Effectiveness of a Remote Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 187
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Wheelchair Maintenance Training Questionnaire (WMT-Q)
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of this research study is to assess the effectiveness of a remote wheelchair maintenance training program, and to determine methods which may increase overall success of an online training program.
详细描述
Up to 100 individuals will be recruited for this research study. We will recruit individuals who use a wheelchair for the majority of their mobility (over 40 hours per week), and have a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). This study will be accessed entirely online and participation is expected to last approximately one year. Subjects will select to participate in one of three groups; one group that will receive maintenance training immediately with no follow up, one group that will receive the maintenance training immediately with 1 month and 6 month follow up, and one group that will be randomized to either receive the maintenance training immediately or after 6 months. The maintenance training program itself will take approximately 1-2 hours to complete.
After obtaining informed consent, participants in the first two groups will complete baseline questionnaires. They will then receive the maintenance training program.
Participants in the third group (a wait-list control group) will complete the baseline questionnaires and be contacted one month later to complete a wheelchair maintenance assessment questionnaire. They will then wait 5 months. After this period, participants will complete the baseline questionnaires a second time, and then receive the wheelchair maintenance training.
After completing the maintenance training, all groups will be contacted immediately post training to complete additional questionnaires to assess the effectiveness of the remote training program. Participants in the 2nd and 3rd group will be contacted 1 month and 6 months post-training to complete additional questionnaires. Participants may be compensated for their time.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
Subjects will be choose to be in one of three groups: one group will receive maintenance training immediately with no follow up, one group will receive the maintenance training immediate with a 1 month & 6 month follow up, and one group that will be randomized to either receive the maintenance training immediately or to receive the maintenance training after a 6 month wait (with follow ups).
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Have a traumatic spinal cord injury
- •Use a wheelchair as a primary means of mobility (>40 hours per week)
排除标准
- •English is not a primary language
- •Primary residence is not in the United States
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Wheelchair Maintenance Training Questionnaire (WMT-Q)
时间窗: This measure is collected at baseline, pre- training, during the training, as well as at the 1 month and 6 month follow ups.
The WMT-Q has three sub scales which measure of an individual's knowledge of maintenance (knowledge), their or their caregiver's ability to complete maintenance (capacity), and the frequency at which they or their caregiver perform it (performance). Each subscale ranges from 0-100 with larger numbers indicating greater proficiency.
次要结局
- Change in Assistive Technology Module Questionnaire (ATM-Q)(This measure is collected at baseline, pre- training, and at the 6 month follow up.)
研究者
Lynn Worobey
Research Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh