Clinical trial NCT06677905: SCI&U Peer Health Coaching Program for Individuals Newly Discharged from Inpatient Rehabilitation
Official title: SCI&U Peer Health Coaching Program for Individuals Newly Discharged from Inpatient Rehabilitation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury
Keywords: peer support
self-management
spinal cord injury
newly injured
web-based program
Lead sponsor: University of Toronto
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-11-07
Enrollment: 76
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the online program and web-based platform for delivery of self-management services to people with spinal cord injury (SCI) called "SCI \& U" can support transitions from hospital to the community after injury. Specifically, can providing support from trained peer health coaches via the SCI \& U web-based self-management program increase health self-management among those within two years of a spinal cord injury with a planned discharge to or living in the community with SCI for less than two years in the province of British Columbia, Canada or the state of Connecticut, United States.

The main question it aims to answer is:

• Does the SCI \& U web-based self-management program lower emotional distress and increase self-efficacy Researchers will compare those who participate in SCI \& U with those who receive usual peer support after 6 months to see if the SCI \& U program improves self-management knowledge, skills and self-efficacy and decreases secondary complications

Participants will:

* engage in up to 14 online sessions, each of which lasts about an hour with a peer health coach trained in motivational interviewing, goal setting and brief action planning. During sessions, they may also review resources and create follow up plans on the online platform on health management topics
* complete an interviewer administered survey at baseline, 6 and 12 months


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years and older, with a planned discharge to or living in community with SCI for no more than two years since injury and with the ability to speak and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

* not a resident of British Columbia or Connecticut

Primary outcomes:
measure: Emotional Distress Subscale in Health Education Impact Questionnaire
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Health Directed Activities in Health Education Impact Questionnaire
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: Positive and Active Engagement in Life in Health Education Impact Questionnaire
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: Self-monitoring and Insight in Health Education Impact Questionnaire
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: Constructive Attitudes and Approaches in Health Education Impact Questionnaire
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: Skill and Technique Acquisition in Health Education Impact Questionnaire
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: Social Integration and Support in Health Education Impact Questionnaire
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: Health Services Navigation in Health Education Impact Questionnaire
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: The Patient Activation Measure - (PAM) Survey
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: Secondary Conditions Scale
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: NIH Toolbox Loneliness Scale
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
measure: System Usability Scale
timeFrame: From baseline assessment to 6 months followup
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Toronto
name: Susan Jaglal, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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