Co-design of a Remote Evaluation Tool for Handwriting Disorders

To improve the screening of handwriting disorders in children, a technology-enhanced telemedicine approach is presented. A codesign process resulted into two clinical tests: (1) a dysorthography test, to be performed on tablet, and (2) a dysgraphia test, to be performed on paper with a smart ink pen. Clinicians and children tested the platform to assess usability by means of questionnaires, and reached good-to-excellent results (test 1: median score 90 [85; 97.5] for clinicians and 87.5 [81.9; 93.1] for children; test 2: 77.5 [69.4, 85] for children). Significant correlations between clinical scores and multi-domain indicators from the smart ink pen showed good potential to enrich the tests with information on difficulties, to provide targeted intervention. This suggests the feasibility of the approach for a real-world usage.