Assessing environmental factors that affect disability: Establishing a baseline of visitability in a rural state.
Assessing environmental factors that affect disability: Establishing a baseline of visitability in a rural state.
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评估影响残疾的环境因素：建立农村州的可访问性基线。
DOI：
10.1037/0090-5550.53.1.80
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
C. Ravesloot
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作者：
T. Seekins;M. Traci;S. Cummings;Joanne Oreskovich;C. Ravesloot
目的人们居住的房屋是共享建筑环境的一个元素。可探访性的概念描述了私人住宅提供最低程度无障碍的特征，使行动不便者能够探访家人和朋友的住宅。这项研究的目的是建立一个基线率的基本家庭visitability在Montana.MethodA visitability的问题，包括作为一部分，2004年蒙大拿州行为危险因素监测系统（BRFSS）问卷，随机数字拨号电话调查的5，结果近五分之一的受访者（19.3%）表示“使用轮椅等特殊设备的人.可以在不被抬上台阶或越过其他障碍物的情况下进入[他们的]房子。”受访者与残疾人谁报告生活在一个可访问的房子是不太可能比那些谁没有住在一个可访问的房子报告任何天的精神健康状况不佳，在过去month.ConclusionThe BRFSS提供了机会来衡量的社区环境的重要元素，残疾人的健康和生活质量。在这里，BRFSS数据提供了该州可访问房屋的基准率。增加这一数字的战略进行了讨论。
PurposeThe homes in which people live are one element of the shared built environment. The concept of visitability describes features of private homes that provide a minimal level of accessibility, allowing a person with mobility impairments to visit the homes of family and friends. This study's aim was to establish a baseline rate of basic home visitability in Montana.MethodA visitability question was included as part of the 2004 Montana Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Questionnaire, a random-digit-dialed telephone survey of 5,005 Montana adults.ResultsNearly 1 in 5 respondents (19.3%) said “a person who uses special equipment such as a wheelchair… could get into [their] house without being carried up steps or over other obstacles.” Respondents with a disability who reported living in a visitable house were less likely than those who did not live in a visitable house to report any days of poor mental health in the past month.ConclusionThe BRFSS affords the opportunity to measure elements of the community environment important to the health and life quality of people with disabilities. Here, BRFSS data provided a baseline rate for visitable homes in the state. Strategies to increase this number are discussed.