Abstract

Objective: To describe the relationship between patient, environmental, and wheelchair characteristics and wheelchair use. Design: Cohort study. Setting: 1 Veterans Administration teaching hospital. Participants: 99 consecutive cognitively intact veterans newly prescribed a manual wheelchair. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Self-reported and study team measured sociodemographic, health, wheelchair, and environmental characteristics. Results: The sample was similar to the veteran population as a whole with an average age of 66, 59% white, and 58% with a high school education.

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