Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Secondary |
Technology Readiness Index |
This is a multiple-item scale that measures an individual's readiness to embrace new technologies. |
At 0 months (baseline) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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