Status:
COMPLETED
French-Canadian Version of the Wheelchair Skills Program (WSP)
Lead Sponsor:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Conditions:
Disabled Persons
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this project is to develop French Canadian versions of the Wheelchair Skills Program (WSP). Translating a measurement instrument in the field of biomedical sciences requires not only th...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- eighteen (18) or older;
- use a manual wheelchair at least four (4) hours per day;
- in the rehabilitation process (including training in manual wheelchair use);
- have enough ability to develop skills included in the wheelchair skills training program;
- are willing to take part in the study;
- French-speaking individual capable of understanding enough of the English language to sign this form after carefully reading it
- competent to give informed consent or have a proxy with power of attorney;
- have the verbal endorsement of the clinical therapist (if any) to participate;
- have the permission of the attending physician or occupational therapist to participate;
- are alert and cooperative.
Exclusion
- have an unstable medical condition (e.g. angina, seizures), as indicated by the attending physician, hospital or rehabilitation centre staff, enhanced registered nurse or self-report;
- have an emotional or psychiatric problem of a type or extent that might make participation unpleasant, as indicated by the attending physician, hospital or rehabilitation centre staff, enhanced registered nurse or self-report.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
41 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00400244
Start Date
January 1 2006
End Date
April 1 2008
Last Update
September 29 2009
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Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en readaption
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2H 2N8