Evaluation of a Smartphone-delivered Peer-led Physical Activity Counselling Program for Manual Wheelchair Users (ALLWheel)

Laval University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Physical Activity

Treatments

Behavioral: SPPAC intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02826707

SPPAC2016

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite physical activity (PA) being a valuable modality for promoting health, the evidence for effective PA intervention strategies for manual wheelchair (MWC) users is underdeveloped. Community-based programs and telephone-counselling interventions to increase PA among MWC users have had some success, but the uptake and adherence to these interventions remains low within this population. Community-based programs may not reach MWC users who live in rural areas and have issues with transportation, while health professionals may not optimally relate with MWC when providing telephone counselling. Although the PA needs of MWCs are not fully understood, there is reason to believe that including peers into intervention delivery may have benefits.

A feasibility trial is critical and prudent prior to moving forwards with a large and expensive multi-site randomized controlled trial (RCT) to ensure that: the intervention meets the needs of the target population; the right outcomes are measured; and that the intervention is feasible to administer.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a Smartphone-delivered Peer-led Physical Activity Counselling (SPPAC) program for MWC users.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

live in the community
have used a manual wheelchair for ≥ 1 year
able to self-propel a manual wheelchair for at least 10m
able to communicate in English or French
have physical activity or mobility goals
cognitively able to set goals (Mini-mental State Exam Score ≥ 25)

Exclusion criteria

anticipate a health condition or procedure that contraindicates training (e.g., surgery scheduled which would impair physical activity)
have a degenerative condition that is expected to progress quickly (e.g., Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
are concurrently or planning to receive manual wheelchair mobility training over the period of the study