Perceived Barriers to Exercise in Individuals Living With Spinal Cord Injury

NCT ID: NCT00786786

Last Updated: 2010-11-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

1000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-08-31

Study Completion Date

2010-09-30

Brief Summary

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Purpose: This project is designed to identify what the key barriers to participating in exercise are for the general population of people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the United States (US).

Detailed Description

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Purpose: This project is designed to identify what the key barriers to participating in exercise are for the general population of people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the United States (US).

Background: A previous study of 681 people living with SCI demonstrated that the majority of participants thought that exercise was important (97%), but that only 57% actually had access to exercise (K.D. Anderson. 2004. Targeting recovery: Priorities of the spinal cord injured population. J. Neurotrauma. 21:1371-1383). The next step in continuing that research is to determine in more detail what the perceived barriers to exercise are so that they can be addressed in multiple settings (research design of exercise protocols, community access and awareness, clinical effectiveness, etc.).

Methods: Internet-based survey of people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Expected Results: It is expected that the perceived barriers will fall under 3 main categories (internal, resources, and structural). However, there may be other barriers we are unaware of, for example, societal or cultural factors or other factors completely unforeseen.

Relevance to Rehabilitation: The findings of this project will provide valuable information needed to design strategies aimed at improving participation in exercise by people living with SCI. SCI results in several secondary health conditions over time, which can likely be positively impacted by exercise.

Conditions

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Spinal Cord Injury

Keywords

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Any person with a spinal cord injury at least 18 years of age

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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1

Spinal Cord Injury

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Any person with a spinal cord injury who is at least 18 years of age, lives in the United States of America, and can read English.

Exclusion Criteria

* People who cannot read English will not be included because the website will be hosted in English and the survey software (phpQuestionnaire 2.2 by Chumpsoft, Inc.) default language is English.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of California, Irvine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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University of California, Irvine

Principal Investigators

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Kimberly Anderson, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, Irvine

Locations

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University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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2008-6465

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id