NCT06252597

Pressure Relief Education and Training for Wheelchair Users

Education and Training for Wheelchair Users and Caregivers for Pressure Relief Performance and Barrier Management

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

There can be barriers for clients with progressive disorders who are power wheelchair users and their caregivers that prohibit them from performing pressure relief. Clients may struggle with consistent performance of pressure relief and may not recall the importance, have methods to perform, or be able to perform due to weakness or other disease changes.

Detailed description

Study the population of power wheelchair users with progressive disorders at the Neurology Specialty Care - Edgehill, Carolina Neuromuscular Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)/ Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Center to identify barriers, provide potential solutions, and provide education and training to both increase knowledge and understanding of pressure relief options and processes as well as to overcome these perceived barriers amongst the clinic population. Current adults of the Neurology Specialty Care practice who are complex power wheelchair users will be eligible for this project as an extension of usual care.

Conditions

• Pressure Area

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	education and training	education and training at a regularly scheduled occupational therapy clinic visit will be performed with handouts, verbal education, hands-on training, and video training

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2024-04-12
• Completion: 2024-11-15
• First posted: 2024-02-09
• Last updated: 2025-01-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States