Self-management training: a controlled investigation of its effectiveness in improving coping skills, mood and quality of life with patients with acquired physical disability

• Register: ISRCTN
• Last refreshed on: 6 July 2015
• Main ID: ISRCTN16193155
• Date of registration: 19/02/2015
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Maynooth University
• Public title: Self-management training: a controlled investigation of its effectiveness in improving coping skills, mood and quality of life with patients with acquired physical disability
• Scientific title: Promoting quality of life and preventing secondary disability following acquired physical impairment: a controlled trial of a self-management intervention
• Date of first enrolment: 01/08/2011
• Target sample size: 160
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN16193155
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Single-centre controlled clinical trial (two group block randomized design) (Prevention)

Countries of recruitment

Ireland

Contacts

• Name: Deirdre Desmond

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria consist of (1) being aged 18 years or older; (2) having limb amputation or spinal cord injury; (3) English speaking; (4) no more than 3 weeks previous inpatient rehabilitation for the current condition; onset of index injury/condition within 1 year.
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria: unable to provide informed consent; severe cognitive impairment; presence of any other serious health condition that attending physician believes limits their ability to participate in the study.

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Patients with acquired physical impairment (spinal cord injury and limb amputation)
Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Intervention(s)

Participants were allocated to control or intervention groups according to timing of admission. Control group participants received usual care. Participants in the intervention group received usual care plus the 'Next Steps UK & Ireland self-management programme'.

Primary Outcome(s)

1. Pain: Brief pain Inventory
2. Depressive Symptoms: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
3. Positive Affect: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Positive States of Mind scale
Data collected on admission to rehabilitation, 7 weeks later and at 6 months post-programme.

Secondary Outcome(s)

1. Restrictions in Activities and Participation: WHODAS-II and the Community Participation Indicators
2. Self-management knowledge, skills, confidence: Patient Activation Measure (SF)
3. Quality of Life: WHOQoL
Data collected on admission to rehabilitation, 7 weeks later and at 6 months post-programme.

Secondary ID(s)

HRB_HSR/2010/12

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Health Research Board (Ireland)