Basic studies on life circumstances and stress in persons with congenital physical disabilities using always wheelchairs英文文献资料.docVIP

Vol.4, No.11, 1073-1081 (2012) Health /10.4236/health.2012.411164 Basic studies on life circumstances and stress in persons with congenital physical disabilities using always wheelchairs Yoshimasa Matsuura , Shinichi Demura , Yoshiharu Tanaka , Hiroki Sugiura 1* 2 3 4 1 * 2 3 4 Research Organization for University-Community Collaboration, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan; Corresponding Author: matsuura@las.osakafu-u.ac.jp Graduate School of Natural Science Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan Graduate School of Natural Science Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan Received 19 September 2012; revised 25 October 2012; accepted 1 November 2012 ABSTRACT Disabilities; Stress Many studies about the health problems of persons with physical disabilities have been performed, however few studies have focused on the life circumstances of persons with phy- sical disabilities. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between stress and the life circum- stances of persons with congenital physical dis- abilities who must use wheelchairs. The partici- pants were 70 individuals who used the services of care workers employed by welfare service business offices. Participants used wheel-chairs. In addition, those participants who used a standard manual wheelchair were not able to operate it alone. Participants were required to answer a two-part questionnaire with questions about factors related to basic lifestyle and stress, and about life factors related to the stress of individuals with physical disabilities. No signify- cant relationship between lifestyle and stress was found in either males or females. Most persons with congenital physical di