Orellano-Colon, E.M., Mountain, G.A., Rosario, M. et al. (3 more authors) (2015) Environmental Restrictors to Occupational Participation in Old Age: Exploring Differences across Gender in Puerto Rico. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 12 (9). pp. 11288-11303. ISSN 1660-4601
Abstract
Many older adults face challenges that prevent them from accomplishing common daily activities such as moving around, home maintenance, and leisure activities. There is still a need to examine and understand how environmental factors impact daily participation across gender. This study sought to make a qualitative comparison of gender differences regarding environmental barriers to participation in daily occupations from the perspectives of older adults who live alone in Puerto Rico. Twenty-six Hispanic older adults, 70 years or older participated in this study. We used a descriptive qualitative research design in which researchers administered an in-depth interview to each participant. The results elucidated that women were more likely than men to experience restricted participation due to lack of accessibility of the built environment and transportation systems. The findings could help with the development of tailored, occupation-based, preventive interventions that address gender specific environmental barriers and promote greater participation among both women and men. Further research is required to explore whether these environmental barriers to occupational participation remain consistent across living situations, socioeconomic status and ethnicity.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 by the authors; licensee MD PI, Basel, Switzerland. This arti cle is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons .org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | engagement in occupation; participation; environment; older adults; gender differences |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2016 11:31 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 21:59 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911288 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/ijerph120911288 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95608 |