Effect of COVID-19 stress on physical function performance and socioenvironmental factors of people with disabilities in Korea

This study investigated the effect of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential moderating effects of socioenvironmental factors on the physical conditions of Korean people with disabilities. Data from 405 participants on depression, instrumental activities of daily living and socioenvironmental factors were analyzed using frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlations and hierarchical regression analysis. Stress caused by COVID-19 was significantly correlated with depression, instrumental activities of daily living and social participation. Using socioenvironmental factors as moderators of the relationship between stress and depression, we found that increased depression was alleviated by social attitudes (β = 2.064; P 
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research