Effects of Physical-Psychological Integrative Intervention on SCI Patient: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Summary

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a neurological disorder that leads to "partial or complete loss of people's motor and/ or sensory function below the level of the injury".

The PPI intervention group participants will indicate significantly greater improvements when compared with those in control group in the minutes of performing the moderate-to-rigorous physical activity, depression, chronic pain and mindfulness skills and quality of life at post-intervention, and three months follow-up. The use of psychological motivational interviewing and online face-to-face meetings will be good modalities for the people with SCI to overcome the barriers of not having face-to-face interactions and transportation problems. And the intervention would be feasible and improve SCI people's physical inactivity, depression and chronic pain as to step up the control of the modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Physical Inactivity
• Depression
• Chronic Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical-Psychological Integrative Intervention

The PPI intervention will include eight weekly online group sessions (with each session lasts for 60-90 minutes). At the beginning of each online group meeting, the intervention provider will use motivational interviewing techniques to promote participants' adherence to the physical activity program. And the content of the intervention includes eight different sessions, including Session 1- Orientation and engagement, Session 2- Awareness and Acceptance; Session 3- Non-judgement; Session 4- Stay present and let go; Session 5- Our thoughts are not real \& Response without reacting; Session 6- Empowerment of self-management and discuss pain management; Session 7- Seek out pleasant things and social support and Session 8- Review the intervention and end the programme.

DEVICE

Brief online didactic education

Participants in the control group will receive a short video call (approximately 20 minutes each week for eight weeks) from the trained research assistant, i.e., RA 2 to provide general physical and psychological suggestions (e.g., encouragement of performing physical activities, and communication skills with family members/friends, and engagement in the community life). This is to control the contact effects of the PPI intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Yan Li, Dr · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-09-20

Primary Completion

2022-12-31

Completion

2023-07-01

Countries

• Hong Kong

Study Locations