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A Statistical Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Saudi Arabia’s Efforts to Enhance the Health-Related Quality of Life for People with Disabilities |
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PP: 617-625 |
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doi:10.18576/jsap/140609
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Author(s) |
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Abeid A. Alamri,
Nahedh Salem Aloudah,
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Abstract |
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| The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provides special care to people with disabilities. It makes efforts at different levels, based
on its belief in their rights to support a high quality of life. This paper discusses the kingdom’s efforts to enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities according to Vision 2030. It uses a mixed methodology, namely a scale of quality of health life and concentrated discussion groups of experts. The field study was applied to a purposive sample of 167 individuals distributed throughout the kingdom was collected. The studys most significant results are as follows: a key finding is that the respondents expressed a high level of satisfaction with the kingdoms efforts to improve the health quality of life for individuals with disabilities, as evidenced by a mean score of 3.46, on the scale. Respondents expressed a high level of satisfaction with health policies and systems with a mean score equals 3.62, followed by access to services with a mean score equals 3.55, reflecting a strong positive perception of these aspects of healthcare for individuals with disabilities. The social and psychological support axis ranked third with a mean score equals 3.44, indicating a high level of satisfaction, whereas the quality of healthcare axis ranked fourth with a moderate level of satisfaction. The findings also demonstrate a lack of awareness among people with disabilities regarding their social and health rights. The results indicate the compatibility with of the kingdom’s efforts. The authors recommend holding
educational seminars for people with disabilities to understand their rights in Saudi society. |
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