title: Randomized controlled trial of a self-management intervention in persons with spinal cord injury: design of the HABITS (Healthy Active Behavioural Intervention in SCI) study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of a 16-week self-management intervention on physical activity level and self-management skills (self-efficacy, proactive coping and problem solving skills) in persons with chronic SCI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT). Eighty persons with a SCI for at least 10 years and aged 18 to 65 will randomly be assigned to the intervention (self-management) or the control group (information provision). During the 16-week self-management intervention (one home-visit, five group and five individual sessions) active lifestyle will be stimulated and self-management skills will be taught. Data will be collected at baseline (T0), 16 (T1) and 42 (T2) weeks after baseline. Primary outcome measure is level of daily physical activity (self-report/objectively measured). Secondary outcome measures are self-managements skills, stage of behaviour change and attitude.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first RCT on self-management in people with chronic spinal cord injury. This trial will provide knowledge on the effects of a self-management intervention on physical active lifestyle in persons with a long-term SCI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. h.kooijmans@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kooijmans
authors.forename: M W M
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: L H V
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: van der Woude
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Stam
authors.forename: J B J
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bussmann
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003376:Counseling; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D010809:Physical Fitness; D016730:Program Development; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012648:Self Care; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome