| Sumario: | Purpose: Indonesia lacks policies and programmes that would reduce barriers towards improving the Quality of Life (QOL) of persons with disabilities. This cross-sectional study assessed the QOL of persons with physical disabilities in Indonesia and identified its predictors. Method: A total of 202 participants with physical disabilities completed the attitude subscale of Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors-Short Form (CHIEF-SF), the World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0), and the World Health Organisation Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) scale. The Rasch model converted the ordinal data to the interval logits scale. Multiple linear regression was used to analyse the QOL predictors. Results: Participants reported a mean WHOQOL-BREF score of 0.12+0.98 (or poor QOL). The participants perceived people's attitudes as impactful barriers (-1.68 ± 1.44). There was a significant difference in participants' mean WHODAS 2.0 scores with poor (-0.38 ± 1.06) and good QOL (-1.79 ± 0.77). The regression revealed the following significant QOL predictors: severe disability (B = -1.089), moderate disability (B= -0.697), employment (B = 0.544), attitude barrier (B = -0.096), and age (B = -0.015). Conclusion: Factors such as unemployment, perceptions of impactful attitudinal barriers, and ageing are associated with the poor QOL reported by persons with moderate to severe physical disabilities. It is necessary to ensure equal employment opportunities and remove stigma in society to promote QOL improvement for them.
|
|---|