Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program

NCT ID: NCT03909061

Last Updated: 2024-11-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 187 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-03-15
• Study Completion Date: 2023-08-10

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.

Conditions

Remote Maintenance Training Program

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Immediate Training (no follow up)

Individuals may decide to participate in the research study training program, but not in any follow up questionnaires. This group will have immediate access to the independent maintenance training materials. They will complete data collection measures embedded in the maintenance training program, including demographics, Online Learning Readiness Scale (OLRS), Moorong Self Efficacy Scale (MSES), Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS), Assistive Technology Module Questionnaire (ATM-Q), and the Wheelchair Maintenance Training Questionnaire (WMT-Q).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Wheelchair Maintenance Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program: WMTP training consists of three parts. It starts with an overview of basic wheelchair maintenance items, continues with the second section discussing how to inspect the parts of a wheelchair and finishes with the third section discussing how to perform wheelchair maintenance on a wheelchair. Throughout the course, there are videos and pictures demonstrating the activities discussed in the training program. Participants will also be informed when a repair requires professional assistance and where such assistance may be found.

Immediate Training (with follow up)

Individuals may decide to participate in the research study, but do not want to be randomized. After consent is obtained, these individuals will be directed immediately to the baseline questionnaires (see above) before and after the wheelchair maintenance training. Participants may also be asked to complete a user satisfaction survey.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Wheelchair Maintenance Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program: WMTP training consists of three parts. It starts with an overview of basic wheelchair maintenance items, continues with the second section discussing how to inspect the parts of a wheelchair and finishes with the third section discussing how to perform wheelchair maintenance on a wheelchair. Throughout the course, there are videos and pictures demonstrating the activities discussed in the training program. Participants will also be informed when a repair requires professional assistance and where such assistance may be found.

Randomized Training

Individuals may decide to participate in the research study and agree to be randomized. These individuals will be immediately randomized into an immediate or a wait list control group. The immediate will receive the wheelchair maintenance training program after completing the baseline questionnaires. The wait list control group will wait approximately 6 months before receiving the independent maintenance training program.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Wheelchair Maintenance Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program: WMTP training consists of three parts. It starts with an overview of basic wheelchair maintenance items, continues with the second section discussing how to inspect the parts of a wheelchair and finishes with the third section discussing how to perform wheelchair maintenance on a wheelchair. Throughout the course, there are videos and pictures demonstrating the activities discussed in the training program. Participants will also be informed when a repair requires professional assistance and where such assistance may be found.

Interventions

Wheelchair Maintenance Training

Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program: WMTP training consists of three parts. It starts with an overview of basic wheelchair maintenance items, continues with the second section discussing how to inspect the parts of a wheelchair and finishes with the third section discussing how to perform wheelchair maintenance on a wheelchair. Throughout the course, there are videos and pictures demonstrating the activities discussed in the training program. Participants will also be informed when a repair requires professional assistance and where such assistance may be found.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Department of Health and Human Services

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lynn Worobey

Research Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Lynn Worobey, PhD, DPT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pittsburgh

Locations

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

90SI5014-01-00

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

STUDY18100047

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id