Demographics of wheelchair users in France: Results of National community-based handicaps-incapacités-dépendance surveys
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2008
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- doi: 10.2340/16501977-0159
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France wheelchair disability social epidemiology assistive device demography community-based survey fauteuil roulant handicap épidémiologie sociale aide technique démographie enquêteSujets proches
Physical handicaps Handicaps Disabling conditions Impairment Physical disabilities Disability Demography DemographicsCiter ce document
Nicolas Vignier et al., « Demographics of wheelchair users in France: Results of National community-based handicaps-incapacités-dépendance surveys », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.2340/16501977-0159
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Objective: To highlight the prevalence of manual and/or powered wheelchair use within the general French population living at home or in institutions, to describe the users and to identify factors determining wheelchair use. Methods: Data were obtained from national communitybased Handicaps-Incapacités-Dépendance surveys on disability and dependency carried out on 2 representative samples of the French population in institutions (n = 15,288) and at home (n = 16,945). Results: The prevalence of wheelchair use is 62 per 10,000 people living in France. Forty-three percent of users live in institutions. They frequently show multiple impairments and severe disabilities. They have a mean age of 70 years and 64% are women. After taking confounding factors into account, results show that wheelchair use is not sex-related and decreases slightly with age. On the other hand, wheelchair use is related to widowhood, to the extent of impairments and disabilities, to confinement, to exposure to environmental obstacles and to institutional life. Conclusion: Sociodemographic studies on the use of wheelchairs need to pay greater attention to people living in institutions. The prevalence of wheelchair use in France appears to be far lower than in other western countries, and this observation needs to be examined further with intercultural comparisons.
