Evaluation of a Community-Based Rehabilitation Program in Wonju City

원주시 지역사회중심 재활사업 평가

  • Yi, Chung-Hwi (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Institute of Health Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Ju (Dept. of Rehabilitation Therapy, The Graduate School, Yonsei University)
  • 이충휘 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 물리치료학과 및 보건과학연구소) ;
  • 이현주 (연세대학교 대학원 재활학과)
  • Published : 2003.02.19

Abstract

This study evaluated the community-based rehabilitation services provided by the Wonju Public Health Center from Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2002. Ninety-four persons with disabilities dwelling in the community participated and the surveys were completed in an interview during home visits. The respondents' demographic, socio-economic, and medical characteristics, rehabilitation service received, willingness to receive home-visit rehabilitation services, and satisfaction with the rehabilitation services were analyzed by frequency and percentage. A Likert scoring system consisting of five agreement-disagreement categories was applied to each item, consisting of Very Satisfied, Satisfied, So-So, Poorly Satisfied, and Very Poorly Satisfied. The major findings were as follows: 1) The rehabilitation services used included medical rehabilitation (26.9%), followed by social assistance (23.5%), diagnosis by a physician at home (17.3%), medical examination (12.3%), housekeeping services (6.2%), and vocational and educational rehabilitation (3.5%). 2) Of the medical services, the respondents desired physical therapy at home and free rental of rehabilitation equipment, such as wheelchairs, canes, walkers, the most, followed by home visit occupational therapy, nursing services, and oriental medicine service in descending order. 3) Some of the respondents expressed so-so satisfaction (50.0%) or dissatisfaction (16.9%) with the rehabilitation services provided by the Wonju Public Health Center. These findings should prove useful when planning or extending community-based rehabilitation programs for the homebound disabled in the community.

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