International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP) Series

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Investigator(s): International Society of Wheelchair Professionals

Studies

4

Variables

2,034

Publications

8

About this Collection

The International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP) Series provides information about physical and social outcomes of wheelchair provision programs and rehabilitation interventions across the world. Started with a seed grant from USAID, the ISWP was launched in 2015 with a mission to serve as a global resource for wheelchair service standards and provision through advocacy, education, standards, evidence-based practice, innovation and a platform for information exchange. The studies in this series contribute to this mission by examining various wheelchair service and provision programs in several countries across the globe, including Mexico, Kenya, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, El Salvador, and more.

Studies

4 results

Wheelchair Use and Services in Kenya and Philippines, 2014-2015

The World Health Organisation recommends that services accompany wheelchair distribution. This study examined the relationship of wheelchair service provision in Kenya and the Philippines and wheelchair-use-related outcomes. The objective of this study was to examine whether wheelchair service receipt is associated with successful wheelchair use among adult, basic manual wheelchair users in less resourced settings.

ACCESS Wheelchair Provision and Disability Inclusion Project, El Salvador, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Romania, 2014-2017

These data are compiled from a five-country United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded wheelchair provision and disability inclusion project known as ACCESS (Accelerating Core Competencies for Effective Wheelchair Service and Support). In this project, World Vision partnered with wheelchair technical experts and service providers to provide wheelchairs through the World Health Organization (WHO) 8 Steps and work to ensure social inclusion of wheelchair users. The data consist of referral screening, client assessment, product provision or improvement, and follow up forms as well as a pre- and post- social inclusion scale.
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Impact of WHO's 8-step Wheelchair Service Provision in Indonesia, 2013-2014

The Impact of the World Health Organization's (WHO) 8-step Wheelchair Service Provision in Indonesia, 2013-2014 includes data collected in Indonesia by United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Wheels for Humanity and the University of Pittsburgh. The purpose of this study was to investigate how wheelchairs provided to individuals with mobility impairments related to mobility, participation in society, quality of life, wheelchair skills, wheelchair maintenance, and satisfaction with mobility as compared to a control group.

The dataset includes: age, gender, diagnosis/type of disability, type of wheelchair and use of a wheelchair. Additionally, data includes the following outcome measures: Wheelchair Skills Test, the Wheelchair Assessment Checklist (WAC), the Craig Handicap Assessment Recording Technique Short Form (CHART), World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) and Functional Mobility Assessment (FMA). The CHART (short form) was designed to provide a simple measure of involvement in life situations and is the most widely used participation measure in rehabilitation research. The 5-item Satisfaction with Life Scale is a global measure of life satisfaction. The Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire is used to measure a person's skill in using their wheelchair, such as their capability of putting on brakes, propelling a straight distance, and doing a reaching task from their wheelchair. The Wheelchair Skills Test has been shown to be a safe, valid and reliable method to objectively assess the skills of wheelchair users.

Variables

2,034 results