Spinal Cord Injuries Clinical Trial
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Improving Self-Management Skills Among People With Spinal Cord Injury
Verified date | October 2021 |
Source | University of British Columbia |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The goal of our study is to evaluate the use of a self-management application ("app") that the investigators have developed to help facilitate self-management among individuals with SCI who live in the community. The main purpose is to create and fulfill individual self-management goals. Other purposes include improving self-management and health conditions related to SCI. During the initial phase, participants (SCI clinicians and patients with SCI) reported positive usage of the self-management app and all agreed it would benefit people with SCI. With the widespread use of portable electronic devices, an opportunity exists to help patients and informal caregivers on the journey from rehabilitation to integration back into the community. The investigators will use a randomized controlled trial (randomly putting participants into two groups), including both surveys and interviews. The study will involve the use of the app that focuses on the self-management of SCI, along with five to six in-person or telephone meetings over a three-month period. Our proposal is original in that it will be one of the few randomized control trials for e-health interventions for self-care management for those with SCI. The overall goals of the study is to develop an affordable self-management app that can be used to encourage self-management in people living with SCI. This app would be used along with other health problem specific apps that are more detailed and expensive, while helping participants to manage their long-term health problems related to their SCI in an easily usable and affordable form.
Status | Active, not recruiting |
Enrollment | 50 |
Est. completion date | December 2022 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2021 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 19 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Have been discharged from inpatient rehabilitation following a spinal cord injury at least one year prior - Are living in the community setting - Are 19 years of age or over - Speak, read, and write English - Have reliable access to internet - Are capable of providing your own informed consent Exclusion Criteria: - Are unable to provide informed consent (due to severe mental illness or traumatic brain injury) - Have previously used a self-management mobile app focused on spinal cord injury (including SCI Health Storylines) - Have cognitive impairments that impact memory, communication or ability to complete questionnaires. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Canada | GF Strong Rehabilitation Center | Vancouver | British Columbia |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University of British Columbia | The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) | GAS is a promising approach for evaluating psychosocial interventions in community settings. This measure will be used to identify self-management goals that participants want to achieve. Objective outcomes are identified that indicate degrees of attainment of participant-selected goals on a five-point scale ranging from -2 to +2, where -2 is a much worse than expected outcome, 0 represents attaining the goal (the anticipated outcome) and 2 means a much better than expected outcome, and then aggregate T-scores are calculated. The minimally clinically important change for GAS is 10, based on the linear T-score, which represents a change in score from the anticipated values. | At 0 months (baseline), 3 months after baseline, 6 months after baseline, and 9 months after baseline | |
Secondary | Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease Scale | This scale is designed to evaluate confidence in managing long-term disease. It has been used extensively in many different populations including people with spinal cord injury to evaluate self-management interventions. Each of the 6-items are rated on a scale of 1-10 (with 1 indicating 'not at all confident' and 10 indicating 'totally confident') and an average score is calculated. | At 0 months (baseline), 3 months after baseline, 6 months after baseline, and 9 months after baseline | |
Secondary | Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale | This is one of two outcome measures that assesses self-efficacy. This scale targets secondary conditions related to spinal cord injury that have both direct and indirect impacts on health. The 16-item scale uses a 4-point ordinal scale ranging from 'no problem' to 'significant problem' with the total score ranging from 0-49. | At 0 months (baseline), 3 months after baseline, 6 months after baseline, and 9 months after baseline | |
Secondary | Self-Reported Healthcare Utilization | Healthcare utilization will be measured by having participants record visits to see a physician, visits to hospital emergency departments, number of hospitalizations, and the number of nights spent in hospital. Although there may be recall issues within self-reported healthcare utilization, it has been found to be highly correlated with days in hospital (r=0.83) (17). Participants will complete a weekly journal to help improve the accuracy of the report. | Throughout the study, up until the end-point (9 months) | |
Secondary | Spinal Cord Independence Measure III | This is a disability scale developed to specifically address the ability of spinal cord injury patients to perform basic activities of daily living independently. It assesses three areas: 1) self-care (e.g., feeding, grooming, bathing, and dressing), 2) respiration and sphincter management, and 3) mobility (bed and transfers and indoor/outdoor). The item scores are weighted related to the assumed clinical relevance. | At 0 months (baseline) | |
Secondary | American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale | This is a clinical examination conducted to test whether sensation is 0-absent; 1-impaired; or 2-normal. Muscle function is rated from 0-total paralysis to 5-normal (active movement, full range of motion against significant resistance). Although the investigators will be unable to administer the measure as it requires significant and specialized training, a research team member will ask participants if they have been evaluated and what their motor and sensory impairment level is, if they know. This is included in the demographics form. | At 0 months (baseline) | |
Secondary | Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) | This list measures the perceptions of social support among individuals in the general population. It examines the ways in which others affect persons' responses to stressful events. It consists of a list of 40 statements concerning the perceived availability of potential social resources. The items are counterbalanced for desirability - half the items are positive statements about social relationships while the other half are negative statements. Items fall into four 10-item sub-scales: tangible support, appraisal support, self-esteem support, belonging support. | At 0 months (baseline), 3 months after baseline, 6 months after baseline, and 9 months after baseline | |
Secondary | Technology Readiness Index | This is a multiple-item scale that measures an individual's readiness to embrace new technologies. | At 0 months (baseline) | |
Secondary | Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire-SCI | This is an SCI-specific, self-report measure of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) that assesses minutes of mild, moderate, and heavy intensity LTPA performed over the previous 7 days. It is unique because it captures different types of LTPA performed at different intensities. | At 0 months (baseline), 3 months after baseline, 6 months after baseline, and 9 months after baseline | |
Secondary | Health Care Climate Questionnaire | This measure is used to access patients' perceptions of the degree to which their specific doctor is autonomy supportive, and it can be used to assess patients' perceptions of the degree to which their team of health care providers is autonomy supportive. | At 0 months (baseline), 3 months after baseline, 6 months after baseline, and 9 months after baseline | |
Secondary | Amount of informal/formal caregiving | This measure is used to determine the amount of caregiving that participants require from their formal and informal caregivers | At 0 months (baseline), 3 months after baseline, 6 months after baseline, and 9 months after baseline |
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