Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226; and Division of Spinal Cord Injury, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; and Division of Spinal Cord Injury, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
PM R. 2018 Mar;10(3):263-268. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.09.002. Epub 2017 Sep 20.
Employment in those with disability is an important rehabilitation goal, along with achieving some measure of functional independence and is at the same time one of the most difficult goals to achieve. The number of people with disabilities participating in adaptive sports has been increasing steadily over the years. A few studies have looked at the relationship between physical fitness and employment status in those with disability, but there have been no studies that focused on the results of organized adaptive sports events affecting employment outcome.
To determine whether participation in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG) has a positive impact on employment in those with disability.
Prospective, cross-sectional survey.
2015 NVWG in Dallas, Texas (nonclinic setting).
A total of 338 survey participants; 36 surveys were excluded due to incompletion.
Veterans who participated at the 2015 NVWG were given the opportunity to complete a 2-page survey. Survey participants received $5.00 gift card as compensation.
Percentage of those who perceived NVWG made a difference in attaining employment, risk ratio analyses.
A total of 50% of the participants stated that the NVWG made a difference in attaining employment. Those currently working were 1.5 times more likely to say that the NVWG had a positive effect on employment than those not currently working (P < .01). Those who felt that the NVWG had a positive effect on employment attended 3-4 more wheelchair games on average than those reporting that the NVWG did not have an impact on employment (P < .001). Positive responses were obtained from the Likert scale distribution.
Our study suggests that participating in the NVWG provides psychosocial support to the veterans and may have a positive influence in employment outcomes.
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在残疾人群体中，就业是一个重要的康复目标，同时也是最难以实现的目标之一，其目标是实现某种程度的功能独立。近年来，参加适应性运动的残疾人数稳步增加。有一些研究关注了残疾人群体的体能与就业状况之间的关系，但没有研究关注有组织的适应性运动赛事的结果对就业结果的影响。
确定参加全国退伍军人轮椅运动会（NVWG）是否对残疾人群体的就业产生积极影响。
前瞻性、横断面调查。
2015 年在德克萨斯州达拉斯举行的 NVWG（非诊所环境）。
共有 338 名调查参与者；由于不完整，排除了 36 份调查。
向参加 2015 年 NVWG 的退伍军人提供完成 2 页调查的机会。调查参与者收到 5.00 美元的礼品卡作为补偿。
认为 NVWG 在实现就业方面有差异的参与者比例，风险比分析。
共有 50%的参与者表示 NVWG 在实现就业方面有差异。目前正在工作的人比未工作的人更有可能表示 NVWG 对就业有积极影响（P<.01）。那些认为 NVWG 对就业有积极影响的人平均参加了 3-4 次轮椅运动会，而那些报告 NVWG 对就业没有影响的人则参加了 3-4 次轮椅运动会（P<.001）。从李克特量表的分布中得到了积极的反馈。
我们的研究表明，参加 NVWG 为退伍军人提供了心理社会支持，并可能对就业结果产生积极影响。
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