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Registration number
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ACTRN12626001099314
Ethics application status
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Not required
Date submitted
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3/02/2026
Date registered
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4/09/2026
Date last updated
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4/09/2026
Date data sharing statement initially provided
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4/09/2026
Type of registration
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Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
Wheelchair Skills Test (WST) and Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire (WST-Q) registry
Scientific title
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
Additional trial identifiers [1] 316427 0
Nil
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Health condition
Health condition(s) studied:
Mobility impairment requiring use of manual wheelchair 340530 0
Condition category
Condition code
Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation 337275 337275 0 0
Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
True
Target follow-up duration
1
Target follow-up type
Hours
Description of the intervention or exposure
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/or WST-Q may be administered by a clinical or research tester or may be self-administered.
Intervention code [1] 333835 0
Not applicable
Description of the comparator or control
No control group
Control group
Uncontrolled

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 344244 0
Wheelchair skills capacity
Timepoint [1] 344244 0
Once, at the time of enrolment although there is no limit on the number of times data can be entered.
Secondary outcome [1] 457221 0
Wheelchair skills performance
Timepoint [1] 457221 0
Once, at the time of enrolment although there is no limit on the number of times data can be entered.
Secondary outcome [2] 464426 0
Wheelchair skills confidence
Timepoint [2] 464426 0
Once, at enrollment, although there is no limit on the number of times the measure may be entered.
Secondary outcome [3] 464427 0
Wheelchair skills frequency
Timepoint [3] 464427 0
Once, at enrollment, although there is no limit on the number of times the measure may be entered.

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Person using a manual wheelchair, with or without caregiver assistance. Also, healthy volunteers may have their data recorded.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
None

Study design
Purpose
Natural history
Duration
Cross-sectional
Selection
Convenience sample
Timing
Both
Statistical methods / analysis
Categorical and quantitative data from the questionnaire will be reported descriptively. The Shapiro-Wilk test will be used to assess the normality of continuous variables. Continuous variables will be summarized as means (SDs) if approximately normal or medians (interquartile ranges [IQRs]) if skewed. Categorical variables and ordinal scores for individual skills will be summarized as frequencies with percentages. Likert scores will not be treated as continuous variables except for the calculation of summary scores for individual skills and total percentage WST and WST-Q scores.

To assess the internal consistency of the total percentage WST and WST-Q scores, as a reflection of reliability, we will use Cronbach’s alpha. To assess concurrent validity, we will perform Pearson or Spearman correlations among the total percentage WST and WST-Q scores. To identify predictors of the total values, we will treat each of the total percentage WST and WST-Q scores as dependent measures and use appropriate demographic elements about the person entering the data (e.g., region of the world, age, gender, setting, age groups served) and person whose data have been entered (e.g., diagnosis, age, gender, caregiver characteristics) as independent measures.

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
18/10/2022
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/02/2030
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/02/2030
Actual
Sample size
Target
2000
Accrual to date
653
Final
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 27791 0
Canada
State/province [1] 27791 0
Country [2] 27792 0
United States of America
State/province [2] 27792 0

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 321032 0
Other
Name [1] 321032 0
Queen Elizabeth II Foundation
Country [1] 321032 0
Canada
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Queen Elizabeth II Foundation
Address
Country
Canada
Secondary sponsor category [1] 323738 0
None
Name [1] 323738 0
Address [1] 323738 0
Country [1] 323738 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Not required
Ethics committee name [1] 319575 0
Research Ethics Board of Nova Scotia Health
Ethics committee address [1] 319575 0
Ethics committee country [1] 319575 0
Canada
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 319575 0
13/01/2026
Approval date [1] 319575 0
Ethics approval number [1] 319575 0
1032404

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 147742 0
Prof Ronald Lee Kirby
Address 147742 0
Room 206, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre, 1341 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4K4
Country 147742 0
Canada
Phone 147742 0
+19024712013
Fax 147742 0
Email 147742 0
[email protected]
Contact person for public queries
Name 147743 0
Ronald Lee Kirby
Address 147743 0
Room 206, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre, 1341 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4K4
Country 147743 0
Canada
Phone 147743 0
+19024712013
Fax 147743 0
Email 147743 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 147744 0
Ronald Lee Kirby
Address 147744 0
Room 206, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre, 1341 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4K4
Country 147744 0
Canada
Phone 147744 0
+19024712013
Fax 147744 0
Email 147744 0
[email protected]

Data sharing statement
Will the study consider sharing individual participant data?
Yes
Will there be any conditions when requesting access to individual participant data?
Persons/groups eligible to request access:
• Researchers
Conditions for requesting access:
• Yes, conditions apply:
• Requires review on a case-by-case basis by the trial custodian, sponsor or data sharing committee
• Requires a scientifically sound proposal or protocol
• Requires a data sharing agreement between data requester and trial custodian or sponsor
What individual participant data might be shared?
• All de-identified individual participant data
What types of analyses could be done with individual participant data?
• Any type of analysis (i.e. no restrictions on data re-use)
When can requests for individual participant data be made (start and end dates)?
From:
02/02/2026
To:
No end date
Where can requests to access individual participant data be made, or data be obtained directly?
• Email of trial custodian, sponsor or committee: [email protected]

• Postal address: B3H4K4

Are there extra considerations when requesting access to individual participant data?
No


What supporting documents are/will be available?

TypeCitationLinkEmailOther DetailsAttachment
Study protocol    WST_WSTQ_Registry_proposal_5.docx
Data dictionary    Data_dictionary_codebook.pdf
Study protocol    WST_WSTQ_Registry_proposal_5.docx
Data dictionary    Data_dictionary_codebook.pdf


Results publications and other study-related documents

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