Investigating the Perceptions of Individuals with Disabilities Related to Participating into Exercise

Authors : Melih SUNGUR, Bengü GÜVEN

Pages : 1-16

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Publication Date : 2021-08-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study was to investigate the perceived benefit/barrier perceptions of individuals with disabilities. A total of 321 disabled individuals, N = 145 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(45.2%); female, N = 176 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(54.8%); male, participated in the study. Among these disabilities, N = 143 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(44.5%); orthopedically impaired, N = 105 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(32.7%); visually impaired, N = 73 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(22.7%); hearing impaired individuals insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(aged 18-69.); In order to determine the participants` perceptions about exercise, the “Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EBBS);” developed by Sechrist, Walker, and Pender insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1987); was used. EBBS included 43 items with 29-item benefit and 14-item barrier sub-dimensions. To understand whether the data obtained from the scales show normal distribution or not, the Shapiro-Wilk normality test was applied first insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0.05);. T-test and ANOVA tests were used for the analysis of obtained data. Also, the post-hoc test was used to determine which group caused the difference in multiple comparisons. Aside from these, multiple regression analysis was used to determine the role of individuals` age, gender, and disability types on their perceptions of exercise. Perceptions of disabled individuals on participating in the exercise were found to differ significantly in both sub-dimensions insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(benefit and barrier sub-dimensions); according to gender, age, and exercising or not insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. There was a significant difference in the benefit sub-dimension of participants` perceptions of participating into exercise according to disability types insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);, at the same time there was no difference in exercise perceptions of individuals with visual, hearing, and orthopedic disabilities related to disability sub-dimension insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0.05);. In conclusion, it could be said that perceptions of orthopedically, visually, and hearing-impaired individuals related to participating in exercise differed according to gender, age, type of disability, and exercising or not.
Keywords : Exercise, Hearing impaired, Orthopedic disability, Visual impaired