Multiple barriers to participation for people with psychosocial disability in Dehradun district, North India: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study used a population-based cross-sectional survey to describe the prevalence of psychosocial disability and unmet need for access to services in North India.

Setting

This study was conducted in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, in 2014.

Participants

A population-based sample of 2441 people over the age of 18 years.

Primary outcome measures

The Rapid Assessment of Disability survey tool identified people with disability and used an adapted version of the Kessler scale to identify those with psychosocial disability. It additionally collected information on socioeconomic variables, access to community services and barriers to participation. Prevalence of psychosocial disability and unmet needs and descriptions of barriers to services were calculat

SUBMITTER: Mathias K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855246 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature