Systematic, Comprehensive, One-to-One Training (SCOOT) for Scooter Skills: A Feasibility Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mobility Scooter Skills Training
• Interventions: Other: Systematic, Comprehensive, One to One Training (SCOOT); Other: Six Week Delay

• Registration Number: NCT02696213
• Lead Sponsor: University of British Columbia

Brief Summary

Systematic, Comprehensive, One-to-One Training (SCOOT) for Scooter Skills, is a novel, community-based, client-centred intervention where skills training is incorporated into social activities that users want to perform. The trainer also offers problem solving strategies to help manage environmental barriers and to promote social participation. This intervention is different from customary scooter training in that customary training is often very limited and focuses on learning discrete skills outside of the user's normal environment. The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility of conducting a mixed-methods, rater-blinded, randomized controlled trial (RCT) for new scooter users, which will evaluate the efficacy of SCOOT. We anticipate that the feasibility outcomes will be strong enough to support the conduct of a subsequent multi-site trial with a sufficient sample size to enable us to quantify definitive outcomes such as adverse events (e.g., injuries and abandonment).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-02-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-02-25
• Study Start: 2016-03
• Study First Posted: 2016-03-02
• Primary Completion: 2020-12
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Study Completion: 2021-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-07
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• English Speaking
• Aged 60 or above
• Has acquired a scooter in the last month prior to enrollment in the study

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Exclusion Criteria

• Has a cognitive impairment that will prevent the individual from providing consent and reliably completing the study questionnaires
• Reside in a nursing home
• Plan to move outside Vancouver within the next year

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SCOOT Delayed	Six Week Delay	This group will receive SCOOT after 6 weeks
SCOOT Immediate	Systematic, Comprehensive, One to One Training (SCOOT)	This group will receive SCOOT immediately
SCOOT Delayed	Systematic, Comprehensive, One to One Training (SCOOT)	This group will receive SCOOT after 6 weeks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in scooter skills capacity	Change from baseline skill level at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year	The WST-ScQ measures the participant's subjective scooter skills (capacity), and inquires on the frequency the skill is performed, and whether or not improvement of the skill is a personal goal.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wheelchair Skills Test for Scooters - Questionnaire (WST-ScQ) (performance and confidence)	Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year	The WST-ScQ measures the participant's subjective scooter skills, and inquires on the participant's scooter skill confidence, frequency the skill is performed (performance), and whether or not improvement of the skill is a personal goal.
Life Space Assessment (LSA) Questionnaire	Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year	The LSA measures participants' frequency and independence of mobility in increasingly larger life spaces over the past month.
Scooter Use and Incidents	Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 Year	Participants will be asked to keep a diary of any scooter-related adverse events, including the following: tips or falls from the scooter, injuries to self, accidental contact with others, injuries to others, and damage to property. Participants will be asked to record the number of hours per day that they use their scooters.
Scooter Skills Confidence Questionnaire	Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year	This measure evaluates the participant's confidence in managing their social environment
Wheeled Mobility Outcome Questionnaire	Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year	This measure evaluates indoor and outdoor participation levels associated with wheeled mobility provision by using an 11 point scale (0 = completely unsatisfied to 10 = completely satisfied).
Wheelchair Skills Test for Scooters (WST-Sc)	Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year	The WST-Sc consists of 29 skills that are scored by an examiner from 0 to 2, where 0 = unsafe or unable, 1 = safe with difficulty, and 2 = safe without difficulty

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

GF Strong Rehabilitation Center; 🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada