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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02972307
Date of registration: 18/11/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority
Public title: Caregiver-aided Powered Wheelchair Skills
Scientific title: The Extent to Which Caregivers Enhance the Wheelchair Skills of Powered Wheelchair Users: a Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Date of first enrolment: July 2016
Target sample size: 152
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02972307
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Lee Kirby, MD, FRCPC
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Affiliation:  Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

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



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Caregivers
Intervention(s)
Other: wheelchair skills
Primary Outcome(s)
Wheelchair Skills Test (WST) [Time Frame: one day]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Questionnaire [Time Frame: one day]
Secondary ID(s)
1020645
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Ethics review
Results
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