How children with restricted mobility perceive the accessibility and usability of their home environment
The purpose of this study was to describe how children with restricted mobility perceive accessibility and usability of their home environment. The investigation was carried through a descriptive questionnaire, mailed to children in northern Sweden with the diagnoses of cerebral palsy, spina bifida...
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ftblekingethallb:oai:DiVA.org:bth-14310 2023-05-15T17:44:36+02:00 How children with restricted mobility perceive the accessibility and usability of their home environment Prellwitz, Maria Skär, Lisa 2006 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14310 https://doi.org/10.1002/oti.216 eng eng Luleå tekniska universitet, Hälsa och rehabilitering Luleå tekniska universitet, Omvårdnad Occupational Therapy International, 0966-7903, 2006, 14:3, s. 193-206 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14310 doi:10.1002/oti.216 Local 5f498450-ebf5-11db-88eb-000ea68e967b info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Occupational Therapy Arbetsterapi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2006 ftblekingethallb https://doi.org/10.1002/oti.216 2022-05-01T13:53:25Z The purpose of this study was to describe how children with restricted mobility perceive accessibility and usability of their home environment. The investigation was carried through a descriptive questionnaire, mailed to children in northern Sweden with the diagnoses of cerebral palsy, spina bifida and muscular diseases. Eighty-two children completed the questionnaire. The results showed that the children perceived the accessibility of the physical environment in their homes as relatively good while outside the home the environment was less accessible. In the social environment, frequency of peer contacts varied. The present study underscores the challenges of ensuring that children with restricted mobility living in the parental home are able to have an accessible and usable environment in order to perform activities. Limitations of this study included the questionnaire design. Further research should be carried out with children with restricted mobility to obtain a better understanding of how to improve their mobility in their home environment Validerad; 2006; 20061107 (andbra) Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden BTH - Blekinge Institute of Technology: Publications (DIVA) Occupational Therapy International 13 4 193 206 |
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The purpose of this study was to describe how children with restricted mobility perceive accessibility and usability of their home environment. The investigation was carried through a descriptive questionnaire, mailed to children in northern Sweden with the diagnoses of cerebral palsy, spina bifida and muscular diseases. Eighty-two children completed the questionnaire. The results showed that the children perceived the accessibility of the physical environment in their homes as relatively good while outside the home the environment was less accessible. In the social environment, frequency of peer contacts varied. The present study underscores the challenges of ensuring that children with restricted mobility living in the parental home are able to have an accessible and usable environment in order to perform activities. Limitations of this study included the questionnaire design. Further research should be carried out with children with restricted mobility to obtain a better understanding of how to improve their mobility in their home environment Validerad; 2006; 20061107 (andbra) |
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How children with restricted mobility perceive the accessibility and usability of their home environment |
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