Resilience in Persons Following Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal Cord Injuries Clinical Trial

Official title:

Resilience in People Following Spinal Cord Injury

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04544761
• Other study ID #: STU00213014
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: September 25, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to quantify resilience in survivors of a spinal cord injury. The study will consist of structured interviews and self-reported surveys. We will look for common themes between participants at different stages of injury (1-5 years, 5-15 years, >15 Years).

Description:

The goal of this project is to broaden the understanding of the lived experience of aging with a disability, from the perspectives of individuals with physical disabilities resulting from spinal cord injury (SCI). The specific objectives of this project are to:

1. Learn how people with SCI attain and maintain optimal quality of life as they age.

2. Understand how people with SCI develop resilience as they grow older.

3. Understand how individual quality of life is related to the degree and mechanism of resilience among people with SCI.

4. Learn which resources and practices have been most helpful and useful to people with SCI as they age with their disability.

5. Assess personal, behavioral, and environmental factors that contribute to resilience and quality of life among people aging with SCI.

6. Refine and confirm a holistic model for the relationships among the concepts of resilience, quality of life, and person-centered factors (resources, behaviors).

Through in-depth interviews and detailed surveys, we will explore how people with SCI attain and maintain optimal quality of life as they age, and how their quality of life relates to resiliency as they traverse the path of aging with SCI. We will explore with participants the resources and practices that have been most helpful and useful to them as they age with their disability.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-80 years old

• History of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury at least 1 year prior

• Ability to self-report on factors affecting health and well being Exclusion Criteria

• Progressive Spinal Cord Injury

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Other:
• Structured Interview
Structured interview with research staff about your experience living with spinal cord injury

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Shirley Ryan AbilityLab	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab	Kiwanis Neurological Research Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Health Questionnaire Surveys	Short Form-12 Health Survey [30-70] 50 indicates US average, values higher than 50 indicate better outcomes	1 day (Single time point)
Primary	Themes Survey	Common themes from the structured interviews	1 day (Single time point)
Secondary	Resilience	Measure of resilience from Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale [0-40], low score indicates greater resilience	1 day (Single time point)