NCT03909061

Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program

Effectiveness of a Remote Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 187 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-15
• Primary completion: 2023-08-10
• Completion: 2023-08-10
• First posted: 2019-04-09
• Last updated: 2024-11-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States