Clinical trial NCT03909061: Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program
Official title: Effectiveness of a Remote Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Remote Maintenance Training Program
Keywords: Wheelchair
Participation
Training
Maintenance
Breakdown
Lead sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Department of Health and Human Services
First posted: 2019-04-09
Enrollment: 187
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Intervention model description: This is a randomized single blind study.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Wheelchair Maintenance Training Questionnaire (WMT-Q)
timeFrame: This measure is collected at baseline, pre- training, during the training, as well as at the 1 month and 6 month follow ups.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Assistive Technology Module Questionnaire (ATM-Q)
timeFrame: This measure is collected at baseline, pre- training, and at the 6 month follow up.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: University of Pittsburgh
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
name: Lynn Worobey, PhD, DPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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