Lifang Zhang1, Tiebin Yan2, Liming You1, Kun Li1. 1. School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. 2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: tbyan@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To investigate environmental barriers reported by stroke survivors in the rural areas of China and to determine the impact of environmental barriers on activity and participation relative to demographic characteristics and body functioning. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Structured interviews in the participants' homes. PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling stroke survivors in the rural areas of China (N=639). INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Activity and participation (Chinese version of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0), environmental barriers (Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors), neurological function (Canadian Neurological Scale), cognitive function (Abbreviated Mental Test), and depression (6-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression). RESULTS: Physical/structural barriers are the major impediment to activity and participation for these participants (odds ratio, 1.86 and 1.99 for activity and participation, respectively; P<.01). Services/assistance barriers primarily impede participation rather than activity (odds ratio, 1.58 in participation; P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: Physical/structural and services/assistance barriers were considered the dominant barriers to activity and participation for stroke survivors in the rural areas of China. Attitudinal/support and policy barriers did not emerge as serious concerns. To generate an enabling environment, physical/structural and services/assistance barriers are the environmental barriers to be decreased and eliminated first.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate environmental barriers reported by stroke survivors in the rural areas of China and to determine the impact of environmental barriers on activity and participation relative to demographic characteristics and body functioning. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Structured interviews in the participants' homes. PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling stroke survivors in the rural areas of China (N=639). INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Activity and participation (Chinese version of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0), environmental barriers (Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors), neurological function (Canadian Neurological Scale), cognitive function (Abbreviated Mental Test), and depression (6-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression). RESULTS: Physical/structural barriers are the major impediment to activity and participation for these participants (odds ratio, 1.86 and 1.99 for activity and participation, respectively; P<.01). Services/assistance barriers primarily impede participation rather than activity (odds ratio, 1.58 in participation; P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: Physical/structural and services/assistance barriers were considered the dominant barriers to activity and participation for stroke survivors in the rural areas of China. Attitudinal/support and policy barriers did not emerge as serious concerns. To generate an enabling environment, physical/structural and services/assistance barriers are the environmental barriers to be decreased and eliminated first.
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