1.Status of Health Care in Acquired Vision Impairments
Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing 2020;23(1):69-79
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to examine the status of health care in acquired vision impairments.
Methods:
Data of 511 subjects who had recruited in National Survey of the Disabled Person of 2017 were analyzed.Collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, x 2 test, Fisher's exact test with SPSS 25.0 version.
Results:
The mean age was 68.4 years. 39.1% of the subjects lived alone, and 97.4% of the subjects were unable to decipher the braille. The prevalence of chronic diseases was high blood pressure (56.2%), diabetes (32.7%), and osteoarthritis (25.2%). 54.5% of the subjects experienced stress in their daily activities. In addition, 14.1% of the subjects thought they had a thought of suicide in the last year. The major needed health informations were related with disease and healthy life. In order to manage chronic diseases, they had continuously treated, but they did not receive proper management regarding mental health. There was a lack of exercise in health promotion behaviors in acquired vision impairments.
Conclusion
For the health management of people with acquired vision impairments, it is needed that the exercise and health education programs should be developed for people who cannot understand the braille. Also, it is needed for them to manage the mental health.
2.Functional Status and Health Service Accessibility of the Disabled Children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Eunyoung JEON ; Taehi HA ; Hye-Kyung OH
Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing 2024;27(1):48-57
Purpose:
This study aimed to evaluate the functional status and health service accessibility of the disabled children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Methods:
The research design for this study was a descriptive survey using convenience sampling using questionnaires. A total of 184 subjects were used to analysis. Data were analyzed using SPSS program version 22.0 to conduct independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA tests, χ2 tests, and multiple regressions.
Results:
The disabled children had more difficulty accessing health services compared to those without any disabilities. Factors negatively influencing health service accessability were inadequate drugs or medical equipment (t=2.18, p=.031), inability to afford transportation(t=3.00, p=.003), and inability afford the medical costs (t=2.54, p=.012). Also, Mother’s anxiety (β=-.50, p<.001) and child’s education experience (β=.22, p=.029) were identified as the influencing factors on the barriers to health care services. The relevant variables showed 30.5% influence (F=16.60, p<.001) on the barriers to health care services in disabled children.
Conclusion
The findings indicate that in order to enhance the disabled children‘s accessibility to health services, governmental support for transportation and medical costs are needed. In addition, it is necessary to promote the mental health of mothers raising children with disabilities.