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Development and efficacy of an online wheelchair maintenance training program for wheelchair personnel
Sara Múnera1, Jon Pearlman2, Maria Toro3
1El Comité de Rehabilitación , Medellín, Colombia.
Objectives:
To develop an online version of the wheelchair maintenance training program (WMTP) and compare learning outcomes from the in-person and online programs using the wheelchair maintenance training questionnaire (WMT-Q), administered before and after the intervention.
Design:
Iterative development of an online version of the WMTP and implementation.
Setting:
Online.
Participants:
26 graduate and undergraduate students.
Intervention:
Web-based training. These results are compared with those from another study of the in-person WMTP with 10 participants.
Main Outcome Measures:
Feedback survey and WMT-Q.
Results:
The training program was well-received and valued by all 26 participants. A significant increase in all scores after the online training program was found, based on pre-/post-intervention scores. In manual wheelchair open-ended questions, knowledge increased from 16% to 21%, p < .05; in power wheelchair open-ended questions, from 9% to 31%, p < .05; in multiple-choice questions related to knowledge, from 27% to 59%, p < .05; confidence increased from 8% to 80%, p < .05; and capacity from 12% to 88%, p < .05. There was no statistical difference in WMT-Q scores between individuals who participated in the in-person and online programs.
Conclusion:
This study indicates that there was a similar-increased knowledge for participants, indicating that web-based training may be a viable approach for delivering maintenance training.
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