Determinants of social participation in people with disability.

Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science

Disabled Persons*/psychology ; Social Participation*/psychology; Humans ; Female ; Male ; Adult ; Middle Aged ; Employment ; Young Adult ; Aged

Purpose: In this study, it is aimed to determine personal wellbeing and social participation levels across different physical disability types and levels of mobility.
Methods: A sample of 85 individuals with physical disabilities, excluding those with mental disabilities were included. Sociodemographics, mobility of the participants, cause, duration of disability were recorded. Personal Wellbeing Index-Adult (PWI-A) scale was used for the assessment of wellbeing and Keele Assessment of Participation (KAP) for social participation.
Results: Female, single, unemployed subjects and individuals with neurologic disability showed significantly higher median KAP-scores(p = 0.009, p = 0.050, p<0.001, p = 0.050, respectively).The median KAP-score of the independently mobile group was significantly lower compared to the other two groups (p = 0.001). The factors affecting KAP were determined as employment, mobility level and personal wellbeing (p = 0.002, p = 0.024, p = 0.050, respectively).
Conclusion: Mobility level, employment and personal wellbeing are the determinants of social participation in people with disabilities. Neurological disability, female gender, being single, unemployment and mobility limitations are factors that reduce social participation.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2024 Pasin, Dogruoz Karatekin. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)

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Date Created: 20240520 Date Completed: 20240520 Latest Revision: 20240522

20240522

PMC11104585

10.1371/journal.pone.0303911

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