Caregiver-aided Powered Wheelchair Skills

January 10, 2018 updated by: Lee Kirby, Nova Scotia Health Authority

The Extent to Which Caregivers Enhance the Wheelchair Skills of Powered Wheelchair Users: a Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

There has been only minimal research on wheelchair skills by the caregivers of manual or powered wheelchair. There are no published data on the extent to which caregivers can enhance the mobility of powered wheelchair users. The primary objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that caregivers enhance the wheelchair skills capacity, confidence and performance of the powered wheelchair users to whom they provide assistance. Our secondary objective is to add to the literature on the measurement properties of the wheelchair skills test (questionnaire and capability version) for powered wheelchair users and their caregivers.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

152

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

  • Canada
    • Nova Scotia
      • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4K4
        • Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

dyads of caregivers and the wheelchair users to whom they provide care

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ≥ 18 years of age
  • able to communicate in English and/or French (depending upon the site)
  • live within 50 km of the research centre
  • be willing to participate (as evidenced by completion of the assessment)
  • be able to set a scheduled time for the study visit when both the caregiver and wheelchair user will be present and provide informed consent

Caregivers:

  • must be an unpaid caregiver (e.g. a family member or friend)
  • spend an average total of at least 2 hours per week with the powered wheelchair user that includes powered wheelchair mobility.

Wheelchair user:

  • must have his/her own powered wheelchair
  • use the powered wheelchair for at least 6 hours per week
  • have a caregiver who spends an average total of at least 2 hours per week with the powered wheelchair user that includes powered wheelchair mobility.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • have unstable medical conditions (e.g. angina, seizures) that might make the use of a powered wheelchair dangerous
  • emotional problems (e.g. severe anxiety, depression) that might make participation unsafe or unpleasant

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
caregiver
dyad of caregiver and the wheelchair user to whom they provide care
Other: wheelchair skills
the extent to which caregivers enhance the wheelchair skills of powered wheelchair users

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Wheelchair Skills Test (WST)
Time Frame: one day
Objective (WST) and Questionnaire (WST-Q) versions
one day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Questionnaire
Time Frame: one day
Qualitative open ended questions on wheelchair skills
one day

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Collaborators

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lee Kirby, MD, FRCPC, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2016

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

February 1, 2017

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 18, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 21, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

November 23, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

January 12, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 10, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1020645

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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