Wheelchair Skills Test (WST) and Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire (WST-Q) registry

Wheelchair Skills Test (WST) and Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire (WST-Q) data from an online registry for manual wheelchairs: a descriptive study of registry users

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12626001099314

Enrollment

653

Registered

2026-09-04

Start date

2022-10-18

Completion date

2030-02-01

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The Wheelchair Skills Test (WST) and its questionnaire version (WST-Q) are two measures of wheelchair skills that can be used clinically, or for educational or research purposes. An online application/registry is available that allows people to enter WST and/or WST-Q data. Over the past few years, we have accumulated over 500 datasets and the app remains open. The purpose of this study is to describe the data collected to date (a retrospective analysis) and use the data to assess the measurement properties of the tests. For the prospective component of the study, we plan to repeat the analyses as the data accumulates (e.g., every time an additional 500 data sets become available).

Interventions

Users on an online RedCap app enter clinical or research Wheelchair Skills Test (WST) data (that takes about 30 minutes to complete) and/or Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire (WST-Q) data (that takes about 10 minutes to complete) reflecting the test subject's capacity, performance, confidence and/or frequency for each of 30 individual wheelchair skills. The Manual describing the two tests and the forms used can be found at https://wheelchairskillsprogram.ca/en/skills-manual-forms/. The WST and

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Person using a manual wheelchair, with or without caregiver assistance. Also, healthy volunteers may have their data recorded.

Exclusion criteria

None

Outcome results