Research on Unmet Needs and Services of Rehabilitation for People with Physical Disabilities in Rural Areas in Henan, China
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.08.003
- VernacularTitle:河南省农村肢体残疾人康复需求与服务发展研究
- Author:
Xin LI
;
Fengbo LIU
;
Zhuoying QIU
;
Ruofei DU
;
Muchun YANG
;
Ning LIU
- Keywords:
Henan;
rural areas;
people with physical disabilities;
rehabilitation needs;
rehabilitation services
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2017;23(8):879-882
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To research the unmet needs and services of rehabilitation for people with physical disabilities in rural areas in Henan, China. Methods The data of 2016 Basic Service Status and Unmet Needs for People with Disabilities in Henan, China were ana-lyzed. Results A total of 1,028,598 people with physical disabilities from all 19 cities had been surveyed, accounting for 61.7% male. In terms of rehabilitation needs, there were 19,348 (1.9%) responsed surgery, 202,855 (19.7%) responsed medical treatment, 197,592 (19.2%) responsed functional training, 360,754 (35.1%) responsed assistive products, and 158,012 (15.4%) responsed nursing, there were significant differences in the number of people who needed rehabilitation among different disability levels (χ2>18.080, P<0.001). For rehabilitation ser-vice, there were 6061 (0.6%) reported surgery, 93,905 (9.1%) reported medicine, 62,967 (6.1%) reported function training, 81,437 (7.9%) reported assistive products, and 34,595 (3.4%) reported nursing, there were significant differences in the number of people who got rehabili-tation among different disability levels (χ2>15.920, P<0.01). For the people without rehabilitation services, there were 165,172 (20.3%) per-son-times lack of understanding of rehabilitation policy, 151,448 (18.6%) reported lack of rehabilitation financial support, 20,369 (2.5%) re-ported not to access rehabilitation institutions, 540,971 (66.5%) reported lack of rehabilitation professionals or services, there were signifi-cant differences in the number of people who did not get rehabilitation services among different disability levels (χ2>19.182, P<0.001). Con-clusion The unmet needs and services of rehabilitation for people with physical disabilities in rural areas in Henan were explicated. It recom-mended to train rehabilitation professionals and improve the service delivery capacity, to raise awareness, increase investment in rehabilita-tion services and provide reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities.
