Rehabilitation Process and Persons with Physical Dysfunctions

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to determine rehabilitation process and persons with physical dysfunctions. To achieve the purpose of this study, three hypotheses were formulated. Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study. A sample of one hundred persons with disabilities was randomly selected for the study. The selection was done through the simple random sampling technique. This was to give equal and independent opportunity to all the respondents to be selected for the study. The questionnaire was the major instrument used for data collection. The instrument was subjected to both face and content validation by expert in measurement and evaluation. The reliability estimate of the instrument was established through the test-retest reliability method Pearson product correlation analysis and independent t-test were employed were adopted to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The result of the analysis reveals that rehabilitation significantly relates with persons with orthopedic and neurological impairments. The result also revealed that there is a significant difference between male and female disabled persons in their perception of rehabilitation of persons with other health impairments.