AGE CATEGORIES DIFFERENCES IN SUBJECTIVE QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES 1* 2 3 1 Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Department of Sport Sciences in Educology and Humanities, Nábr. Arm. Gen. Svobodu 9, 814 69 Bratislava, Slovakia 2 3 Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Education, Department of Anthropology and Health *Corresponding author: dagmar.nemcek@uniba.sk 10.2478/sjph-2021-0018 Zdr Varst. 2021;60(2):124-130 124 ABSTRACT quality of life domains, overall quality of life, physical disability, age categories, women Objective: quality of life assessment. Methods: Results: Conclusions: It is necessary to continue this line of research with a greater focus on exploring the ways in which indicators that make up the environment domain and search for ways to enhance these. *Corresponding author: dagmar.nemcek@uniba.sk 1 INTRODUCTION there are more than one billion people with a disability globally, and of this between 110 million and 190 million people, and poor people. Women and girls with a disability are likely to experience “double discrimination”, often face additional disadvantages when compared with Individuals with disabilities, like all people, have varied and dynamic feelings and thoughts about their lives which In many countries, women with disabilities face barriers to social integration, employment and productivity, healthcare, and adequate access to community resources results in double discrimination and consideration as a is related to their educational level, marital status, type of residence, cause of acquired disability and disability of Age is another important factor that can negatively women with physical disabilities through assessing their health and independence level, psychological health and quality of life assessment. 2 METHODS 2.1 Participants and data collection around Slovakia that bring together people with special needs. Some questionnaires were sent electronically 10.2478/sjph-2021-0018 Zdr Varst. 2021;60(2):124-130 125 were passed out in person at the different meetings sociodemographic characteristics and compensatory 1. All data was collected in 2019 and 2020. scale includes 22 indicators of quality of life, and covers family relations, relations with others, children and sexual home environment, political situation, leisure activities, with PDs according to age categories. Mann Whitney in the current study, and the sample was comprised of women with PDs put in four groups according to age. 10.2478/sjph-2021-0018 Zdr Varst. 2021;60(2):124-130 126 3 RESULTS Education level Higher education University Employed Unemployed Student Marital status Single Married Divorced Widow CT use Wheelchair Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics and compensatory technology use. Sociodemographic highest satisfaction with the social relations domain in all groups of women with PDs, no matter what age category groups of women with PDs, coming in second place after social relations domain in the three older age categories of for the youngest women with PDs. Because there were for the younger women, the results of the present study On the other hand, the highest levels of dissatisfaction were the highest dissatisfaction with the environment domain, with the highest mean point scores among all the analysed showed the highest dissatisfaction with psychological domain, the three older age groups all reported the highest 10.2478/sjph-2021-0018 Zdr Varst. 2021;60(2):124-130 Social relations Environment Overall QoL Table 2. 1.55 0.019 0.351 0.001 QoL domains/ Overall QoL 60 + Age categories p ¯ from among all the age categories of women with PDs differences in satisfaction with the environment domain, when the highest satisfaction with this was again expressed among the four groups of women with PDs according to Social relations Social relations Social relations Social relations Table 3. categories of women with PDs. 0.003 1 1 0.020 1 0.139 1 0.001 1 0.001 1 0.018 0.001 1 0.003 0.000 1 0.014 0.010 0.011 0.195 0.000 0.105 0.536 0.004 0.043 0.446 0.000 cal health/S Social relations Environ ment / QoLDs 10.2478/sjph-2021-0018 Zdr Varst. 2021;60(2):124-130 128 Social relations Environment Overall QoL Table 4. 548 0.012 0.218 0.550 0.000 504 591 0.018 0.144 0.618 0.020 0.021 851 604* 0.512 0.005 0.036 QoL domains/ Overall QoL Age categories U U U p p p Application of the Mann Whitney U test did not reveal any 4 DISCUSSION Measuring the quality of life of adults with disabilities the present study was to identify any differences based physical disabilities, by measuring satisfaction with the WHO quality of life domains and an overall quality of life social relations was found in the three older groups of while the three older groups expressed the highest being compared with women with nontraumatic conditions previous year compared with their traumatic condition with physical disabilities and deaf and hard of hearing lives, while the highest dissatisfaction was reported for with disabilities experience the double impact of being female and disabled. As women, they have greater risks of psychosocial health problems than men, and compared to women in general those with disabilities report higher depression in the past 12 months was a serious problem At especially high risk are those women with physical disabilities who are limited by pain, lack of social support, highest levels of depression and anxiety were discovered for those women suffering back pain and the lowest for stress management interventions for women with physical disabilities should consider incorporating components authors suggest that women with physical disabilities may health compared to young men with physical disabilities in the same age category. On the other hand, a study that examined elderly people who were deaf and hard of social participation and intimacy, with women reporting 10.2478/sjph-2021-0018 Zdr Varst. 2021;60(2):124-130 129 in all populations, based on the different health statuses quality of life for both men and women decreased in the physical dimensions, while increasing in the mental health worse psychological health is associated with higher levels of disability, and that different effects are seen according to age. Older adults with any symptoms that negatively affect their psychological health tend to report higher levels of disability than younger adults. Harris et al. community, and stated that more work was needed on maturation and ageing, reproductive and sexual health, mental health and life satisfaction in girls and women with decreases in the physical dimension as age increases. people with PDs compared people without PDs is associated with secondary impairments, activity limitations and restrictions on participation in daily activities, but not example, body weight control, as a part of the physical health as well as psychological health domains, is indeed a problem among women with disabilities in middle age, age and severity of impairment, which may be related to the physical and emotional stress associated with living present study remains relatively stable for all age groups of women with PDs, staying the most satisfying domain, the least satisfying domains. when evaluating the results, and also need to be addressed in this work do not include information about the level to each age group, such as education level, employment status and marital status, or even use of compensatory technology. Further research is needed to explore the impaired women. were revealed between the youngest age women and the three older age group in terms of satisfaction with the the highest satisfaction in the three older age groups of women was with the social relations domain, while youngest women the highest dissatisfaction was reported with various kinds of disabilities is very limited. It is thus necessary to continue this line of research, and also to explore the ways in which psychological health increases environment domain and search for ways to enhance these and thus improve the lives of women with PDs. CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS FUNDING ETHICAL APPROVAL the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Comenius 10.2478/sjph-2021-0018 Zdr Varst. 2021;60(2):124-130 130 REFERENCES 1. 2. 3. United Nations. Women and girls with disabilities at CSW61. Accessed html. 4. 5. 6. women with physical disabilities or breast cancer. Arch Phys Med 8. 9. Zannoti M, Pringuey D. 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