Spinal Cord Injury Virtual Coach RCT

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries

In brief

The SCI Virtual Coach study has developed an on-screen, human-like character that will provide support, education and coaching to adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) to aid in the prevention of serious secondary conditions like pressure ulcers. In a randomized controlled trial, participants assigned to "the Coach" intervention will have a touch-screen computer placed in their homes and be asked to interact with the Coach on a daily basis for 2 months. Participants will be asked to complete surveys at baseline and 2 months. The SCI Virtual Coach study aims to measure how accessible and usable participants feel the Coach is, as well as participants' adherence to the Coach's instructions. It will also gauge how effective the Coach is in changing self-care knowledge, health care behaviors, self-efficacy for self-care, and perception of social support in participants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02876666

Run by

Boston University

People needed

40

Starts

2017-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Self-report of physician-confirmed chronic spinal cord injury diagnosis
• Injured within the last 6 months -10 years
• Speaks and understands conversational English
• Lives within approximately 1 hour of Boston, MA

You may not qualify if…

• Moderate to severe cognitive impairment
• Expected to live less than 1 year

Where it is running

• New England Regional SCI Center, Boston University School of Public Health — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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