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- Title
Demografik Faktörlere Göre Engelli Bireylerin Toplumsal Katılım ile Çevre Algılarının Karşılaştırılması: Kesitsel Bir Araştırma.
- Authors
AKYÜREK, Gökçen; ÖZTÜRK, Leyla KAYA; GÜRLEK, Sedanur
- Abstract
Objective: In this study, it was aimed to compare the community participation and environmental perceptions of people with disabilities according to their demographic factors. Material and Methods: The study was carried out with chronically people with disabilities followed in Hacettepe University Occupational Therapy Department. Sociodemographic information form, Measure of Quality of the Environments-Short Form and World Health Organization-Disability Assessment Schedule-II were applied to 134 people of disabilities (87 men, 47 women) included in the study. Data were analyzed with independent Student's t, ANOVA and Kruskall-Wallis tests for inter-group comparison methods. Differences between groups were analyzed with the Bonferroni and Mann-Whitney U tests. Results: In this study, in which the community participation and environmental perceptions of people with disabilities were compared according to their demographic characteristics, gender (p=0.001) and marital status (p=0.043) were found to decrease environmental perceptions; assistive device use (p=0.001) and education level (p=0.011) were found to decrease community participation; income status (respectively, p=0.001; p=0.001; p=0.041) and disability status (p=0.001; p=0.011; p=0.005; p<0.001) were found to decrease both community participation and environmental perceptions. Conclusion: It has been shown that social participation and/or environmental perceptions of people with disabilities cause negative differences according to some demographic characteristics (gender, marital status, use of walking aids, educational status, income status and disability status). This study showed the importance of health professionals considering individual differences according to demographic factors and creating a client-centered intervention plan when planning community participation and environmental adaptation interventions for people with disabilities.
- Publication
Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Health Sciences / Türkiye Klinikleri Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 2023, Vol 8, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
2536-4391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5336/healthsci.2022-90425