From the Vision and Hearing Research Centre, School of Psychology and Sports Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom (EWB, PMA); Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom (NH); Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (DLM); University College London, London, United Kingdom (RH); and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (PJ).
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 Sep 1;102(9):829-835. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002100. Epub 2022 Sep 7.
This study aimed to identify facilitators and barriers to participation in vision impaired golf.
Semistructured interviews were conducted with 12 vision impaired golfers, 10 guides, and 5 novices during the British VI Golf Open tournament in August 2021.
Qualitative content analysis identified the benefits, facilitators, and challenges of playing vision impaired golf. The role of guides and future developments of the sport were furthermore identified. The benefits extend beyond those related to health, including personal development and a sense of purpose for players and of reward for guides. Facilitators were largely organizational and having appropriate support and a guide. The challenges to playing and guiding were practical, financial, and logistical. The need to attract a more diverse range of players, along with a reconsideration of the eligibility criteria, was central to the perceived sustainability of vision impaired golf.
These results highlight the practical, financial, and logistical challenges contributing to vision impaired golf activity limitations and participation restrictions. Because of the health, personal, and psychosocial benefits, ways of providing practical, financial, and support networks to facilitate engagement in vision impaired golf should be sought. An evidence-based, sport-specific eligibility system was thought to be critical for the future promotion of vision impaired golf.
本研究旨在确定参与视障高尔夫运动的促进因素和障碍。
2021 年 8 月，在英国 VI 高尔夫公开赛期间，对 12 名视障高尔夫球手、10 名球童和 5 名新手进行了半结构化访谈。
定性内容分析确定了参与视障高尔夫运动的好处、促进因素和挑战。还确定了球童的作用和运动的未来发展。好处不仅与健康有关，还包括球员的个人发展和目标感，以及球童的回报感。促进因素主要是组织上的，需要有适当的支持和球童。参与和指导的挑战是实际的、财务的和后勤的。吸引更多不同类型的参与者，以及重新考虑资格标准，是视障高尔夫运动可持续性的核心问题。
这些结果突出了导致视障高尔夫运动活动受限和参与受限的实际、财务和后勤挑战。由于健康、个人和心理社会方面的好处，应该寻求提供实际、财务和支持网络的方法，以促进视障高尔夫运动的参与。基于证据的、特定于运动的资格系统被认为是未来推广视障高尔夫的关键。
