Development of a Questionnaire to Investigate Study Design Factors Influencing Participation in Gait Rehabilitation Research by People with Stroke: A Brief Report

So instead of actually doing something useful like solving the problems in stroke, they developed a fucking questionnaire. The mentors of these researchers need to be publicly chastised. Matt Lopez and Dr. Mariel Jessup please do the honors.
http://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/ptc.2014-12
Kara K. Patterson, PT, PhD Nicole Gallant, MPT Tracey Ormiston, MPT Chad Patience, MPT Mandy Whitechurch, MPT Avril Mansfield, PhD Janet Brown, PT, MEd

ABSTRACT

Purpose: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a newly developed questionnaire to assess the influence of study design on participation in gait rehabilitation research in a pilot test with individuals with stroke. A secondary objective was to investigate the relationship between participation in gait rehabilitation research and social and clinical factors of interest after stroke.
Methods: A questionnaire was developed with expert opinion and guidance from related previous research. The questionnaire was pilot tested in a group of 21 people with stroke, and social and clinical factors (including gait function) were collected. Gait function was assessed using a pressure-sensitive mat; social and clinical characteristics were extracted from patient charts. Correlations were performed to investigate relationships between questionnaire responses and gait function, motor impairment, and chronicity; t-tests were used to examine response differences between people with a caregiver at home and those without.
Results: A total of 21 people with stroke completed the questionnaire without difficulty; mean completion time was 7.2 (SD 3.5) minutes, with a range of responses across participants. Borderline significant associations were found between gait function and the number of studies in which a person would participate and between stroke chronicity and the location of studies in which a person would participate.
Conclusions: A questionnaire to investigate the influence of study design factors on participation in rehabilitation research is feasible for administration in the post-stroke population and has potential to inform the design of future studies.