Exploring Health and Premature Mortality of Wheelchair Users from a Medical and a Greek-Orthodox Perspective
Wheelchair users have a lower life expectancy compared to the general population. This project aims to provide a deeper understanding of the interaction between physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that affect the mortality and health of this target group. The methods used were qua...
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| description | Wheelchair users have a lower life expectancy compared to the general population. This project aims to provide a deeper understanding of the interaction between physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that affect the mortality and health of this target group. The methods used were qualitative. Data from phenomenological interviews, questionnaires, medical reports, and existing literature were composed to develop a grounded theory depicting the overall health of wheelchair users. The research team explored death causes, risk factors of premature death, and contributors that affect risk factors. In the discussion, we explored and analyzed specific patterns of interaction of the factors in the data and other research projects. Moreover, we attempted to analyze these patterns through the viewpoint of the Greek-Orthodox tradition. In general, the project confirmed previous research findings. The most common death causes seemed to be heart attacks and cancer. These seemed to be affected mainly by obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy lifestyle, and inadequate preventive healthcare. Spiritual practices based on the Greek-Orthodox tradition are suggested as ways of management. The conclusions can be useful not only to health and social care professionals and clerics, but also wheelchair users themselves. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04d5aa816afe4775bb997fa22a89a7472023-12-03T12:09:45ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-07-0113763610.3390/rel13070636Exploring Health and Premature Mortality of Wheelchair Users from a Medical and a Greek-Orthodox PerspectiveKonstantinos Papanikolaou0Andreas Andreopoulos1Apostolos Chatzitolios2Athanasios Gianasmidis3Colin Goble4Independent Researcher, 570 03 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Philosophy, Religions and Liberal Arts, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester, Winchester SO22 4NR, Hampshire, UKFaculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, GreeceIndependent Researcher, 570 03 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Community and Health, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Winchester SO22 4NR, Hampshire, UKWheelchair users have a lower life expectancy compared to the general population. This project aims to provide a deeper understanding of the interaction between physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that affect the mortality and health of this target group. The methods used were qualitative. Data from phenomenological interviews, questionnaires, medical reports, and existing literature were composed to develop a grounded theory depicting the overall health of wheelchair users. The research team explored death causes, risk factors of premature death, and contributors that affect risk factors. In the discussion, we explored and analyzed specific patterns of interaction of the factors in the data and other research projects. Moreover, we attempted to analyze these patterns through the viewpoint of the Greek-Orthodox tradition. In general, the project confirmed previous research findings. The most common death causes seemed to be heart attacks and cancer. These seemed to be affected mainly by obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy lifestyle, and inadequate preventive healthcare. Spiritual practices based on the Greek-Orthodox tradition are suggested as ways of management. The conclusions can be useful not only to health and social care professionals and clerics, but also wheelchair users themselves.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/7/636wheelchair usersOrthodox spiritualitymortalitydisabilityhealth |
| spellingShingle | Konstantinos Papanikolaou Andreas Andreopoulos Apostolos Chatzitolios Athanasios Gianasmidis Colin Goble Exploring Health and Premature Mortality of Wheelchair Users from a Medical and a Greek-Orthodox Perspective Religions wheelchair users Orthodox spirituality mortality disability health |
| title | Exploring Health and Premature Mortality of Wheelchair Users from a Medical and a Greek-Orthodox Perspective |
| title_full | Exploring Health and Premature Mortality of Wheelchair Users from a Medical and a Greek-Orthodox Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Exploring Health and Premature Mortality of Wheelchair Users from a Medical and a Greek-Orthodox Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring Health and Premature Mortality of Wheelchair Users from a Medical and a Greek-Orthodox Perspective |
| title_short | Exploring Health and Premature Mortality of Wheelchair Users from a Medical and a Greek-Orthodox Perspective |
| title_sort | exploring health and premature mortality of wheelchair users from a medical and a greek orthodox perspective |
| topic | wheelchair users Orthodox spirituality mortality disability health |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/7/636 |
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