Wheelchair skills training to improve confidence with using a manual wheelchair among older adults: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effects of wheelchair skills training on confidence in older adults who are inexperienced wheelchair users.

Design

Parallel group, single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Research laboratory in a rehabilitation hospital.

Participants

Participants (N=20) who were community-living older adults at least 65 years old (mean age, 70y), 50% women, and who had no experience of using a wheelchair were randomly allocated to an intervention (n=10) or control (n=10) group.

Interventions

The intervention group received two 1-hour training sessions that followed the Wheelchair Skills Training Program (WSTP) protocol. The control group received a single socialization contact.

Main outcome measure

The Wheelchair Use Confidence S

SUBMITTER: Sakakibara BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4019578 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature