Efficacy of Wheelchair Skills Training in Community Based Manual Wheelchair Users with Physical Disabilities and Its Impact on Quality of Life.

Dr. Gauri R. Moghe; Dr. Sofia Azad

Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

Efficacy of Wheelchair Skills Training in Community Based Manual Wheelchair Users with Physical Disabilities and Its Impact on Quality of Life.

Dr. Gauri R. Moghe, Dr. Sofia Azad

Abstract :

The study evaluated immediate effects of Wheelchair Skills Training Program in Community Based Manual Wheelchair Skills users with Physical disabilities which had its impact on Quality of Life. 41 Manual Wheelchair users with physical disabilities who had little experience of wheelchair use but did not receive training were included in the study. Subjects were administered for Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire (Version 4.3) and WHOQOL–BREF Pre and Post Training. Subjects were trained for basic and intermediate level skills. Basic level training had huge impact on quality of life and wheelchair skills of applicable subjects. On the other hand, intermediate level training helps respective subjects enhance their scores in all the skills, thereby improving quality of life than that of prior to training.