THE QUALITY OF ELEVATORS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR BLIND AND/OR WHEELCHAIR USERS, MAZANDARAN, IRAN, 2010

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GOLESTANI BAKHT MEHDI; RABIEI KHADIJEH; MOJTAHEDZADEH MEHRAN

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Journal: Medical Ethics Year:2010 | Volume:4 | Issue:13 Page(s): 167-168

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THE QUALITY OF ELEVATORS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR BLIND AND/OR WHEELCHAIR USERS, MAZANDARAN, IRAN, 2010

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GOLESTANI BAKHT MEHDI | RABIEI KHADIJEH | MOJTAHEDZADEH MEHRAN | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

PATIENTS’ RIGHTQ4

WHEELCHAIRQ4

PUBLIC FACILITIESQ4

BLINDQ4

MAZANDARANQ4

Abstract

This study was done in order to assess the appropriateness of elevators of public/private buildings located in MAZANDARAN province.This was a cross-sectional study done in summer 2010. Examined buildings were randomly selected when there were many samples, however, all were assessed if were unique or less than 4 such in the cities. A check list was developed according to governmental standards. Content validity was obtained by consultation with experts and consumers. Reliability was tested by “test-re-test” method (using Pearson correlation Coefficient, r=0.77).Thirty five hundreds buildings in 4 categories (educational, health care related, community services, residential and leisure places) were assessed with 4 items regarding the function and services to provide. Items were included: presence of sliding doors, enough space of lift for accommodating at least one WHEELCHAIR, appropriate height and place of the order button in/out of the elevator, palpable button for use by BLIND handicapped. Scales for evaluation were as; existed/none existed. Data entered the SPSS (16) software to analyze.One thousand and three hundreds and ten community service (CS), 1010 residential/leisure places (RLP), 830 health care related buildings (HCR) and 350 educational buildings (EB) were evaluated. In 93% of CS, 94% of RLP, 92% of HCR and 83% of EB, the mentioned criteria were not met.Despite the existence of a dedicated legislation for comply; the vast majority of elevators were not suitable for the disabled. Needed corrections are necessary and essential.

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GOLESTANI BAKHT, MEHDI, RABIEI, KHADIJEH, & MOJTAHEDZADEH, MEHRAN. (2010). THE QUALITY OF ELEVATORS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR BLIND AND/OR WHEELCHAIR USERS, MAZANDARAN, IRAN, 2010. MEDICAL ETHICS, 4(13), 167-168. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/195673/en

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GOLESTANI BAKHT MEHDI, RABIEI KHADIJEH, MOJTAHEDZADEH MEHRAN. THE QUALITY OF ELEVATORS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR BLIND AND/OR WHEELCHAIR USERS, MAZANDARAN, IRAN, 2010. MEDICAL ETHICS[Internet]. 2010;4(13):167-168. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/195673/en

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MEHDI GOLESTANI BAKHT, KHADIJEH RABIEI, and MEHRAN MOJTAHEDZADEH, “THE QUALITY OF ELEVATORS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR BLIND AND/OR WHEELCHAIR USERS, MAZANDARAN, IRAN, 2010,” MEDICAL ETHICS, vol. 4, no. 13, pp. 167–168, 2010, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/195673/en

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