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I Would Really like to Visit the Forest, but it is Just Too Difficult: A Qualitative Study on Mobility Disability and Green Spaces Cover

I Would Really like to Visit the Forest, but it is Just Too Difficult: A Qualitative Study on Mobility Disability and Green Spaces

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|Jan 2019

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Schematic overview of the participants in the group interviews.

GroupAge/genderAssistive devicesLocation
1Age 64–68
1 man/4 women
Electric/manual wheelchair, walkerOdense
2Age 54–66
1 man/4 women
Electric/manual wheelchair, cane, crutchesHoeje Taastrup
3Age 37–54
1 man/4 women
Electric/manual wheelchairViby
4Age 30–38
3 men/2 women
Walker, cane, scooterNaestved
5Age 23–27
2 men
Electric/manual wheelchairCopenhagen
6Age 12–14
2 boys
Electric/manual wheelchair, walkerCopenhagen
Figure 1

Map of interview locations

Table 2

The participants in the individual interviews.

Woman 56 years of ageMan 27 years of ageGirl 12 years of age
Assistive devicesElectric wheelchairElectric/manual wheelchairElectric/manual wheelchair
LocationSkodsborg: Beachfront with lawn, sand, and a wooden pierValby: Large urban park with a streamCopenhagen: Small urban park with small-scale animal husbandry and raised plant beds
Picture of green spacesjdr-21-1-50-g2.jpgsjdr-21-1-50-g3.jpgsjdr-21-1-50-g4.jpg

[i] Note: The 12-year-old girl was supposed to be in the group interview but ended up in the individual interview as she was sick on the day of the group meeting.

Figure 2

Examples of pictures used in the group interviews.

Table 3

Overview of overarching themes, subthemes, and idiosyncratic themes.

Overaching themeValuing green spaceAssistance and companionshipMaking the inaccessible accessible
Related subthemesHierarchy of valueOther people
Close physical contact
Ideosyncratic theme*LossBeing stared at

[i] *The idiosyncratic themes refer to themes not shared by the majority of interviewees but evident among one or more interviewees.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.50 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 13
Submitted on: Aug 24, 2017
Accepted on: Dec 5, 2018
Published on: Jan 14, 2019
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2019 Sus Sola Corazon, Marie Christofferen Gramkov, Dorthe Varning Poulsen, Victoria Linn Lygum, Gaochao Zhang, Ulrika Karlsson Stigsdotter, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.