OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of impairments and evaluate the relationships between impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions in people affected by leprosy living in The Netherlands. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS Eighty-two people affected by leprosy living in The Netherlands. METHODS A postal questionnaire was performed. Impairments were inventoried...

methodsusing time series data of national level (1967 to 2012 years), we explored the association between total fertility rate, gdp per capita, number of physician per 1000 populations, female labor force participation rate, percentage of people living in rural regions and mean years schooling for each people with infant mortality rate of iran. these data were obtained from central bank of isla...

Research on political participation has suggested that young people in western countries have become gradually disengaged from conventional politics. While traditional repertoires of participation have been declining, recent research also found that young people are relatively active in civic arenas and have become more prone to engage in extra-institutional forms of political participation. On...

OBJECTIVE To analyse barriers to, and facilitators of, sports participation among people with physical disabilities after rehabilitation and to compare differences between inactive and active participants regarding these experienced barriers and facilitators. METHODS Participants were 1,223 adults (mean age 51.6 years, standard deviation 15.1 years) treated in the Rehabilitation Centre of the...

This study examined interrelationships among athletic identity, sport participation, and psychological adjustment in a sample of people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Participants (N = 1,034) completed measures of athletic identity, life satisfaction, anxiety, depression, and demographic and sport participation variables. Current amount of weekly sport participation was positively related to at...

introduction youth, as constructors of the future community, play an important role in rural economy and agriculture of developing countries. rural youth accounts for around 55% of the world youth population. it was estimated that by the year 2050, 700 million youth are in rural areas. they develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes that enable them to take an active role in society. but as is...

The participation of lay people in health care decision-making lacks an adequate analysis from an organizational perspective. This article aims to develop conceptual devices to analyze policies and practices and to discuss ways in which these policies and practices could be further developed. By recapping established frameworks and drawing on theories of professional organizations, four roles f...

BACKGROUND Comparisons between neurological conditions have the potential to inform service providers by identifying particular areas of difficulty experienced by affected individuals. This study aimed to identify predictors of activity and participation in people with motor neurone disease (MND), people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). METHODS The Oxford...

OBJECTIVES People with spondyloarthritis (SpA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have identified the importance of understanding how their disease and its treatment impacts on their social roles. This requires a reliable and valid standardised measure, and this study evaluates these measurement properties of the Social Role Participation Questionnaire (SRPQ). METHODS ...