Violence Against Persons with Mobility or Physical Disabilities and Related Factors in Samut Prakan Province

Abstract

          This descriptive research had the primary objective to study the prevalence of violence against persons with mobility or physical disabilities, and factors related to the exposure to violence, by applying the ecological theory of the World Health Organization (2014) as a research framework. The sample consisted of persons with mobility or physical disabilities, aged 20 years old and over. The sample size was 201, obtained by Sampling Without Replacement. The research instruments were 7 sets of questionnaires, with a content validity index between .89-1.00, and the reliability of between .72-1.00. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistical approach and chi-square statistics.

          The results of the study showed that 98% of the overall sample had experienced violence; which can be classified as psychological violence (96.50%), physical violence (77.10%), abandonment (76.50%), and sexual violence (36.30%), respectively. The results of the analysis revealed that the correlation between factors related to physical violence were age, illness, and family relationships. The factors correlated with psychological violence were income, illness, and family relationships. The factors related to sexual violence were gender, income, perception of violence, family relationship, and the values   related to violence. The factors correlated with violence in the form of abandonment were income, nature of disabilities, and family relationships. The recommendations from this study are that the data can be used as guideline for the arrangement of any programs which promote and prevent the abusive treatment from violence against persons with mobility or physical disabilities.