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Conditions
Brief summary
We aim to identify complexities in the scale-up, spread and sustainability of interact-ABI-lity, an online intervention to provide scalable communication training to communication partners of people with acquired brain injury (ABI), including family, friends, partners, paid support workers, clinicians and the general public. We therefore seek to identify; 1. Who uses interact-ABI-lity and what are their characteristics? 2. In what geographical locations and healthcare and social contexts is interact-ABI-lity used? 3. Do users complete interact-ABI-lity as intended? Why/not? 4. How usable is the technology for those completing interact-ABI-lity? 5. What barriers, facilitators and workarounds do users experience when completing interact-ABI-lity? 6. How satisfied with interact-ABI-lity are the users? 7. What is the cost of delivering interact-ABI-lity? The direct evaluation of the implementation of interact-ABI-lity by end-users aims to ensure the course reaches and meets their needs in a feasible, scalable, sustainable and acceptable manner.
Interventions
interact-ABI-lity is a web-based, self-directed massive open online course (MOOC) providing communication partner training (CPT) to communication partners of people with acquired brain injury (ABI), including family, friends, partners, paid support workers, clinicians and the general public. It is designed for this study and available for 3 years (with possible extension pending funding). It is self-paced for an estimated 2 hours total.
Module topics include:
-Understand brain injury
-Learn abo
interact-ABI-lity is a web-based, self-directed massive open online course (MOOC) providing communication partner training (CPT) to communication partners of people with acquired brain injury (ABI), including family, friends, partners, paid support workers, clinicians and the general public. It is designed for this study and available for 3 years (with possible extension pending funding). It is self-paced for an estimated 2 hours total. Module topics include: -Understand brain injury -Learn about brain injury -Why your communication is important -Talk like a teammate -Interacting with someone who communicates without speech -Interacting with someone who has difficulty speaking or understanding -Interacting with someone who has difficulty with social communication Training is provided via short videos, text and interactive activities. It can be completed from the participants' own home/workplace. Use of interact-ABI-lity will be monitored through online analytics (quantitative data from a minimum of 430 users) as follows: 1. Number of unique users 2. Modules completed 3. Quiz scores, and answers submitted/recorded. 4. Duration of course access 5. Date/version of course accessed User experience of interact-ABI-lity will also be monitored through exit surveys for all users and additional qualitative interviews with a minimum of 5 voluntary consenting users of interact-ABI-lity.
Sponsors
Melissa Miao
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
As interact-ABI-lity will be a publicly available online course, there are no restrictions of inclusion criteria. A minimum of 5 users of interact-ABI-lity will need to meet the following additional criteria to participate in post-training interviews: 1. Have registered for and used at least some modules of interact-ABI-lity, as verified by course records 2. Have indicated consent at course enrolment to be contacted for further research participation opportunities related to the course 3. Have provided informed written consent to participate in the interview. 4. At least 18 years of age 5. Have adequate English proficiency to participate in the study without aid of an interpreter, with functional reading skills in English.
Exclusion criteria
As interact-ABI-lity will be a publicly available online course, there are no restrictions of exclusion criteria.
Outcome results
None listed