The role of environmental factors on health conditions, general health and quality of life in persons with spinal cord injuries in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBezuidenhout, Lucian
dc.contributor.authorRhoda, Anthea
dc.contributor.authorConradsson, David Moulaee
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-30T08:03:26Z
dc.date.available2023-05-30T08:03:26Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe objective was to describe the individual items of the environmental factors and to investigate the relationship between the environmental factors to health conditions, general health and quality of life in people with SCI in South Africa. Methods: Two hundred persons with SCI participated in a cross-sectional survey design. This study formed part of the International Spinal Cord Injury (InSCI) Community Survey. Four major domains, environmental factors, health conditions, general health and quality of life of the survey questionnaire responses, were used for the analysis. Regression models were used to determine the association between the independent variable, which consisted of the specific environmental factors items, and the dependent variables comprising health conditions, general health and quality of life. Results: The commonly reported environmental barriers were public access, lack of short- and long-distance transport and finances. Environmental factors such as public access (p < 0.001), short- (p < 0.001) and long-distance transport (p = 0.001), and friends’ (p = 0.003) and colleagues’ (p < 0.001) attitudes and communication (p = 0.042) were significantly associated with the presence of secondary health conditions. Finances (p = 0.026), family attitudes (p = 0.037) and communication (p = 0.039) had a significant association with worsened mental health. Services (p = 0.022) and communication (p = 0.042) were also significantly associated with decreased general health.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBezuidenhout, Lu. et al. (2023). The role of environmental factors on health conditions, general health and quality of life in persons with spinal cord injuries in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(9), 5709. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095709en_US
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095709
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8958
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectPhysiotheraphyen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare systemen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.titleThe role of environmental factors on health conditions, general health and quality of life in persons with spinal cord injuries in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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