Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Completed

Conditions: Remote Maintenance Training Program

Treatments: Behavioral: Wheelchair Maintenance Training

Study type: Interventional

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

Identifiers

NCT03909061

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

STUDY18100047

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this research study is to assess the effectiveness of a remote wheelchair maintenance training program, and to determine methods which may increase overall success of an online training program.

Full description

Up to 100 individuals will be recruited for this research study. We will recruit individuals who use a wheelchair for the majority of their mobility (over 40 hours per week), and have a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). This study will be accessed entirely online and participation is expected to last approximately one year. Subjects will select to participate in one of three groups; one group that will receive maintenance training immediately with no follow up, one group that will receive the maintenance training immediately with 1 month and 6 month follow up, and one group that will be randomized to either receive the maintenance training immediately or after 6 months. The maintenance training program itself will take approximately 1-2 hours to complete.

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

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

Enrollment: 187 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have a traumatic spinal cord injury
• Use a wheelchair as a primary means of mobility (>40 hours per week)

Exclusion criteria

• English is not a primary language
• Primary residence is not in the United States

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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187 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 maintenance training materials. They will complete data collection measures embedded in the maintenance training program, including demographics, Online Learning Readiness Scale (OLRS), Moorong Self Efficacy Scale (MSES), Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS), Assistive Technology Module Questionnaire (ATM-Q), and the Wheelchair Maintenance Training Questionnaire (WMT-Q).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Wheelchair Maintenance 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 wheelchair maintenance training. Participants may also be asked to complete a user satisfaction survey.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Wheelchair Maintenance 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 wheelchair maintenance training program after completing the baseline questionnaires. The wait list control group will wait approximately 6 months before receiving the independent maintenance training program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Wheelchair Maintenance Training