Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of a 16-week self-management intervention on physical activity level and self-management skills (self-efficacy, proactive coping and problem solving skills) in persons with chronic SCI. Method and design: Multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT). Eighty persons with a SCI for at least 10 years and aged 18 to 65 will randomly be assigned to the intervention (self-management) or the control group (information provision). During the 16-week self-management intervention (one home-visit, five group and five individual sessions) active lifestyle will be stimulated and self-management skills will be taught. Data will be collected at baseline (T0), 16 (T1) and 42 (T2) weeks after baseline. Primary outcome measure is level of daily physical activity (self-report/objectively measured). Secondary outcome measures are self-managements skills, stage of behaviour change and attitude. Conclusion: This is the first RCT on self-management in people with chronic spinal cord injury. This trial will provide knowledge on the effects of a self-management intervention on physical active lifestyle in persons with a long-term SCI.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1111-1118 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Disability and Rehabilitation |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- Coping skills
- health promotion
- health behaviour
- physical activity
- problem solving
- self-management
- self-efficacy
- spinal cord injuries
- TIME PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY
- INDEPENDENCE MEASURE SCIM
- CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE
- QUALITY-OF-LIFE
- PATIENT EDUCATION
- CHRONIC DISEASE
- INPATIENT REHABILITATION
- ACTIVITY SCALE
- PRIMARY-CARE
- EXERCISE