Peer Mentoring for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

October 1, 2015 updated by: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Peer Mentoring for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: Program Satisfaction and Outcome for Mentor/Mentee

A peer mentoring program for persons with SCI was developed. Individuals who experienced SCI in the past and have adapted well functionally were asked to serve as mentors for individuals with newly-acquired SCI. These individuals undergo volunteer and peer mentoring training prior to mentoring activities. They are a subset of the study participants. We are tracking their satisfaction with life, positive and negative affect, life adjustment, depression, and social support over time. We hypothesize that measures of adjustment will become more positive as involvement as a mentor increases. The second subset of study participants are the individuals with newly-acquired SCI. They complete a baseline assessment of the measures listed above and then at 6 months, one year, and two years after match with a mentor. We also collect information about the quantity and quality of the mentoring sessions from both the mentor and mentee. We hypothesize that the mentee's adjustment will be positively influenced by the number and quality of the mentoring sessions. Due to the relatively small number of SCI per year in our program, we opted to offer the mentoring program to all individuals with newly acquired SCI, thus there is no control group.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Wisconsin
      • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
        • University of Wisconsin

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • experienced a SCI

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no severe traumatic brain injury
  • no severe psychiatric disturbance

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
satisfaction with life, positive and negative affect, life adjustment, depression, and social support

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
is the mentee's adjustment positively influenced by the number and quality of the mentoring sessions

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jack Sherman, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

  • Veith, E.M., Sherman, J.E., Pellino, T.A. Yasui, T.Y. (2006). Qualitative analysis of the peer-mentoring relationship among individuals with spinal cord injury, Rehabilitation Psychology, 51, 289-298.

Study record dates

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Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 13, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 13, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

September 20, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 5, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 1, 2015

Last Verified

June 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • M-2003-0505

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