Independent Wheelchair Transfers in the Built Environment: How Transfer Setup Impacts Performance Phase 2: Final Report

Questionnaire on Two Step Transfers

All subjects completed a questionnaire to describe their impressions about performing the two step transfers or to explain the reasons why they did not attempt these transfers.  Of the 10 participants in total that did not attempt protocol D or E, all but one (90%) said they would avoid these transfers in the real world with the one participant answering NA. There were 9 participants in total who had a failed attempt on any of the transfers in protocols D and E. A majority of these 9 participants 89% (8/9) said they would avoid the two step transfers if they were encountered in the real world, while one person said that they would attempt these transfers in the real world. Of the 56 participants who completed both two-step protocols successfully 73% (41/56) said they would complete these transfers again if they encountered them in the community. Additionally, 21% of study participants (12/56) said they would avoid them and 5% (3/56) answered NA. Addendum C lists some of the participant’s responses for either willing to transfer or wanting to avoid the two-step transfers they performed.