Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Oct 7, 2022
Date Accepted: Feb 15, 2023
Public Transport Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Protocol of a Scoping Review
ABSTRACT
Background:
Transportation is essential for people of all ages and backgrounds to live a fulfilling and satisfying life. Public transport (PT) can facilitate access to the community and improve social participation. However, people with disabilities face physical and attitudinal barriers that can restrict access to PT. Few studies have identified PT barriers and facilitators experienced by people with disabilities. However, findings were focused mainly on specific disabilities. Access requires broader considerations of barriers and facilitators for various type of disabilities.
Objective:
This scoping review aims to: 1) describe the barriers and facilitators to the use of the PT experienced by people with various disabilities, 2) explore perceived experiences, satisfaction, and self-efficacy when using PT.
Methods:
A scoping review will be conducted using Arksey & O’Malley’s framework and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist. The literature search will be conducted using electronic databases MEDLINE, TRANSPORTATION DATABASE and PsycINFO via Ovid platform, EMBASE, and WEB OF SCIENCE) from 1995 to 2022. Two reviewers will independently identify studies based on inclusion (published in English or French, outcomes on PT accessibility for people with disabilities, peer-reviewed or guideline report or editorials) and exclusion (no-full-text, focused on technology-system, outcome validation studies) criteria, and extract the data.
Results:
Results will be synthesized narratively to summarize the barriers and facilitators, perceived experiences, satisfaction, and self-efficacy according to the Human Development Model – Disability Creation Process (HDM-DCP) conceptual framework.
Conclusions:
The results of this scoping review could lead to a better understanding of the potential barriers and facilitators to the use of public transport by people with various types of disabilities and how negative or positive experiences throughout the travel may influence their satisfaction and self-efficacy.
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