Outcomes of Implementing a Webinar-Based Strategy to Improve Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge and Community Building: Convergent Mixed Methods Study.
Katelyn Brehon, Rob MacIsaac, Zahra Bhatia and 17 others
PMID 37351945WHAT IT FOUND
Most attendees were people with SCI or health care providers in urban areas.
They reported knowledge gains and changed disability views, but webinars strengthened existing peer ties rather than building a broad community.
Key findings
01Most attendees who answered pop-up questions were people with SCI or health care providers, and most were from Edmonton or Calgary.
02The webinars strengthened existing connections among people with SCI but did not strongly build a community across families, providers, and the public.
03Survey respondents mostly trusted presenters and said knowledge increased, but some did not agree they could discuss problems with the webinar community.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for PTsWhat it means for OTs
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What it does not show
Only 31/234 webinar attendees completed the follow-up survey (13.2%), so survey results may not represent all attendees. Only 7/234 attendees participated in interviews (3%), so interview themes rest on a small group. Most survey respondents were female (21/31, 68%), and few health care providers completed surveys or interviews. This limits generalizability to providers and men with SCI. Most pop-up respondents were from Edmonton or Calgary (118/140), so rural experiences were not well represented. The survey did not differentiate time since injury for persons with SCI or years of experience for health providers. The team created a challenging normality survey without validating its psychometric properties.
Declared interests
No conflicts of interest were declared. The AB-SCILS was created independently of the study grant, and the grant funded the study; contributors to the webinars were not paid additional monetary compensation.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that webinar-based education improves spinal cord injury function, self-management, or community building. This study reported reach, usability, and attendee perceptions, and only 31/234 attendees completed surveys.