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INTERnational Project for the Evaluation of 'activE Rehabilitation' (inter-PEER) – a protocol for a prospective cohort study of community peer-based training programmes for people with spinal cord injury
- Source :
- BMC Neurology, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020), BMC Neurology
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Active Rehabilitation (AR) is a community peer-based concept for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) that is primarily delivered through brief residential training programmes. Despite a plethora of positive anecdotal evidence of AR programmes as life-changing experiences, the effects of AR-programmes have not been evaluated scientifically. Here, we present the protocol of the INTERnational Project for the Evaluation of “activE Rehabilitation” (inter-PEER) aiming to evaluate the effects of AR training programmes on community-dwelling individuals with SCI. Methods International prospective cohort study that recruits consecutive participants in AR training programmes. Evaluation is conducted through a web-based survey at 3 time-points: at the commencement and completion of the training programme, and 3 months after the end of the training programme. Evaluation also includes a practical wheelchair skills test at the first two time-points. The primary outcome measures are the Spinal Cord Independence Measure Self-report (SCIM-SR), the Queensland Evaluation of Wheelchair Skills test (QEWS), the Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire (WST-Q) and the Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES). The secondary outcome measures are the 11-item Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LiSat-11), the Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitation-Participation (USER-Participation), the Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire for people with SCI (LTPAQ-SCI) and the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10). We piloted the implementation of the protocol in Sweden in 7 participants with diverse SCI and sociodemographic characteristics and collected feedback from participants and peer-mentors about study procedures through interviews, a workshop and field observations. Discussion Inter-PEER is the first initiative to propose a systematic evaluation of the effects of AR training programmes among individuals with SCI. The project is a collaborative work of multiple stakeholders, including researchers, clinicians, peer mentors with SCI, and administrators of organisations providing AR programmes. The inter-PEER uses standardised outcome measures relevant to the AR context, it will facilitate quality evaluations of community peer-based programmes, stimulate international collaborations, and inform the design of randomised controlled trials on the effects of AR training programmes.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
030506 rehabilitation
Activities of daily living
Active rehabilitation
medicine.medical_treatment
education
Pilot Projects
Context (language use)
Peer support
Community rehabilitation
Peer Group
Peer mentor
lcsh:RC346-429
Cohort Studies
Study Protocol
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Wheelchair
Spinal cord injuries
Humans
Medicine
Prospective Studies
Other Health Sciences
lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Sweden
Self-efficacy
Medical education
Rehabilitation
Mentoring
Wheelchair skills
business.industry
Life satisfaction
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Test (assessment)
Annan hälsovetenskap
Rehabilitation Research
Female
Neurology (clinical)
0305 other medical science
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14712377
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fd6aa44072fa1c58123a8825fbdfcc92