Park Keunhyun, Chamberlain Brent, Song Ziqi, Nasr Esfahani Hossein, Sheen Jeff, Larsen Teresa, Long Novack Valerie, Licon Carlos, Christensen Keith
Utah State University, 4005 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4005, USA.
Transp Res Part A Policy Pract. 2022 Feb;156:24-35. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2021.12.008. Epub 2021 Dec 23.
The COVID-19 pandemic response has had a significant impact on the general population's ability to participate in their communities. Individuals with disabilities, an already socially disadvantaged population, are more vulnerable to and have likely been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 response conditions. Yet, the extent to which the daily community living activities of people with disabilities have been impacted is unknown. Thus, this study assesses their travel behavior and community living during the COVID-19 pandemic conditions compared with those of the general population. A web survey was conducted using Qualtrics's online panel data (respondents included 161 people with any type of disability and 232 people without a disability). Regression models found that people with disabilities reduced their daily travel to a greater extent but at varying degrees, depending on the destination types and travel modes. Reductions in taxi rides (including ride-hailing services) were most significant among people with cognitive and sensory (e.g., vision and hearing) disabilities. By place type, cognitive disability was associated with a trip reduction for multiple destination types-grocery, restaurants, outdoor recreation, indoor recreation, and healthcare providers. Findings from this study could contribute to decision- and policy-making in planning, transportation, and community services during the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic, in future major public health crises, and post-COVID, because the adjustments in travel behavior and community living might be longer-term.
新冠疫情应对措施对普通民众参与社区活动的能力产生了重大影响。残疾人作为一个本就处于社会弱势的群体，更容易受到新冠疫情应对措施的影响，而且受到的影响可能不成比例。然而，残疾人的日常社区生活活动受到影响的程度尚不清楚。因此，本研究将残疾人在新冠疫情期间的出行行为和社区生活与普通人群进行了比较。使用Qualtrics的在线面板数据进行了一项网络调查（受访者包括161名患有任何类型残疾的人和232名无残疾的人）。回归模型发现，残疾人在更大程度上减少了日常出行，但程度因目的地类型和出行方式而异。认知和感官（如视力和听力）残疾者乘坐出租车（包括网约车服务）的减少最为显著。按场所类型划分，认知残疾与多种目的地类型（杂货店、餐馆、户外娱乐、室内娱乐和医疗服务提供者）的出行减少有关。这项研究的结果有助于在新冠疫情剩余期间、未来重大公共卫生危机期间以及新冠疫情后进行规划、交通和社区服务方面的决策和政策制定，因为出行行为和社区生活的调整可能是长期的。
