French-Canadian Version of the Wheelchair Skills Program (WSP)

Translation, Validation and Evaluation of the Efficacy of the French-Canadian Version of the Wheelchair Skills Program (WSP)

The purpose of this project is to develop French Canadian versions of the Wheelchair Skills Program (WSP). Translating a measurement instrument in the field of biomedical sciences requires not only the language to be taken into account but also the cultural context. We will determine the measurement properties of the WST-F and complete the randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of the WSTP-F.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Disabled Persons
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Wheelchair skills traing program

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 41
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Quebec
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2H 2N8
      • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en readaption

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• eighteen (18) or older;
• use a manual wheelchair at least four (4) hours per day;
• in the rehabilitation process (including training in manual wheelchair use);
• have enough ability to develop skills included in the wheelchair skills training program;
• are willing to take part in the study;
• French-speaking individual capable of understanding enough of the English language to sign this form after carefully reading it
• competent to give informed consent or have a proxy with power of attorney;
• have the verbal endorsement of the clinical therapist (if any) to participate;
• have the permission of the attending physician or occupational therapist to participate;
• are alert and cooperative.

Exclusion Criteria:

• have an unstable medical condition (e.g. angina, seizures), as indicated by the attending physician, hospital or rehabilitation centre staff, enhanced registered nurse or self-report;
• have an emotional or psychiatric problem of a type or extent that might make participation unpleasant, as indicated by the attending physician, hospital or rehabilitation centre staff, enhanced registered nurse or self-report.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
French version of the Wheelchair Skills Test

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority
• Collaborators: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Francois Routhier, PhD, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montreal

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Routhier F, Kirby RL, Demers L, Depa M, Thompson K. Efficacy and retention of the French-Canadian version of the wheelchair skills training program for manual wheelchair users: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Jun;93(6):940-8. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.017. Epub 2012 Apr 10.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2006
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2008
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 15, 2006
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 15, 2006
• First Posted (Estimate): November 16, 2006

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 29, 2009
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2009
• Last Verified: January 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: skills; wheelchairs; french
• Other Study ID Numbers: CDHA009