Effectiveness of a Wheelchair Skills Training Program for Power Mobility Users: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 116
- 试验地点
- 6
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline in Wheelchair Skills, WST 4.1 questionnaire version
研究概览
简要总结
This is a 3-year multi-centre, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the hypothesis that wheelchair skills training (using a systematic training program called the Wheelchair Skills Training Program) improves wheelchair skills and safety of 144 powered wheelchair users. A second objective is to assess the effects of age, sex, training centre, and participant experience on outcomes, assessing the retention of benefits and assessing the impact of training on other important outcomes.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •new or experienced powered wheelchair users
- •use or are expected to use powered wheelchairs for at least 4 hrs/week
- •have access to a powered wheelchair with a suitable range of controller settings (i.e. able to climb a 5cm level change) for testing and training
- •equal or greater than 18 years of age
- •able to follow directions in either French or English (whichever is in use at the participating site)
- •have the potential to operate their powered wheelchairs independently
- •have room for improvement (in the opinion of the potential participant's clinician)
- •requires no more than minimal assistance for communication and auditory comprehension (in the opinion of the potential participant's clinician)
- •able to follow 2-step commands
- •demonstrate the ability to attend training sessions during the intake session
- •competent to provide their own informed consent
- •able to be comfortably seated in the powered wheelchairs that will be used for the study (if not their own).
排除标准
- •use or are expected to use a scooter
- •have a rapidly progressive disorder (e.g. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or terminal cancer)
- •have significant visual impairments (legally blind)
- •have unstable medical conditions (e.g. angina, seizures)
- •have emotional problems (e.g. severe anxiety, depression) that might make participation unsafe or unpleasant
研究组 & 干预措施
wheelchair training
干预措施: Wheelchair skills training program (Other)
Control
Standard of care only
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline in Wheelchair Skills, WST 4.1 questionnaire version
时间窗: baseline, 1 month , 3 months
A measure of what the person 'can do' (capacity), 'does do' (performance), and the safety of various wheelchair skills. The Wheelchair Skills Test (WST) version 4.1 in questionnaire format will be used.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Lee Kirby
Attending Staff Physician, Department of Medicine
Nova Scotia Health Authority