Perceived Barriers Before and After a 3-Month Period of Modified Ride-On Car Use.
Samuel W Logan, Heather A Feldner, Kathleen R Bogart and 5 others
PMID 32604369WHAT IT FOUND
Families reported more barriers after 3 months of modified ride-on car use without ongoing researcher support.
Environmental and device concerns were common, and car use was low. Therapists may need to help families plan around these issues.
Key findings
01Reported perceived barriers increased from 11 before to 20 after 3 months of modified ride-on car use.
02Environmental barriers were the most reported before and after, and device barriers increased from 1 to 5.
03Use was low: 11 of 14 families averaged less than 20 minutes per session, and half used the car 7 times or less.
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What it does not show
Four families could not be contacted for follow-up. The final sample was 14 children and caregivers. A single free-response question was used to ask about barriers. Families may have had barriers they did not write down, and some families reported none. Researchers did not provide ongoing assistance during the 3 months. This describes use without ongoing researcher support, not therapist-supported training. Use was low overall, so the study could not clearly show how reported barriers related to actual use.
Declared interests
No author conflicts of interest are reported in the supplied text. The article metadata lists non-U.S. government research support.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the rise from 11 to 20 reported barriers as proof that barriers caused low use. This was not an effectiveness trial, and the low use makes it difficult to interpret how use related to reported barriers.