Integrating the ICF Model to Study Health Satisfaction and the Long-Term Effects of Leisure Activity Limitation after Road Traffic Crashes

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This research study was conducted in District Malakand to find out the long-term effect of leisure activities limitation on the health satisfaction of road traffic crash victims. For this purpose, a sampling procedure (Multistage Stratified Random Sampling) was selected to choose a sample from the study university that represents the whole universe. Hence, 274 Road Traffic Injuries (RTI) victims were interviewed to obtain the study objectives from twelve Union Councils of District Malakand. For testing the association of leisure activities limitation and health satisfaction status at bivariate level the Chi-square and Kendall’s Tau-b statistical tests were applied however, the same was repeated at multivariate level by controlling the four background variables (age, gender, education and income). The study found that most respondents were from 21 to 30 years of age who were involved in Traffic Crashes (TC). Male (95%) were the dominant group of RTI victims. In terms of education, primary to high grade respondents were the highest group. The low-income group of the victims (33.2%) had the highest ratio of reported injury. The results at bivariate level further investigated that the health satisfaction status was significantly influenced by leisure activities limitation of RTI victims. Age, gender, education, and income levels explained the association between independent and dependent variables at multivariate level. The study suggests an immediate action on the enforcement of traffic laws and regulations equally in rural areas. An effective post-crash response is needed to support crash survivors and reintegrate into society by providing social, economic, recreational facilities as per their disability needs.