which the characteristics of assistive devices and the need of assuming use in their daily life bases exist will lead the effective implementation of such evaluation complicated and difficult. Our study aims to develop a monitoring evaluation method as well as a training program for human recourse to practice it, along with promoting the further improvement of assistive technologies in Japan. For further reference materials for our project, we surveyed relevant studies in other countries. In this research, we collected information on “Patient@Home” and “Silver Project” through the Internet, and extracted “Model for Assessment of Tele medicine” and “Assistive Technology Assessment Tool” as evaluation methods from the former. These methods covered various perspectives, such as the degree of acceptance of the developed technology in the real field when it is implemented in society, and its impact on economic activities, including those of suppliers. It could be discussed that the focus was rather on conducting a multifaceted, multidisciplinary evaluation of development objectives, than on obtaining objective data for evidence-building. These perspectives also provide our envision with significant aspects in monitoring evaluation as well as a useful reference for the future.
