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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
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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]

Published
2015
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2. Powered Wheelchair Skills Training for Persons with Stroke.

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Mountain, Anita D., Kirby, R. Lee, Smith, Cher, Eskes, Gail, and Thompson, Kara

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*STROKE treatment, *ABILITY, *ANALYSIS of covariance, *ANALYSIS of variance, *CHI-squared test, *FISHER exact test, *PATIENT education, *REGRESSION analysis, *RESEARCH funding, *TRAINING, *ELECTRIC wheelchairs, *STATISTICAL power analysis, *EFFECT sizes (Statistics), *RANDOMIZED controlled trials, *CONTINUING education units, *DATA analysis software, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Objective: The aims of this study were to test the hypothesis that people with stroke who receive formal powered wheelchair skills training improve their wheelchair skills to a significantly greater extent than participants in a control group who do not and to explore the influence of spatial neglect. Design: Seventeen participants with stroke (including nine with spatial neglect) were randomly allocated to intervention (n = 9) or control (n = 8) groups. Those in the intervention group received up to five 30-min training sessions based on the Wheelchair Skills Training Program 4.1. The powered Wheelchair Skills Test version 4.1 was administered at baseline (T1) and after training (T2). Results: A rank order analysis of covariance on the T2 Wheelchair Skills Test score, having adjusted for the T1 score, showed a significant effect caused by group (P = 0.0001). A secondary analysis showed no significant effect caused by spatial neglect (P = 0.923). Conclusions: People with stroke who receive formal powered wheelchair skills training improve their powered wheelchair skills to a significantly greater extent (30%) than participants who do not (0%). The extent of change was not affected by the presence of spatial neglect. These findings have significance for the wheelchair provision process and the rehabilitation of people with stroke. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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