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KMID : 1035420190070010037
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
2019 Volume.7 No. 1 p.37 ~ p.45
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Differences between Sociodemographic Characteristics, Instrumental Activities of Daily living, and Healthcare Needs in Disabled Persons with and without Language
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Kang So-La
Moon Jong-Hoon
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Abstract
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Purpose : The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in sociodemographic characteristics, instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), and healthcare needs among disabled persons with and without language disorder.
Methods : Using raw data from the National Survey of the Disabled Person (2017), this study compared 6,320 disabled persons without language disorder and 229 disabled person with language disorder among 6,549 persons with disabilities. The dependent variables included sociodemographic characteristics, IADL, and healthcare needs.
Results : People with language disorder were younger (p<.001), illiterate (p<.001), and had higher family income (p=.003) than people without language disorder. In addition, people with language disorder had a higher disability grade than people without language disorder (p<.001), and the percentages of brain injury, hearing impairment, and intellectual disability were higher among type of disability (p<.001). People with language disorder showed significantly higher dependence on all items of IADL than people without language disorder (p<.001). As the first-ranked healthcare need, people without language disorder had the highest percentage of “chronic illness management,” and people with language disorder had the highest percentage of “disability management” (p<.001).
Conclusion : The findings of the current investigation suggest that health care services are needed to improve IADL in people with language disorder and that the development of a disability management program for people with language disorder is required.
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KEYWORD
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disability, language disorder, instrumental activities of daily living, health care
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