Online social networks as a tool to support people with special needs
Resumen: Supporting people with special needs is a multi-disciplinary endeavour that involves many stakeholders. Social relations have a determining impact on the quality of the related processes. Online social networks (OSN) have demonstrated their capacity to change human interaction paradigms; however, their application to disability is a barely-explored field of research. This paper describes the design, development and deployment of an OSN in a 24/7 residence for people with disabilities in order to improve productivity, enhance the quality of care processes and foster social relations. During fourteen months of operation, 46 people, including caregivers, health professionals (psychologists, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists, among others), supervisors, administrative staff, residents and their family members, used the OSN. Our quantitative and qualitative results indicate adequate OSN technical performance; validate user-oriented design methodology; confirm productivity and quality of service improvement; and confirm the capacity of OSNs to positively influence social relations in such environments.
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2015.09.020
Año: 2016
Publicado en: COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS 73, Part B. (2016), 315-331
ISSN: 0140-3664

Factor impacto JCR: 3.338 (2016)
Categ. JCR: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS rank: 23 / 146 = 0.158 (2016) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: TELECOMMUNICATIONS rank: 20 / 88 = 0.227 (2016) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC rank: 50 / 259 = 0.193 (2016) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.621 - Computer Networks and Communications (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/IPT-2011-1038-900000
Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)
Área (Departamento): Área Tecnología Electrónica (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)
Área (Departamento): Área Expresión Gráfica en Ing. (Dpto. Ingeniería Diseño Fabri.)


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