title: Analysis of Community Participation Levels of Individuals Who Are Physically Disabled and Working in Industrial Environments.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine quality of life, leisure time satisfaction, activity performance, and community participation and analyze the relationship between these determinants and community participation in both physically disabled individuals working in industrial environments and nonworking individuals who are physically disabled. Sociodemographic data was registered into a sociodemographic form. World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 was used to assess community participation. Activity performance was evaluated with Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Leisure Satisfaction Scale was used to determine leisure time satisfaction. Short Form-36 was used for evaluating quality of life. When the participants were compared in terms of working status, a significant difference according to their WHO-DAS-II total scores were found (p < 0.05). When all participants were compared in terms of activity performance, lesisure time satisfaction, quality of life a significant differences according to their WHO-DAS-II total scores were found (p>0.05). This study shows that community participation was affected by working status, disability level, activity performance, leisure time satisfaction and quality of life. In this regard, occupational therapy and physiotherapy approaches were found necessary for developing community participation. We conclude that this study's results can be used as a guide for community participation in disabled people in community based rehabilitation politics.
authors.affiliation: a Istanbul Aydın University, Vocational School of Health Services , Sefaköy-Küçükçekmece, İstanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan Atacan
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Tonak
authors.affiliation: b School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Pamukkale University , Denizli , Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitis
authors.affiliation: c Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health , Pamukkale University, Denizli , Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zencir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003256:Community Participation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D014944:World Health Organization; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Physically disabled; activity performance; community participation; industrial worker; leisure satisfaction