Investigating an Exercise and Wellbeing Program for Australian University Students with Disability: A Pilot Study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Disability (defined as any interaction between a health condition, the individual and contextual factors which renders a person unable to partake fully in their community); Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000913572
• Lead Sponsor: Queensland University of Technology

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 5 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

participants are students enrolled at and attend the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane university campuses; participants have a university Access Equity Plan and consider themselves to experience disability as defined by the ICF Framework; able and willing to complete 10 weeks of the health and wellbeing program either online or on-campus, minimum of one day per week and attend the on-campus fitness and aquatic centre for both physiological data collection sessions (week one and week 10) over the 10-week period; willing to be individually interviewed about their experience participating in the intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility[Composite primary outcome: retention, adherence, compliance, resource requirements and issues with implementation will be recorded through weekly progress notes maintained by the attending Exercise Physiologist. These logs will be overseen by the primary investigator. Program expenditure will be recorded throughout the program implementation. Week 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 post-intervention commencement];Acceptability[Composite primary outcome: Data collected in the individual, in-depth exit interviews with participants of the program will explore the perceived acceptability of the program along with all participants completing the Short Assessment of Patient Satisfaction (SAPS) questionnaire included in week 10 data collection timepoint. Week 10 (immediately post-intervention completion - SAPS questionnaire) and within 2 weeks post-intervention completion (between week 10-12 - exit interview)]