Paediatric Handbook: co-creation and user perceived satisfaction of a paediatric-specific knowledge translation resource for manual wheelchair skills training.

PURPOSE: The evidence-based Wheelchair Skills Training Program (WSTP) positively influences paediatric manual wheelchair users' (PMWUs) mobility. Occupational therapists (OTs) raised a need for condensed knowledge translation resources supporting its uptake in paediatrics. This study aimed to: 1) co-create a condensed educational resource to support PMWU wheelchair skills training (Paediatric Handbook) with an international subcommittee of researchers and clinicians with expertise in paediatric mobility (WSP-Paediatric Subcommittee [WSP-PS]); and 2) explore WSP-PS's and OTs' overall satisfaction with the Paediatric Handbook, and perceptions regarding usability, content and relevance, and anticipated feasibility in paediatrics.

METHODS

The Paediatric Handbook was co-created in two steps (1): paediatric-specific synthesis of the WSTP content and novel considerations for PMWUs (2); co-creation of the format and presentation. Online focus groups and interviews explored the WSP-PS's and OTs' overall satisfaction with, and perceptions of, the Paediatric Handbook (usability, content and relevance, and anticipated feasibility). The framework method guided deductive thematic analyses.

RESULTS

Eleven WSP-PS members co-created the Paediatric Handbook, comprising five sections (Safety, Motor Learning Principles, Skills Educational Sheets, Games, and Toolbox) in a format intended to be appealing and easy to navigate. Seventeen participants (eight WSP-PS members and nine OTs) found the Paediatric Handbook user-friendly (overall satisfaction), highlighting its visuals, clarity, and structure (usability). Participants perceived that it could support clinicians' learning, particularly when integrated into hands-on training (content and relevance), and anticipated few barriers to its use in paediatric settings (anticipated feasibility).

CONCLUSION

Overall satisfaction and perceptions suggest the Paediatric Handbook's potential to support WSTP uptake in paediatrics.