DRIV - Health Online for People With Spinal Cord Injury

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Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injury

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a 10-week web-based health promotion program ("DRIV") can improve healthy lifestyle habits and overall well-being in adults living with long-term spinal cord injury (SCI). The main questions it aims to answer are: Does participating in the online course lead to healthier lifestyle behaviors (for example, more physical activity and a better diet) and improved self-reported health for people with SCI? Are any improvements in health habits or well-being maintained six months after completing the program? Researchers will compare participants who take the 10-week DRIV course to those on a waitlist (no intervention during that period) to see if any changes in lifestyle or health outcomes are due to the program (and not just time or other factors). Participants will: Attend a 1-hour group session online (via video) each week for 10 weeks, covering topics like exercise, nutrition, stress management, and goal setting (this is the intervention for the course group; waitlist group has no sessions during this time). Complete health questionnaires at the start of the study and after 10 weeks (all participants), and again 6 months after the course for those who received the intervention, to report on their lifestyle habits, physical and mental health, and goal achievement. Wear a wrist activity monitor (accelerometer) for 7 days at the beginning and 7 days at the end of the 10-week period to objectively measure physical activity levels.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07473258

Run by

Karolinska Institutet

People needed

30

Starts

2025-08-01

Expected to finish

2026-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults (18 years or older) living with a long-term spinal cord injury (acquired or congenital) and "aging with the injury" (i.e., have lived many years with SCI).
• Have registered interest in participating in the 10-week web-based health promotion program "DRIV - hälsa online för dig med ryggmärgsskada" (health online for people with SCI).
• Able to provide informed consent and complete self-assessment questionnaires (no severe cognitive impairment that would hinder participation).
• Sufficient Swedish language skills and internet access to participate in weekly online group sessions via video.

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals with severe psychiatric conditions that would interfere with active participation in a group health program (unmanaged mental illness preventing engagement in the online sessions).

Where it is running

• Rehab Station Stockholm — Stockholm, Sweden

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