Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is a multi-sectorial community strategy for guar-anteeing that people with disabilities enjoy the same rights and opportunities as all other community members. CBR is organized in a five-component matrix-namely, health, education, social, livelihood, and empowerment. To measure the effectiveness of CBR, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed standardized indicators. The objective of the present study is to translate and validate the CBR indicators (CBR-Is), providing preliminary evidence of their use for disability in Italy. After obtaining permission from the WHO, the CBR-Is followed a process of translation and cross-cultural adaptation according to international guidelines. An examination of internal consistency and reliability was than performed. The intra-rater reliability was estimated using the In-traclass Correlation Coefficient with a 95% confidence interval. In order to measures the differences between people with and without disabilities, an independent sample T-test was used for quantita-tive indicators. The Italian version of the CBR-Is (IT-CBR-Is) was administered to 234 people. The internal consistency showed a good value, with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of .862, and the intra-rater reliability analysis showed solid values for each domain (range: 0.723–0.882). Statistically significant differences between people with and without disabilities were found for each domain of the CBR matrix-namely, health, social, education, livelihood, and empowerment. The IT-CBR-Is are consistent and reliable measures when used to investigate disability in a community-based inclusive development perspective. National stakeholders can now have specific indicators to imple-ment services and actions for people with disabilities.

Community-based rehabilitation indicators: Validation and preliminary evidence for disability in italy / Tofani, M.; Esposito, G.; Berardi, A.; Galeoto, G.; Iorio, S.; Marceca, M.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1660-4601. - 18:21(2021), pp. 1-10. [10.3390/ijerph182111256]

Community-based rehabilitation indicators: Validation and preliminary evidence for disability in italy

Tofani M.;Berardi A.;Galeoto G.;Iorio S.;Marceca M.
2021

Abstract

Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is a multi-sectorial community strategy for guar-anteeing that people with disabilities enjoy the same rights and opportunities as all other community members. CBR is organized in a five-component matrix-namely, health, education, social, livelihood, and empowerment. To measure the effectiveness of CBR, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed standardized indicators. The objective of the present study is to translate and validate the CBR indicators (CBR-Is), providing preliminary evidence of their use for disability in Italy. After obtaining permission from the WHO, the CBR-Is followed a process of translation and cross-cultural adaptation according to international guidelines. An examination of internal consistency and reliability was than performed. The intra-rater reliability was estimated using the In-traclass Correlation Coefficient with a 95% confidence interval. In order to measures the differences between people with and without disabilities, an independent sample T-test was used for quantita-tive indicators. The Italian version of the CBR-Is (IT-CBR-Is) was administered to 234 people. The internal consistency showed a good value, with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of .862, and the intra-rater reliability analysis showed solid values for each domain (range: 0.723–0.882). Statistically significant differences between people with and without disabilities were found for each domain of the CBR matrix-namely, health, social, education, livelihood, and empowerment. The IT-CBR-Is are consistent and reliable measures when used to investigate disability in a community-based inclusive development perspective. National stakeholders can now have specific indicators to imple-ment services and actions for people with disabilities.
2021
community-based inclusive development; community-based rehabilitation; disability; indicators; reliability; humans; italy; reproducibility of results; surveys and questionnaires; world health organization; community health services; disabled persons
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Community-based rehabilitation indicators: Validation and preliminary evidence for disability in italy / Tofani, M.; Esposito, G.; Berardi, A.; Galeoto, G.; Iorio, S.; Marceca, M.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1660-4601. - 18:21(2021), pp. 1-10. [10.3390/ijerph182111256]
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