Exploring the links between water, sanitation and hygiene and disability; Results from a case-control study in Guatemala

Autor: Islay Mactaggart, Jonathan Naber, Hannah Kuper, Sian White, Rafael Cañas, Sarah Polack, Carlos Dionicio, Adam Biran
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Male
Rural Population
Questionnaires
Sanitation
Psychological intervention
lcsh:Medicine
Water supply
Geographical locations
0302 clinical medicine
Hygiene
Surveys and Questionnaires
Natural Resources
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine
Public and Occupational Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
Child
lcsh:Science
media_common
Cognitive Impairment
Multidisciplinary
Cognitive Neurology
Middle Aged
Guatemala
Neurology
Research Design
Child
Preschool
Water Resources
Female
Environmental Health
Hand Disinfection
Research Article
Adult
Adolescent
Disabilities
Cognitive Neuroscience
media_common.quotation_subject
030231 tropical medicine
Context (language use)
Research and Analysis Methods
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Water Supply
Environmental health
Humans
Disabled Persons
Improved sanitation
Aged
Survey Research
Data collection
business.industry
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
lcsh:R
Water
Biology and Life Sciences
Central America
Health Care
Case-Control Studies
North America
Cognitive Science
lcsh:Q
People and places
business
Neuroscience
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 6, p e0197360 (2018)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197360
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To assess the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) access and appropriateness of people with disabilities compared to those without, in Guatemala. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted, nested within a national survey. The study included 707 people with disabilities, and 465 age- and sex-matched controls without disabilities. Participants reported on WASH access at the household and individual level. A sub-set of 121 cases and 104 controls completed a newly designed, in-depth WASH questionnaire. RESULTS: Households including people with disabilities were more likely to use an improved sanitation facility compared to control households (age-sex-adjusted OR: 1.7, 95% CI 1.3-2.5), but otherwise there were no differences in WASH access at the household level. At the individual level, people with disabilities reported greater difficulties in relation to sanitation (mean score 26.2, SD 26.5) and hygiene access and quality (mean 30.7, SD 24.2) compared to those without disabilities (15.5, 21.7, p
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