A Remote-Learning Course can improve the subjective wheelchair-skills performance and confidence of wheelchair service providers: an observational cohort study

A Remote-Learning Course improves the subjective wheelchair-skills performance and confidence scores of wheelchair service providers by almost 30%. Participants were generally positive about the Course. To test the hypothesis that a Remote-Learning Course improves the subjective wheelchair-skills pe...

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Published in:Disability and rehabilitation: Assistive technology 2024-05, Vol.ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), p.1-10
Main Authors: Kirby, R. Lee, Smith, Cher, Osmond, Dee, Moore, Sarah A., Theriault, Christopher J., Sandila, Navjot
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Confidence
Curricula
Disabled Persons - rehabilitation
Education, Distance
Female
Humans
Learning
Male
Middle Aged
motor skills
Rehabilitation
Surveys and Questionnaires
tele-health
training
Wheelchair
Wheelchairs
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Summary:A Remote-Learning Course improves the subjective wheelchair-skills performance and confidence scores of wheelchair service providers by almost 30%. Participants were generally positive about the Course. To test the hypothesis that a Remote-Learning Course improves the subjective wheelchair-skills performance and confidence of wheelchair service providers, and to determine the participants' views on the Course. This was an observational cohort study, with pre-post comparisons. To meet the objectives of the six-week Course, the curriculum included self-study and weekly one-hour remote meetings. Participants submitted their Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire (WST-Q) (Version 5.3.1) "performance" and "confidence" scores before and after the Course. Participants also completed a Course Evaluation Form after the Course. The 121 participants were almost all from the rehabilitation professions, with a median of 6 years of experience. The mean (SD) WST-Q performance scores rose from 53.4% (17.8) pre-Course to 69.2% (13.8) post-Course, a 29.6% relative improvement (p 
ISSN:1748-3107
1748-3115
DOI:10.1080/17483107.2023.2230259