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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2021 Aug 12;18(6):963–973. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2021.1958932

Figure 2 – Demographic description of the users, caregivers and researchers.

Figure 2 –

Demographic information of the users (N=28), caregivers (N=29) and researchers (N=29) included in this study was extracted from Section 1 of the questionnaire. A) Information (in percentage) about the user’s gender (male, female), age group (≤ 50 years old, > 50 years old), living situation (at home or at a nursing home), etiology (neuromuscular disease, NMD; sudden onset, SO) and whether they were naïve to BCI. B) Information (in percentage) about the caregiver’s gender (male, female), age group (≤ 50 years old, > 50 years old), personal/professional relation to the user (family member, professional caregiver), type of LIS of individual the caregiver takes care of (neuromuscular disease, NMD; sudden onset, SO), and whether they were naïve to BCI. C) Information (in percentage) about the researcher’s gender (male, female), age group (≤ 50 years old, > 50 years old), continent of residence (Asia, Europe or North America), and whether they worked with individuals with locked-in syndrome (LIS) and communication Brain-Computer Interfaces (cBCIs). Bar plots indicate most used signal acquisition techniques by researchers in their line of work, as well as the most investigated mental strategies for controlling a BCI.