BACKGROUND Quality of life (QoL) stands for to the general well-being of the populations in the societies. Quality of life should not be confused with the concept of standard of living, which is based primarily on income. Instead, standard indicators of the QOL include not only wealth and employment, but also built environment, physical and mental health, education, recreation and leisure time ...

Structural equation modeling was used to test a theoretically based model of environmental, family, and child factors as determinants of the leisure and recreation participation of children with physical disabilities. Participants were 427 families and children (229 boys and 198 girls) with physical functional limitations, in 3 age groups (6–8, 9–11, and 12–14 years). Data were collected via ho...

The paper addresses the implications of using the process of systematic review in the many areas of leisure where there is a dearth of material that would be admitted into conventional Cochrane Reviews. This raises important questions about what constitutes legitimate knowledge, questions that are of critical import not just to leisure scholars, but to the formulation of policy. The search for ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate use of, satisfaction with, and social adjustment with adaptive devices compared with prostheses in young people with upper limb reduction deficiencies. METHODS Cross-sectional study of 218 young people with upper limb reduction deficiencies (age range 2-20 years) and their parents. A questionnaire was used to evaluate participants' characteristics, difficulties encounter...

Objectives: To make detailed calculations on the direct medical costs of injuries in the Netherlands to support priority setting in prevention. Methods: A computerised, incidence based model for cost calculations was developed and incidence figures derived from the Dutch Injury Surveillance System (LIS) which provides national estimates of the annual number of patients treated at an emergency d...

BACKGROUND Walking is the primary focus of population-based physical activity initiatives but a theoretical understanding of this behaviour is still elusive. The purpose of this study was to integrate personality, the perceived environment, and planning into a theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework to predict leisure-time walking. METHODS Participants were a random sample (N = 358) of Ca...

We use survey data to examine whether there are some sociodemographic groups that particularly value the amenities cities provide. find young, single and childless persons young men with tertiary education relatively more satisfied urban areas as place of residence. Being is important for women's appraisal places, while having children matters men’s preferences. There a high degree agreement be...

Transcarpathia is the richest region of Ukraine in terms of natural sights, historical, and cultural places to visit, which can therefore due to its territorial endowments provide several opportunities for entertainment, leisure and recreation to its visitors. Only the Crimean region with its seashore can precede this territory but only in the summertime if comparing the number of foreigners vi...

Lifelong learning is often associated with the sociology and the economics of education. However, its broader and more holistic context, which includes learning through involvement in cultural activities, tourism, leisure, and recreation, is much less known. The relationship of this term to the rapidly changing world of Information and Communication Technologies and to various conceptions of in...

OBJECTIVES To make detailed calculations on the direct medical costs of injuries in the Netherlands to support priority setting in prevention. METHODS A computerised, incidence based model for cost calculations was developed and incidence figures derived from the Dutch Injury Surveillance System (LIS) which provides national estimates of the annual number of patients treated at an emergency d...