《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2009, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (12): 1190-1192.

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Rehabilitation Demands of Adults with Different Disability Grades in Guangdong

XU Guang-qing,LAN Yue,CHEN Xi,et al   

  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2009-03-20 Revised:2009-05-15 Published:2009-12-25 Online:2009-12-25

Abstract: Objective To identify the differences in the status of rehabilitation demands of adults with different disability grades so as to seek out the beneficial strategies of rehabilitation for them.Methods The data on the rehabilitation demands of persons with different disability grades in every category of disabilities had been collected from the province of Guangdong in the Second National Sampling Survey of People with Disability.Results There were significant differences in the rehabilitation needs among persons with different disabilities grade in visual, hearing, physical, intelligence disabilities. There were no significant differences in the rehabilitation needs among persons with different disabilities grade in speech, mental disabilities.Conclusion The more severe disability the persons have the more medicine services they need,however,they little asked for other rehabilitation demands such as rehabilitation services, assistive device and so on.

Key words: disability, rehabilitation, demand, strategy, sampling survey