Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Collaborative Community Clinic for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury and Disease
Washington University School of Medicine
Summary
The investigator is evaluating data stored on the Collaborative Community Clinic data repository (IRB #201811032). Researchers seek to evaluate the effectiveness of the Collaborative Community Clinic (CCC), an occupational therapy student experiential learning clinic for uninsured or under-insured people with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D), using participants' initial and follow-up assessment batteries.
Description
All data reviewed will be pulled from the Collaborative Community Clinic (CCC) data repository according to the data manual and procedures. A separate IRB was approved to review outcomes from participants in the CCC to evaluate the effectiveness of the clinic. All participants participated in an informed consent process to provide the option to have their data stored in a data repository for aggregate review. If any participate chooses not to have their data stored, it will not be stored or outcomes reviewed. However, participants are still provided services through the CCC. Researchers antici…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age; diagnosis of spinal cord injury or disease, un-insured or under-insured for occupational therapy services Exclusion Criteria: * under 18 years of age, lack of SCI/D diagnosis, full insurance coverage for OT services (ie. Medicare or Private Insurance)
Interventions
- BehavioralSCI Group and one-on-one services through student led occupational therapy clinic
The Collaborative Community Clinic (CCC) students collaborate with Dr. Walker to conduct the spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D) Health and Participation Program, which consists of a combination of groups and one-on-one OT sessions serving persons with spinal cord injury and disease who are un- or under-insured. The program includes a pre-assessment session, four groups, optional individual sessions and a post-survey. Group topics include bowel/bladder management, community mobility, advocacy, transportation, promoting intimacy, adaptive parenting and finding resources. Students are involved in recruiting participants, co-leading group sessions, treatment planning and implementation for individual sessions, and development of topic-specific materials.
Location
- Washington UniversitySt Louis, Missouri