EFFECT OF SOCIAL SUPPORT ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ORTHOPEDICALLY DISABLED STUDENTS AND TYPICAL STUDENTS
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Jul 18, 2016
Keywords:
Social support, Quality of life, Disability
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Objective: To examine the impact of social support on quality of life among
orthopedically disabled and typical students.
Methodology: Urdu version of WHO Quality of Life Scale (Brief version)
(Khan, Akhter, Ayub, Alam, & Laghari, 2003) and Multidimensional Scale of
Perceived Social Support (Batool, 2012) were administered in order to get
the required information. Study involved 75 orthopedically disabled students
(35 females, 40 males) and 150 typical students (73 females, 77 males) with
the age range of 12 to 35 (M = 17.11± 4.71), who were selected through purposive
convenient sampling. Pearson correlation analysis revealed significant
positive correlation among all variables for all categories of sample.
Results: Linear regression analysis revealed that social support positively predicts
quality of life (physical functioning, psychological functioning, social dimensions
and environment) for both categories of sample.
Conclusion: As compared to orthopedically disabled students, typical students
tend to enjoy more social support which results in enhancing their quality
of life and its pertaining components.
orthopedically disabled and typical students.
Methodology: Urdu version of WHO Quality of Life Scale (Brief version)
(Khan, Akhter, Ayub, Alam, & Laghari, 2003) and Multidimensional Scale of
Perceived Social Support (Batool, 2012) were administered in order to get
the required information. Study involved 75 orthopedically disabled students
(35 females, 40 males) and 150 typical students (73 females, 77 males) with
the age range of 12 to 35 (M = 17.11± 4.71), who were selected through purposive
convenient sampling. Pearson correlation analysis revealed significant
positive correlation among all variables for all categories of sample.
Results: Linear regression analysis revealed that social support positively predicts
quality of life (physical functioning, psychological functioning, social dimensions
and environment) for both categories of sample.
Conclusion: As compared to orthopedically disabled students, typical students
tend to enjoy more social support which results in enhancing their quality
of life and its pertaining components.
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Sultan B, Malik NI, Atta M. EFFECT OF SOCIAL SUPPORT ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ORTHOPEDICALLY DISABLED STUDENTS AND TYPICAL STUDENTS. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2016 Jul. 18 [cited 2024 Apr. 16];30(3). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1940
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