An interventional study of Systematic, Comprehensive, One to One Training (SCOOT) and Six Week Delay in Mobility Scooter Skills Training, sponsored by University of British Columbia. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 60 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-10-11.
Sponsored by University of British Columbia · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
Systematic, Comprehensive, One-to-One Training (SCOOT) for Scooter Skills, is a novel, community-based, client-centred intervention where skills training is incorporated into social activities that users want to perform. The trainer also offers problem solving strategies to help manage environmental barriers and to promote social participation. This intervention is different from customary scooter training in that customary training is often very limited and focuses on learning discrete skills outside of the user's normal environment. The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility of conducting a mixed-methods, rater-blinded, randomized controlled trial (RCT) for new scooter users, which will evaluate the efficacy of SCOOT. We anticipate that the feasibility outcomes will be strong enough to support the conduct of a subsequent multi-site trial with a sufficient sample size to enable us to quantify definitive outcomes such as adverse events (e.g., injuries and abandonment).
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Exclusion Criteria:
This group will receive SCOOT immediately
Other: Systematic, Comprehensive, One to One Training (SCOOT)
This group will receive SCOOT after 6 weeks
Other: Systematic, Comprehensive, One to One Training (SCOOT) · Other: Six Week Delay
An occupational therapist trained by the principal investigator will perform 1.5 hour SCOOT sessions with participants one to two times a week over a period of 6 weeks. SCOOT will provide instruction and practice for performing scooter skills (i.e., instruction on driving, basic and advanced scooter skills) that are embedded in self-selected activities that participants want to perform using their scooters.
Participants will begin the SCOOT intervention after a six week delay.
Change in scooter skills capacity
The WST-ScQ measures the participant's subjective scooter skills (capacity), and inquires on the frequency the skill is performed, and whether or not improvement of the skill is a personal goal.
Time frame: Change from baseline skill level at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
Wheelchair Skills Test for Scooters (WST-Sc)
The WST-Sc consists of 29 skills that are scored by an examiner from 0 to 2, where 0 = unsafe or unable, 1 = safe with difficulty, and 2 = safe without difficulty
Time frame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
Wheelchair Skills Test for Scooters - Questionnaire (WST-ScQ) (performance and confidence)
The WST-ScQ measures the participant's subjective scooter skills, and inquires on the participant's scooter skill confidence, frequency the skill is performed (performance), and whether or not improvement of the skill is a personal goal.
Time frame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
Scooter Skills Confidence Questionnaire
This measure evaluates the participant's confidence in managing their social environment
Time frame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
Wheeled Mobility Outcome Questionnaire
This measure evaluates indoor and outdoor participation levels associated with wheeled mobility provision by using an 11 point scale (0 = completely unsatisfied to 10 = completely satisfied).
Time frame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
Life Space Assessment (LSA) Questionnaire
The LSA measures participants' frequency and independence of mobility in increasingly larger life spaces over the past month.
Time frame: Baseline, at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year
Scooter Use and Incidents
Participants will be asked to keep a diary of any scooter-related adverse events, including the following: tips or falls from the scooter, injuries to self, accidental contact with others, injuries to others, and damage to property. Participants will be asked to record the number of hours per day that they use their scooters.
Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 1 Year
Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test
This assessment is used to detect any mild cognitive impairments
Time frame: Baseline
Late Life Functioning and Disability measure - Computer Assisted Testing (LLFDI - CAT)
The LLFDI-CAT is a computerized program that measures the participant's physical function. Drawing from a bank of 141 items, CAT continues until a standard error of 3 is obtained for the domain score, or a maximum of ten items has been administered.
Time frame: Baseline
Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) Screening version
The HHIE will be used to evaluate the participants' hearing abilities.
Time frame: Baseline
Scooter Physical Accessibility of Participant Home and Community
This measure involves 14 yes/no questions inquiring about the accessibility of the participants' physical environment in their home and community.
Time frame: Baseline
Trail Making B Test
This task is used to measure the participants' visual attention and task switching abilities, which is related to on road driving
Time frame: Baseline
Snellen Eye Test
Time frame: Baseline
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