Spinal Cord Injury Virtual Coach RCT

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries
• Interventions: Behavioral: SCI Virtual Coach

• Registration Number: NCT02876666
• Lead Sponsor: Boston University

Brief Summary

The SCI Virtual Coach study has developed an on-screen, human-like character that will provide support, education and coaching to adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) to aid in the prevention of serious secondary conditions like pressure ulcers. In a randomized controlled trial, participants assigned to "the Coach" intervention will have a touch-screen computer placed in their homes and be asked to interact with the Coach on a daily basis for 2 months. Participants will be asked to complete surveys at baseline and 2 months.

The SCI Virtual Coach study aims to measure how accessible and usable participants feel the Coach is, as well as participants' adherence to the Coach's instructions. It will also gauge how effective the Coach is in changing self-care knowledge, health care behaviors, self-efficacy for self-care, and perception of social support in participants.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-08-23
• Study First Posted: 2016-08-24
• Study Start: 2017-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-06-30
• Study Completion: 2017-06-30
• Status Verified: 2017-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2017-07-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Self-report of physician-confirmed chronic spinal cord injury diagnosis
• Injured within the last 6 months -10 years
• Speaks and understands conversational English
• Lives within approximately 1 hour of Boston, MA

Exclusion Criteria

• Moderate to severe cognitive impairment
• Expected to live less than 1 year

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Coach Intervention	SCI Virtual Coach	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Standardized Usability Questionnaire	Report at 2 month exit survey	Evaluates the participant's self-reported experiences with the Coach on a number of characteristics, including ease of use, repetitiveness, and overall satisfaction.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health Education Impact Questionnaire - Skill Technique Acquisition	Baseline and 2 months	Self-report measure of the participant's feelings about their ability to do skin behavior tasks
Skin Care Behavior Compliance	Baseline and two months	Self-report measure of compliance with behaviors to prevent skin care problems that lead to pressure ulcers

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New England Regional SCI Center, Boston University School of Public Health; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States