Basha Getachew K, van Heerden Hendrik J
School of Health Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
College of Natural and Computational Science, University of Wollega, Nekemte, Ethiopia.
Afr J Disabil. 2020 Sep 16;9:657. doi: 10.4102/ajod.v9i0.657. eCollection 2020.
Physical activity provides long-term health benefits for everyone and it is considered to play an important role in the deterioration of health predictors, such as overweight and the associated increase in cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.
To explore the profile and opinion of people with disability in Ethiopia, with respect to physical activity participation.
The study comprised a questionnaire survey among male and female participants ( = 334) with visual and limb impairment, aged 15-50 years, living in urban and sub-urban areas of Ethiopia. The analyses entailed descriptive frequencies and percentages, with the chi-square statistic to test for significance between subsets of data at ≤ 0.05.
The profile showed participants were mostly male ( = 221, 66.2%; ≤ 0.05), had completed secondary school ( = 204, 61.1%; ≤ 0.05), were not formally employed with some being day-labourers ( = 92, 27.5%) and petty traders ( = 71, 21.3%). The majority ( ≤ 0.05) had limb disabilities ( = 190, 57%) as opposed to vision impairment. Only 10% ( = 34; ≤ 0.0001) confirmed participation in physical activity. More than half ( = 175, 52.7%; ≤ 0.0001) were unsure whether exercise improves health but the majority ( = 175, 52.4%; ≤ 0.0001) did agree that participation in adapted physical activity requires better facilities.
Ethiopian persons with disabilities are physically inactive. There is need to raise awareness on the benefits of physical activity amongst people with disabilities and for disability friendly facilities to encourage physical activity.
体育活动对每个人都有长期的健康益处，并且被认为在健康预测指标的恶化过程中起着重要作用，如超重以及随之而来的心血管疾病和全因死亡率的增加。
探讨埃塞俄比亚残疾人在体育活动参与方面的情况和看法。
该研究对年龄在15至50岁、居住在埃塞俄比亚城乡地区、有视力和肢体障碍的男性和女性参与者（n = 334）进行了问卷调查。分析包括描述性频率和百分比，使用卡方统计量检验数据子集之间在p≤0.05时的显著性。
调查结果显示，参与者大多为男性（n = 221，66.2%；p≤0.05），完成了中学学业（n = 204，61.1%；p≤0.05），没有正式工作，一些人是日工（n = 92，27.5%）和小商贩（n = 71，21.3%）。大多数人（p≤0.05）有肢体残疾（n = 190，57%），而非视力障碍。只有10%（n = 34；p≤0.0001）确认参与了体育活动。超过一半（n = 175，52.7%；p≤0.0001）的人不确定运动是否能改善健康，但大多数人（n = 175，52.4%；p≤0.0001）确实认为参与适应性体育活动需要更好的设施。
埃塞俄比亚残疾人缺乏体育活动。有必要提高残疾人对体育活动益处的认识，并提供方便残疾人的设施以鼓励体育活动。
