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- Title
Impact of the TEAM Wheels eHealth manual wheelchair training program: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
Giesbrecht, Ed; Faieta, Julie; Best, Krista; Routhier, François; Miller, William C.; Laberge, Maude
- Abstract
Background: Variable, and typically inadequate, delivery of skills training following manual wheelchair (MWC) provision has a detrimental impact on user mobility and participation. Traditional in-person delivery of training by rehabilitation therapists has diminished due to cost, travel time, and most recently social distancing restrictions due to COVID-19. Effective alternative training approaches include eHealth home training applications and interactive peer-led training using experienced and proficient MWC users. An innovative TEAM Wheels program integrates app-based self-training and teleconference peer-led training using a computer tablet platform. Objective: This protocol outlines implementation and evaluation of the TEAM Wheels training program in a randomized control trial using a wait-list control group. Setting: The study will be implemented in a community setting in three Canadian cities. Participants: Individuals ≥ 18 years of age within one year of transitioning to use of a MWC. Intervention: Using a computer tablet, participants engage in three peer-led teleconference training sessions and 75–150 minutes of weekly practice using a video-based training application over 4 weeks. Peer trainers individualize the participants' training plans and monitor their tablet-based training activity online. Control group participants also receive the intervention following a 1-month wait-list period and data collection. Measurements: Outcomes assessing participation; skill capacity and performance; self-efficacy; mobility; and quality of life will be measured at baseline and post-treatment, and at 6-month follow-up for the treatment group. Impact statement: We anticipate that TEAM Wheels will be successfully carried out at all sites and participants will demonstrate statistically significant improvement in the outcome measures compared with the control group.
- Subjects
RESEARCH protocols; ELECTRIC wheelchairs; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; TRAINING manuals; TELEMEDICINE; SOCIAL distancing; QUALITY of life
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2021, Vol 16, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0258509