Research on Status of Functioning and Disability, Unmet Needs and Service Development of Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.08.002
- VernacularTitle:深圳市残疾人功能和残疾状况、康复需求与服务发展研究
- Author:
Lun LI
;
Yilin HE
;
Zhenzhong MAO
;
Zhuoying QIU
;
Guoxiang WANG
;
Jianxun GUO
;
Xin LI
;
Qinyi LI
;
Fengbo LIU
- Keywords:
people with disabilities;
service status;
service needs;
International Classification of Functioning;
Disability and Health;
World Report on Disability
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2017;23(8):875-878
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To analyze functioning and disability, unmet needs and the service for people with disabilities in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Methods Based on International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and World Report on Disabil-ity, the theoretical framework had been constructed, and the unmet needs and service status for people with disabilities in Shenzhen in 2015 had been statistically analyzed. Results For the statistics of disability by categories, physical disability composed of 42.5%, speech disability composed of 1.5%;people with severe and extremely severe disabilities composed of 52.8%;Futian District composed of 19.7%, Yantian District composed of 2.2%;people aged 0 to 18 years composed of 17.4%, and people aged over 60 years (27.0%) were the larger group. For the unmet needs of people with disabilities, 25%needed rehabilitation therapy, 18.8%needed functional training, 23.2%needed assis-tive devices, and 32.9%had no need. For rehabilitation sevice in Shenzhen, 24.4%received rehabilitation therapy, 17.4%received function-al training, 20.4%received assistive devices, and 37.6%did not receive any service. For the barrier-free reconstruction, 4.6%needed bath-room reconstruction, and 0.7%needed internet access screen software. Conclusion The status of functioning and disability, unmet needs and service development of rehabilitation in Shenzhen had been analyzed. There was still a gap between unmet needs and services of rehabilita-tion. It recommended to construct precise services delivery based on unmet needs, improve the full coverage and quality of service of reha-bilitation.
