Neurological rehabilitation Nervous System Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Following consent, and collection of demographic information, service users will be invited to take part in the following:
1. Training to learn how to use VERA.
2. Completion of a questionnaire (appro
Sponsors
University of Central Lancashire
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Service user participants will be eligible for inclusion if they: 1. are receiving, or are on a waiting list to receive, rehabilitation to address the impact of a neurological condition. 2. have rehabilitation goals that a therapist identifies can be addressed through the VERA intervention. 3. have communication that supports effective use of the VERA Unit, either independently or with additional equipment/support. Where an individual has a communication impairment, this will be assessed by a speech and language therapist. 4. are able to understand written English language, or have daily access to someone to offer translation support, as VERA is currently only available in the English language. Staff participants will be included if they: 1. are a member of the allied health professional staff, either a qualified professional or staff working in a support role. 2. have worked in their professional capacity with service users who have been allocated a VERA Unit during the implementation phase.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Service users will be excluded if they: 1. do not have mental capacity to engage in the study. This will be assessed through discussion between the service user, the clinical team and the researchers and, where permission is given, with participant-identified family and friends. This discussion will be based on the five principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice (Department for Constitutional Affairs 2007). Individuals will be provided with every support possible to consider their involvement in the study (and their subsequent use of VERA) and to make a decision based on the information provided. 2. are under 18 years of age. Staff participants will be excluded if they: 1. spend less than seven hours a week working with service users within the community neurological rehabilitation service. 2. are under 18 years of age.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A framework analysis (Ritchie and Spencer 1994) will be used to analyse the data collected 1. Qualitative component: Exploration of the acceptability, feasibility and usability, and information about who may gain benefit/disbenefit from VERA measured using training questionnaires, service-user interviews and the staff focus groups during the intervention 1.1. Experience of receiving training to use VERA 1.2. Experiences of using VERA 1.3. Facilitators and barriers to using VERA 2. Qualitative component: Overall total number of minutes of VERA usage recorded at 6 weeks; Timepoint(s): Post-intervention (6 weeks) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| There are no secondary outcome measures | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactKathryn Jarvis
Outcome results
None listed