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Functional and Environmental Factors Are Associated With Sustained Participation in Adaptive Sports
- Source :
- PMR : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation. 9(7)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Background Although community-based adaptive sports have become a popular means of rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities, little is known regarding the factors that lead to sustained participation. Objective To determine the demographic, environmental, disability-related, and functional factors associated with sustained participation in a community-based adaptive sports program. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Community-based adaptive sports program. Participants Adults with mobility-related disabilities. Methods Data were collected from registration forms and participation logs. Participants were described as "sustainers" if they attended ≥2 sessions, or as "nonsustainers" if they attended 0 or 1 session. We examined the associations between sustained participation and demographic, environmental, disability-related, and functional factors in bivariate and multivariable analyses. Main Outcome Measurement Sustained participation in the adaptive sports program. Results Of the 134 participants, 78 (58%) were sustainers and 56 (42%) were nonsustainers. In multivariable analyses, participants who ambulated independently had lower odds of being sustainers (odds ratio [OR] = 0.33, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.11, 0.96), and those who used an ambulatory assistive device had twice the odds of being sustainers (OR = 2.0, 95% CI=0.65, 6.2) compared to those who used a manual wheelchair. Moreover, participants who lived within 5.3 miles of the program site (OR = 3.8, 95% CI=1.1, 13.0) and those who lived between 5.3 and 24.4 miles from the program site (OR = 2.8, 95% CI=1.0, 7.7) had significantly higher odds of sustained participation than those who lived more than 24.4 miles from the program site. Conclusion Sustained participation in community-based adaptive sports is associated with living closer to the program site and the presence of a moderate level of functional impairment. These findings suggest that programs might consider increasing the number of satellite sites and expanding offerings for individuals with mild or more significant mobility-related disabilities to effectively increase program participation. Level of Evidence II
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Program evaluation
Adult
Male
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
medicine.medical_treatment
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Sports for Persons with Disabilities
Odds
Cohort Studies
03 medical and health sciences
Disability Evaluation
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Predictive Value of Tests
Medicine
Humans
Disabled Persons
Program Development
Retrospective Studies
Rehabilitation
business.industry
Retrospective cohort study
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
Confidence interval
United States
Neurology
Multivariate Analysis
Physical therapy
Patient Compliance
Female
Neurology (clinical)
0305 other medical science
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Cohort study
Program Evaluation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19341563
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PMR : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0ad5e36f6dd3c4d3a535bcddd019f001