Young people with impaired mobility in Finland : Numbers, diagnoses, risks of exclusion, and quality of life
Kivelä, Juha; Nurmi-Koikkalainen, Päivi; Ristikari, Tiina; Hiekkala, Sinikka (2020)
Kivelä, Juha
Nurmi-Koikkalainen, Päivi
Ristikari, Tiina
Hiekkala, Sinikka
THL
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-455-4
Discussion Paper = Työpaperi : 2020_003
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-455-4
Discussion Paper = Työpaperi : 2020_003
Tiivistelmä
The present study investigated the numbers of young people with impaired mobility in Finland and assessed their risk of exclusion and quality of life. This was done by examining data from two national birth cohorts (1987 and 1997) compiled by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and material from the School Health Promotion Study (2017). The young people were identified as having impaired mobility from the birth cohorts on the basis of their diagnoses recorded in various health service databases and the responses made by the individuals to questions in the school health promotion study. Use of these birth cohorts facilitated the inclusion of data from the various registries administrated by the Finnish authorities, which consequently facilitated the assessment of the risk of exclusion of the young people in question. Moreover, the school health promotion study included several questions pertaining to the quality of life of young people. In the present study, young people with impaired mobility are defined as the approximately 10,000 14 29 year olds who are at a greater risk of experiencing factors contributing toward social exclusion than others of the same age. In addition, they are more dissatisfied with their quality of life than their age group peers.
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