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Measures


Participants were asked to complete a two-hour paper-and-pencil "Home Survey" prior to coming to each of the three clinical assessments. The Home Survey was comprised of individual demographic questions and several sets of standard measures used to track progress during the study, including:
  • Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP), a survey of personal health promotion habits
  • Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), to measure self-perceived quality of life
  • Seekins' Secondary Conditions Scale (SCS), to report new health problems related to SCI in the past three months
  • General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), to measure personal attitudes and traits related to empowerment
  • Self-Rated Abilities for Health Practices Scale (SAHP), to determine perception of one's ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle
  • Barriers to Physical Activities with Disability Questionnaire (B-PADS), to describe perceived barriers to taking part in exercise programs
  • The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), to report stress levels.
  • Physical Activities with Disability (PADS) Questionnaire, to measure current physical activity and exercise behaviors, and
  • Components of the U-M Health Risk Appraisal (HRA), to document health behaviors.

These Home Surveys were turned in each time the participant arrived at an assessment clinic.

Biometric tests were conducted at the Saturday clinics held at University of Michigan Hospital. Each clinic was a series of seven stations that took subjects approximately three hours to finish. Stations included registration, blood draw, light lunch, endurance testing, neurological and weight measuring, survey check point and check out. The second clinic also included a wellness coaching stop for the intervention participants. A fasting blood draw was completed by GCRC nurses to test for total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, LDL, TC/HDL ratios. Blood test results were prepared by the UMHS Pathology Labs. To measure endurance, arm ergometry testing was conducted using the Borg scale of exertion as a guide. As physicians conducted neurological exams, they used the ASIA Neurological Classification System to guide their clinical assessments. Body mass index was calculated based on measures of weight and height taken by physicians during examination of participants.


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