Clinical trial NCT02696213: Systematic, Comprehensive, One-to-One Training (SCOOT) for Scooter Skills: A Feasibility Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mobility Scooter Skills Training
Lead sponsor: University of British Columbia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-03-02
Enrollment: 22
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: 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).


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in scooter skills capacity
timeFrame: Change from baseline skill level at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Wheelchair Skills Test for Scooters (WST-Sc)
timeFrame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
measure: Wheelchair Skills Test for Scooters - Questionnaire (WST-ScQ) (performance and confidence)
timeFrame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
measure: Scooter Skills Confidence Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
measure: Wheeled Mobility Outcome Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
measure: Life Space Assessment (LSA) Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
measure: Scooter Use and Incidents
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 Year
Other outcomes:
measure: Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Late Life Functioning and Disability measure - Computer Assisted Testing (LLFDI - CAT)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) Screening version
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Scooter Physical Accessibility of Participant Home and Community
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Trail Making B Test
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Snellen Eye Test
timeFrame: Baseline
Locations:
city: Vancouver
country: Canada
facility: GF Strong Rehabilitation Center
state: British Columbia
Study officials:
affiliation: University of British Columbia
name: Ben Mortenson
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Mortenson WB, Jang S, Goldsmith CH, Hurd Clarke L, Hobson S, Emery R. Feasibility of a Systematic, Comprehensive, One-to-One Training (SCOOT) program for new scooter users: study protocol for a randomized control trial. Trials. 2017 May 25;18(1):235. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1963-y.