1. Proportion of Wheelchair Users Who Receive Wheelchair Skills Training During an Admission to a Canadian Rehabilitation Center.
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Kirby, R. Lee, Keeler, Laura, Wang, Sherry, Thompson, Kara, and Theriault, Chris
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PATIENT education ,ABILITY ,CHI-squared test ,STATISTICAL correlation ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL rehabilitation ,MOTOR ability ,PATIENT satisfaction ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,REHABILITATION centers ,STATISTICAL sampling ,STATISTICS ,SURVEYS ,WHEELCHAIRS ,TRAINING ,COMORBIDITY ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,DATA analysis ,TEACHING methods ,INFORMATION needs ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Objectives: To determine the proportion of wheelchair users who receive wheelchair skills training during an inpatient stay at a Canadian rehabilitation center. Methods: Each of 42 wheelchair-using inpatients completed a questionnaire within 72 hours of his or her expected discharge. Results: Twenty-three (54.8%) participants reported having received wheelchair skills training. The median number and duration of training sessions was five 30-minute sessions. None (0%) of the other 19 participants knew of arrangements to receive training after discharge. Conclusion: Only 54.8% of wheelchair-using people nearing discharge from a rehabilitation center reported that they had received wheelchair skills training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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