Systematic, Comprehensive, One-to-One Training (SCOOT) for Scooter Skills: A Feasibility Study

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mobility Scooter Skills Training

Treatments: Other: Systematic, Comprehensive, One to One Training (SCOOT); Other: Six Week Delay

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02696213

F15-00959 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

H15-01921

Details and patient eligibility

About

Systematic, Comprehensive, One-to-One Training (SCOOT) for Scooter Skills, is a novel, community-based, client-centred intervention where skills training is incorporated into social activities that users want to perform. The trainer also offers problem solving strategies to help manage environmental barriers and to promote social participation. This intervention is different from customary scooter training in that customary training is often very limited and focuses on learning discrete skills outside of the user's normal environment. The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility of conducting a mixed-methods, rater-blinded, randomized controlled trial (RCT) for new scooter users, which will evaluate the efficacy of SCOOT. We anticipate that the feasibility outcomes will be strong enough to support the conduct of a subsequent multi-site trial with a sufficient sample size to enable us to quantify definitive outcomes such as adverse events (e.g., injuries and abandonment).

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English Speaking
• Aged 60 or above
• Has acquired a scooter in the last month prior to enrollment in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Has a cognitive impairment that will prevent the individual from providing consent and reliably completing the study questionnaires
• Reside in a nursing home
• Plan to move outside Vancouver within the next year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

SCOOT Immediate

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive SCOOT immediately

Treatment:

Other: Systematic, Comprehensive, One to One Training (SCOOT)

SCOOT Delayed

Other group

Description:

This group will receive SCOOT after 6 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Systematic, Comprehensive, One to One Training (SCOOT)

Other: Six Week Delay