Puumalainen Jouni
Centre for Rehabilitation Research and Development, Rehabilitation Foundation, Helsinki, Finland.
Int J Rehabil Res. 2011 Dec;34(4):274-81. doi: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e32834a8fc1.
Participation as a citizen, that is, engaging in social, political, and governmental life, has been rarely seen as an important domain when studying social participation of disabled persons. The purpose of this study was to depict the participation in community and political life of persons with severe or multiple disabilities and to determine which individual and social factors were associated with their participation. Altogether, 818 persons, who had participated in rehabilitation for persons with severe disabilities, answered the questionnaire survey. They reported how actively they participated in associations, local congregations, political parties, or public elections. Active participation in community and political life was strongly connected to participation in work, social, and leisure activities, as well as to the use of computers. According to stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis, the strongest predictors for active participation in community and political life were age of disablement, the individual's present age, self-rated income, self-rated quality of life, use of assistive devices, and the ability to communicate.
作为公民的参与，即参与社会、政治和政府生活，在研究残疾人的社会参与时很少被视为一个重要领域。本研究的目的是描述重度或多重残疾人士在社区和政治生活中的参与情况，并确定哪些个人和社会因素与他们的参与相关。共有818名参加过重度残疾人康复的人士回答了问卷调查。他们报告了自己参与协会、当地团体、政党或公共选举的积极程度。积极参与社区和政治生活与参与工作、社交和休闲活动以及使用计算机密切相关。根据逐步多元逻辑回归分析，积极参与社区和政治生活的最强预测因素是致残年龄、个人当前年龄、自评收入、自评生活质量、辅助设备的使用以及沟通能力。
