The Extent to Which Caregivers Enhance the Wheelchair Skills of Powered Wheelchair Users: a Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 152
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Wheelchair Skills Test (WST)
研究概览
简要总结
There has been only minimal research on wheelchair skills by the caregivers of manual or powered wheelchair. There are no published data on the extent to which caregivers can enhance the mobility of powered wheelchair users. The primary objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that caregivers enhance the wheelchair skills capacity, confidence and performance of the powered wheelchair users to whom they provide assistance. Our secondary objective is to add to the literature on the measurement properties of the wheelchair skills test (questionnaire and capability version) for powered wheelchair users and their caregivers.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •≥ 18 years of age
- •able to communicate in English and/or French (depending upon the site)
- •live within 50 km of the research centre
- •be willing to participate (as evidenced by completion of the assessment)
- •be able to set a scheduled time for the study visit when both the caregiver and wheelchair user will be present and provide informed consent
- •Caregivers:
- •must be an unpaid caregiver (e.g. a family member or friend)
- •spend an average total of at least 2 hours per week with the powered wheelchair user that includes powered wheelchair mobility.
- •Wheelchair user:
- •must have his/her own powered wheelchair
- •use the powered wheelchair for at least 6 hours per week
- •have a caregiver who spends an average total of at least 2 hours per week with the powered wheelchair user that includes powered wheelchair mobility.
排除标准
- •have unstable medical conditions (e.g. angina, seizures) that might make the use of a powered wheelchair dangerous
- •emotional problems (e.g. severe anxiety, depression) that might make participation unsafe or unpleasant
结局指标
主要结局
Wheelchair Skills Test (WST)
时间窗: one day
Objective (WST) and Questionnaire (WST-Q) versions
次要结局
- Questionnaire(one day)
研究者
Lee Kirby
Physician
Nova Scotia Health Authority