Table 3.
Summary of statistical analysis plan.
| Study objective | Analysis plan |
| To compare the effect of the education manual, relative to usual care, on self-reported changes in ADLa from admission to 6 weeks postadmission, using the SCIM-SRb patient-rated measure | Repeated-measures ANOVA and linear mixed models to assess differences between intervention and control groups using the ADL data |
| To compare the effect of the education manual, relative to usual care, on observed changes in ADL from admission to 6 weeks postadmission, using the SCIM-IIIc clinician-rated measure | Repeated-measures ANOVA and linear mixed models to assess differences between intervention and control groups using the ADL data |
| To compare the effect of the education manual, relative to usual care, on religious practice using the Private Religiousness Practices Scale and the Organizational Religiousness Short-Form | Repeated-measures ANOVA and linear mixed models to assess differences between intervention and control groups using the ADL data |
| To compare the effect of the education manual, relative to usual care, on the domains of ADL covered by the education manual, including driving and community mobility, personal device care, health management and maintenance, ablution, and Islamic prayer, using questions developed for this research | Repeated-measures ANOVA and linear mixed models to assess differences between intervention and control groups using the ADL data |
| To determine the significance of biographical variables (ie, address zone, age, gender, highest level of education, marital status, employment status, monthly income, level of SCId, and type of SCI: complete or incomplete), the ASIAe score, and dysfunction on changes in ADL performance | McNemar and chi-square tests for nominal variables; t tests and Mann-Whitney U tests for interval variables |
| To measure the adherence to the intervention using the SADL-eMf adherence therapist-report questionnaire, which will be developed for this purpose | Descriptive statistics, such as frequency and percentage |
aADL: activities of daily living.
bSCIM-SR: self-report version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure.
cSCIM-III: third version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure.
dSCI: spinal cord injury.
eASIA: American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale.
fSADL-eM: Spinal Cord Injury Activities of Daily Living Education Manual.