Effectiveness of Web-Based Training (SERT)

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Remote Transfer Training Program

Treatments: Behavioral: Independent Transfer Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT03164278

STUDY19020341

90SI5014-01-00 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this research study is to assess the effectiveness of an independent transfer training program (ITTP), and to determine methods which may increase overall success of an online training program.

Full description

Up to 200 individuals will be recruited for this research study. Investigators will recruit individuals who use a wheelchair for the majority of their mobility (over 40 hours per week), have the ability to transfer independently (may use equipment like sliding boards), use a seated pivot to transfer, and speak English as a primary a language. This study will be accessed entirely online and participation is expected to last approximately one year. Subjects will be randomized into three groups; one group that will receive transfer training immediately with no follow up, one group that will receive the transfer training immediately with 1 month and 6 month follow up, and one group that will receive the transfer training after 6 months. The transfer training program itself will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

After obtaining informed consent, participants in the first two groups will complete baseline questionnaires. They will then receive the transfer 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 transfer assessment instrument questionnaire. They will then wait 5 months. After this period, participants will complete the baseline questionnaires a second time, and then receive the transfer training.

After completing the transfer training, all groups will be contacted immediately post training to complete additional questionnaires to assess the effectiveness of the remote transfer training program. Participants in the 2nd and 3rd group will be contacted 1 month and 6 months post-training to complete additional questionnaires.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Utilize a wheelchair for the majority of mobility (over 40 hours per week).
2. Ability to transfer independently (may use equipment like sliding boards).
3. Use of seated pivot transfer
4. Speak English as a primary a language

Exclusion criteria

1. Pain prohibiting transfers
2. Active use of the lower limb muscles during transfers
3. Current or recent history (last 3 months) of pressure sores

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 3 patient groups

Immediate Training (no follow up)

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals may decide to participate in the research study training program, but not in any follow up questionnaires. This group will have immediate access to the independent transfer training materials. They will complete data collection measures embedded in the transfer training program, including demographics, Online Learning Readiness Scale (OLRS), Moorong Self Efficacy Scale (MSES), Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS), Transfer Assessment Instrument Questionnaire (TAI-Q), and the Wheelchair User Shoulder Pain Index (WUSPI).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Independent Transfer Training

Immediate Training (with follow up)

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals may decide to participate in the research study, but do not want to be randomized. After consent is obtained, these individuals will be directed immediately to the baseline questionnaires (see above) before and after the independent transfer training. Participants may also be asked to complete a user satisfaction survey.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Independent Transfer Training

Randomized Training

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals may decide to participate in the research study and agree to be randomized. These individuals will be immediately randomized into an immediate or a wait list control group. The immediate will receive the independent transfer training program after completing the baseline questionnaires. The wait list control group will wait approximately 6 months before receiving the independent transfer training program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Independent Transfer Training