Status:
COMPLETED
Understanding Quality and Equity in Wheelchairs for Veterans
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Conditions:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Amputees
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides wheelchairs to about 42,000 Veterans with SCI and more than 40,000 Veterans with amputated limbs (AL). Despite VA's efforts to remove financial and oth...
Detailed Description
Wheelchairs enable Veterans to participate in home, employment, and social activities that might otherwise be inaccessible to them, thereby improving their quality of life (QOL). Despite VA's efforts ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Veterans
- age \>18 years
- must have SCI with discernible neurological impairments or an amputated lower limb which results in the use of a wheelchair
- must be in power or manual wheelchair \>1 year and treated at the participating VAMC
- participants must use a manual or power wheelchair as their primary means of mobility (e.g., use wheelchair \> 40 hours/week
- and be non-ambulatory except for exercise purposes
Exclusion
- In wheelchair less than 1 year
- Able to ambulate without the use of a wheelchair
- Other disorders requiring the use of a wheelchair (e.g., MS)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
497 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01236170
Start Date
March 1 2011
End Date
September 1 2013
Last Update
June 27 2019
Active Locations (5)
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1
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
2
James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
The Bronx, New York, United States, 10468
3
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
4
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15206