중증지체장애인의 삶의 질에 영향을 미치는 요인 = A Study on the Affecting Factors of Quality of Life of the Severely Physically Disabled Persons

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The major purpose of this study is to find out affecting factors related to the quality of life of the severely physically disabled persons. and to find out which factors are different from those of the mild cases.
The dependent variable used for the analysis was the subjectively perceived quality of life that the severely physically disabled persons personally feel and appraise. The independent variables were personal factors(age, personal income, income of family, school career, length of the disability, daily living skill, perception of the disabilities), environmental factors(social support, policies and programs related to the welfare of disabled people, access and mobility, leisure and cultural facilities, social recognition and discrimination) and the degree of social integration factor. A survey research method was adopted to accomplish this study.
In order to analyze compiled information, multiple regressions by SPSS for Windows 11.0 were applied.
The main results of the study are as follows. Age, the income of family, perception of the disabilities, social support, access and mobility were factors to the quality of life of the severely physically disabled persons. Age, the income of family, perception of the disabilities, social support, access and mobility, the degree of social integration were factors to the quality of life of the mild cases. The degree of social integration was not affecting factor to the quality of life of the severe cases, while it was affecting factor to the quality of the mild cases.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구의 목적은 중증지체장애인이 주관적으로 느끼는 삶의 질에 영향을 미치는 요인을 규명하는 것이다. 그리고 이러한 영향요인들이 경증장애인의 경우와는 어떻게 다르게 나타는지를 알아보는데 있다. 종속변수는 삶의 질이었으며 독립변수는 개인요인, 환경요인, 통합요인이었다. 분석결과, 나이, 가족수입, 장애인식, 사회적지지, 이동 및 접근환경은 중증지체장애인의 삶의 질에 영향을 미치는 요인이었으나 사회통합의 경우는 경증지체장애인의 경우와는 달리 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치는 요인이 아닌 것으로 나타났다. 즉 사회통합정도는 경증지체장애인의 경우에는 삶의 질에 강한 영향을 미치는 요인인 반면 중증지체장애인의 삶의 질에 대해서는 의미 있는 요인이 아니었다.