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Investigating environmental factors and paralympic sports: an analytical study.
- Source :
- Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology; May2021, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p414-419, 6p, 8 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Few studies have reported the influence of environmental factors that may act as barriers or facilitators to participation in parasports. The aim of this study was to describe and analyse the relationship between environmental factors present in parasports (attitudes, support, services, assistive technology and policies). In addition, we present the concurrent validation of the Assistive Technology Device Predisposition Assessment (ATD PA-Br). Sixty-three adult Paralympic athletes with physical and/or visual impairment who practiced goalball, wheelchair tennis, table tennis, sitting volleyball, rugby, swimming, equestrianism, weightlifting, track and field, archery, bocce ball and parabadminton were analysed. Sociodemographic questionnaires, ATDPA-Br and QUEST B were used for data collection and analysed by 5% significance level (p < 0.05). The findings showed a predominance of athletes with spinal cord injury playing rugby (11) and parabadminton (9), 25.4% exhibited low sociodemographic levels, 36.5% required a wheelchair and 9.6% used prostheses. Although 90.5% of participants reported that assistive technology helped them in their sport, they also expressed dissatisfaction with the services provided. There was a significant correlation between satisfaction with the device in the QUEST instrument and the positive psychosocial factors of the ATDPA-Br, meaning the larger the number of positive factors, the greater the satisfaction with the device. This study showed the predominance of low-income parathletes and that environmental factor as access to the benefits of public policies, it may be a barrier to participation in parasports. Also, the technology and the services provided should act as facilitators to parasport performance. Understand the objectives of assistive technology in paralympic sports. Identify the environmental factors present in parasports (attitudes, support, services, assistive technology, and policies). Analyze the relationship between environmental factors present in parasports (attitudes, support, services, assistive technology, and policies). Have access to the concurrent validation of the Assistive Technology Device Predisposition Assessment (ATD PA-Br). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SPORTS participation
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
STATISTICS
ASSISTIVE technology
SCIENTIFIC observation
ATHLETES with disabilities
SPORTS for people with disabilities
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH methodology
ATTITUDE testing
FUNCTIONAL status
ECOLOGY
MANN Whitney U Test
OCCUPATIONAL therapy
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
QUESTIONNAIRES
GOVERNMENT policy
RESEARCH funding
SPORTS events
DATA analysis software
DATA analysis
CUSTOMER satisfaction
EVALUATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17483107
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150497423
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1780483