TY - JOUR
T1 - The differences in demographics, fear of falling, transfer quality and participation enfranchisement between manual and power wheelchair users with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury
AU - Abou, Libak
AU - Rice, Laura A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Purpose: To examine the differences in demographics, fear of falling (FOF), transfer quality and participation enfranchisement between manual and power wheelchair users with multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injury (SCI). Materials and methods: Secondary data analysis including 126 manual or power wheelchair users with MS and SCI (median age, 53.00 years, IQR = 24.00). Demographic information including age, gender, height, weight and disability duration was collected. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated for all participants. Participation enfranchisement was examined using both subscales (Importance and Control) of the enfranchisement scale of the Community Participation Indicator (CPI). FOF was assessed using the Spinal Cord Injury-Falls Concern Scale (SCI-FCS) and transfer quality was assessed using the Transfer Assessment Instrument (TAI) 3.0 and 4.0. Mann–Whitney’s U-tests or independent samples t-tests and chi-square were used to analyse the differences between continuous variables and categorical variables, respectively. Results: Fifty-seven percent of participants were manual wheelchair users. There were significant differences in most demographic information except for weight and disability duration. Significant differences were also found for BMI (t = 1.06, p = 0.04), CPI-Importance (U = 1282.50, p < 0.01), CPI-Control (U = 1165.50, p < 0.01) and SCI-FCS (t = 4.08, p < 0.01). Manual wheelchair users outperformed power wheelchair users in all outcomes analysed except the TAI (p = 0.18). Conclusions: Power wheelchairs users presented with a higher BMI, reported lower participation enfranchisement, and reported higher levels of FOF compared to manual wheelchair users. The findings may help clinicians to develop targeted rehabilitation goals specific for power and manual wheelchair users with MS and SCI.
AB - Purpose: To examine the differences in demographics, fear of falling (FOF), transfer quality and participation enfranchisement between manual and power wheelchair users with multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injury (SCI). Materials and methods: Secondary data analysis including 126 manual or power wheelchair users with MS and SCI (median age, 53.00 years, IQR = 24.00). Demographic information including age, gender, height, weight and disability duration was collected. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated for all participants. Participation enfranchisement was examined using both subscales (Importance and Control) of the enfranchisement scale of the Community Participation Indicator (CPI). FOF was assessed using the Spinal Cord Injury-Falls Concern Scale (SCI-FCS) and transfer quality was assessed using the Transfer Assessment Instrument (TAI) 3.0 and 4.0. Mann–Whitney’s U-tests or independent samples t-tests and chi-square were used to analyse the differences between continuous variables and categorical variables, respectively. Results: Fifty-seven percent of participants were manual wheelchair users. There were significant differences in most demographic information except for weight and disability duration. Significant differences were also found for BMI (t = 1.06, p = 0.04), CPI-Importance (U = 1282.50, p < 0.01), CPI-Control (U = 1165.50, p < 0.01) and SCI-FCS (t = 4.08, p < 0.01). Manual wheelchair users outperformed power wheelchair users in all outcomes analysed except the TAI (p = 0.18). Conclusions: Power wheelchairs users presented with a higher BMI, reported lower participation enfranchisement, and reported higher levels of FOF compared to manual wheelchair users. The findings may help clinicians to develop targeted rehabilitation goals specific for power and manual wheelchair users with MS and SCI.
KW - accidental falls
KW - community participation
KW - multiple sclerosis
KW - spinal cord injuries
KW - transfers
KW - Wheelchairs
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U2 - 10.1080/17483107.2022.2138998
DO - 10.1080/17483107.2022.2138998
M3 - Article
C2 - 36301722
AN - SCOPUS:85141014600
SN - 1748-3115
JO - Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
JF - Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
ER -