Quality of life of people with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina – is there a moderating effect of the health status?

DisabilityMeanNSDIntellectual disability105.715316.3Hearing impairment123.16212.5Physical disability117.84015.6Visual impairment126.13112.1Total113.432017.2

Table 2.

Comparison of mean group results on the POS.

(I) Disability(J) DisabilityMean difference
(I−J)Std. errorpIntellectual disabilityHearing impairment−17.42.1<.001Physical disability−12.22.8<.001Visual impairment−20.42.5<.001Hearing impairmentPhysical disability5.32.9.28Visual impairment−2.92.7.69Physical disabilityVisual impairment−8.23.3.068

Table 3.

The mean results on the POS in relation to the self-perceived health.

Self-reported health statusMSDt-testCohen’s dGood health121.212.610.8*1.27More or less/not good102.416.8

Note: N = 286.

*p < .001.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2017.1279076 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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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

Keywords:

Quality of life,

health status,

people with disabilities,

Bosnia and Herzegovina

© 2017 Haris Memisevic, Selmir Hadzic, Inga Ibralic Biscevic, Edin Mujkanovic, published by Stockholm University Press
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