Clinical trial NCT02110290: Effects of an Adapted Ski/Snowboarding Program on Quality of Life in Children With Physical Disabilities
Official title: Effects of Adapted Skiing and Snowboarding on Quality of Life in Children With Physical Disabilities
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Cerebral Palsy
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Spinal Cord Injuries
Physical Disability
Keywords: quality of life
adaptive sports
therapeutic recreation
mental health
Lead sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2014-04-10
Enrollment: 86
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The Hospital Sports Program at Children's Hospital Colorado only has the capability to accommodate 60 to 65 children a year. This study contacts all of the subjects who meet the study inclusion criteria from the enrolled HSP participant list. It should be noted that the investigators will only be recruiting from children already participating in HSP; they will not be recruiting for children to join HSP.

Brief summary: This study is assessing quality of life in children with a physical disability who participate in the Children's Hospital Colorado Hospital Sports Program (HSP), where children with physical disabilities are able to participate in more organized sports and active programs with the use of adaptive equipment. This study would assess a child's self reported and parent perceived quality of life before and after child participation in HSP for the winter season. The investigators aim to determine the level of child and parent happiness and satisfaction in specific quality of life aspects including: physical activities and health, feelings, moods, self perception, home life, friends, school, learning and bullying. The investigators believe that children with any physical disability will have a more satisfactory reported quality of life after participating in HSP for one or many years.

Detailed description: The purpose of this proposed research is to quantify the impact of participation in an adaptive ski/snowboarding program on parent perceived and child self-reported health related quality of life. To this effect, the study will assess children's self-perception of psychological, emotional, physical health of participants as well as their parents perception of the same, through the use of a validated self reported quality of life questionnaire, KIDSCREEN-52, before and after participating in an adaptive ski/snowboarding program every year.

Primary Aims:

1. To determine the level of subject and parent satisfaction and happiness, through a composite of 10 aspects in a quality of life questionnaire, following participation in the Children's Hospital Colorado Hospital Sports Program (HSP) for one winter season.
2. To determine the long-term impact of repeated participation in an adapted ski/snowboarding program through a composite of 10 aspects in a quality of life questionnaire, following participation in the Children's Hospital Colorado Hospital Sports Program (HSP) for consistent winter seasons.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Physical disability
* Participant of HSP program

Exclusion Criteria:

* Completed parent and child KIDSCREEN questionnaires are not received before the subject's first day of skiing or snowboarding with the program
* Completed parent and child KIDSCREEN questionnaires are not received within 3 months after subject's completed participation with the program for that winter season

Primary outcomes:
measure: Physical Wellbeing
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
measure: Psychological Wellbeing
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
measure: Moods and Emotions
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
measure: Self Perception
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
measure: Autonomy
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
measure: Parents
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
measure: Financial
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
measure: Peers
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
measure: School
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
measure: Bullying
timeFrame: Up to 5 years after study enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Aurora
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital Colorado
state: Colorado
Study officials:
affiliation: Children's Hospital Colorado
name: Frank Chang, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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