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Capital District Health Authority, Canada |
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Information provided by: | Capital District Health Authority, Canada |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00400452 |
It is hypothesized that, compared to a control group, manual wheelchair users and their caregivers in the long-term-care setting who receive the wheelchair skills training program will improve their wheelchair skills to a statistically significant extent and will retain these improvements for at least one month.
Condition | Intervention |
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Healthy Wheelchair Users |
Behavioral: wheelchair skills training |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Manual Wheelchair Skills Training for Long-Term-Care Residents: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Efficacy |
Estimated Enrollment: | 50 |
Study Start Date: | May 2007 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | September 2009 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | September 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 17 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria (wheelchair user):
Exclusion Criteria (wheelchair user):
Inclusion Criteria (caregiver):
Exclusion Criteria (caregiver):
Contact: Cher Smith, OT | 902-473-3834 | cher.smith@cdha.nshealth.ca |
Canada, Nova Scotia | |
Camp Hill Veteran's Memorial Building, Capital Health | Recruiting |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 2E1 |
Principal Investigator: | Cher Smith | Capital Health, Department of Occupational Therapy |
Responsible Party: | Capital District Health Authority, Canada ( Cher Smith ) |
Study ID Numbers: | CDHA014 |
Study First Received: | November 15, 2006 |
Last Updated: | January 30, 2009 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00400452 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | Canada: Health Canada |
wheelchair skills long-term-care caregivers |
Healthy |