Table 3 Effects on Wheelchair Skills test (measured at T1: baseline and T2: completion of programme).

From: Effects of community peer-led programmes for people with spinal cord injury in Sweden–the INTERnational project for the evaluation of active rehabilitation (INTER-PEER)

 

Baseline

Completion of programme

QEWS items

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P-value

Effect size (d)

1. Negotiating an indoor circuita

5.0 ± 0.1

5.0 ± 0.1

0.564

 

2. Ascending and descending a rampa

4.1 ± 1.1

4.2 ± 1.3

0.439

 

3. Maintaining balance on back wheelsa

3.3 ± 2.1

3.5 ± 2.0

0.027

0.1

4. Ascending and descending a guttera

1.7 ± 1.6

2.2 ± 1.6

<0.001

0.3

5. Six-minute push testa

3.2 ± 1.3

3.3 ± 1.4

0.043

0.1

Total scoreb

17.5 ± 5.0

18.3 ± 5.2

<0.001

0.2

  1. aWilcoxon Signed Rank test.
  2. bPaired t-test.