Quality of life of people with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina – is there a moderating effect of the health status?
Abstract
Quality of life (QOL) is one of the most researched topics in the field of disability in the last 30 years. However, there are few studies that examined the QOL in relation to the type of disability and self-reported health status. The goal of the present study was to examine the QOL in people with disabilities in relation to the type of disability and self-reported health status. The sample for this study consisted of 286 people with disabilities who were interviewed using the Personal Outcomes Scale as a measure of QOL. The results of this study revealed statistically significant differences in the self-reported QOL between people with different types of disabilities. The results also revealed a moderating effect that self-reported health status had on QOL across disability categories. There were no interaction effects of self-reported health status and disability category on the QOL. Generally, people with intellectual disability reported lower QOL than people in other disability categories. Self-reported health status had a significant impact on the QOL across the disability groups. Non-governmental organizations can, through their policies and practices, enhance the person-referenced QOL outcomes.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2017.1279076 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 375 - 382
Submitted on: Apr 2, 2016
Accepted on: Dec 30, 2016
Published on: Jan 4, 2017
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2017 Haris Memisevic, Selmir Hadzic, Inga Ibralic Biscevic, Edin Mujkanovic, published by Stockholm University Press
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