Table 5.
Grouped and cognitive AP studies and indicators
| Study design | Cohort | Cross-sectional | Mixed-methods | Secondary cross-sectional | – | – | – | Total |
| N | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | 24 |
| % | 0% | 71% | 4% | 25% | – | – | – | 100% |
| Assessment approaches | Clinical only | Self-report only | Functional only | Clinical and self-report | Clinical and functional | Other combination | Secondary sources (multiple) | |
| N | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| % | 4% | 88% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 100% |
| Participants (N)* | <500 | 500–999 | 1000–4999 | 5000–9999 | 10 000–24 999 | >25 000 | Not available | |
| N | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| % | 0% | 13% | 29% | 21% | 21% | 17% | 0% | 100% |
| Age (years) included† | Under 15 | <15 to 85+ | 15 to 85+ | 40 to 85+ | 60 to 85+ | Over 85 | Other | |
| N | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| % | 0% | 67% | 21% | 8% | 8% | 0% | 4% | 100% |
| JBI score | <7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | – | – | |
| N |
0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | – | – | 24 |
| % | 0% | 8% | 21% | 42% | 29% | – | – | 100% |
| Functioning difficulty or impairment definition | Use of AP | Reported activity limitations | Clinical threshold | Combination | – | – | – | |
| N | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 24 |
| % | 13% | 88% | 0% | 0% | – | – | – | 100% |
| WHO Region | AFR | AMR | EMR | EUR | SEAR | WPR | Global | |
| N | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| % | 56% | 28% | 4% | 0% | 8% | 4% | 0% | 100% |
| AP access indicator | Total need | Met need | Unmet need | Undermet need | Coverage | Use | Has AP | |
| N | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 42 |
| % | 5% | 10% | 21% | 2% | 0% | 57% | 5% | 100% |
| Indicator denominator | Total with/using AP | Total with need | Total with functioning difficulty | Total participants | Total population | – | – | |
| N | 1 | 5 | 28 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 42 |
| % | 2% | 12% | 67% | 19% | 0% | – | – | 100% |
*Participants (N) ranged from 505 to 393 949 for this domain.
†Age group boundaries varied considerably by study; studies are sorted into categories that most closely represent their included age boundaries.
AFR, African Region; AMR, Region of the Americas; AP, assistive product; EMR, Eastern Mediterranean Region; EUR, European Region; JBI, Joanna Briggs Institute; SEAR, Southeast Asian Region; WPR, Western Pacific Region.