Study of Contributing Factors to Hygiene among Differently-Abled People in Kano State Rehabilitation Centre, Nigeria
Abstract: Introduction Differently-abled people may be particularly susceptible to Health hazard either as a direct consequence of their disability or due of lack awareness regarding personal and environmental hygiene. Objectives This study compares the knowledge, attitude, and practice of hygiene among the disabled in Kano state Rehabilitation center. Methods Cross sectional study design was used for this study. The sample size estimate of 8 % margin of error, 95 % confidence interval Z= 1.96, and proportion of disabled was set as 50 % since no study on similar study on was conducted. Sample size using the formula (Z^2 (PQ)) /d^2 was calculated as 150. And the sampling technique adopted was stratified random sampling (Equal allocation) and interview using a semi- structured questionnaire. Data consisted of knowledge about hygiene, personal hygiene characteristics, and Attitudes towards hygiene, were analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS version 19.0. Statistical significance for all comparing groups was defined as a p-value less than 0.05. Results A total of 121 of 150 questionnaires were completed and returned (response rate = 80.6 %). About 73 % of mean score for hygiene practice were the blind that perform most and also attitude with 88 %. Multivariate test, Wilkslamda is 0.00 (p-value
Keywords: Disabled, Hygiene practice, Knowledge, Attitudes, Rehabilitation center
How to Cite?: Ahmed A. Sadiq, R. Kamaraj, "Study of Contributing Factors to Hygiene among Differently-Abled People in Kano State Rehabilitation Centre, Nigeria", Volume 4 Issue 2, February 2015, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 342-346, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SUB151167, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SUB151167