Confrontation, resistance and differentation in the quality of life regarding persons with disability in Republic of Croatia and Slovenia

Osobe s invaliditetom suočavaju se s nizom promjena na fizičkom, psihičkom, emotivnom, poslovnom i društvenom planu koje od njih zahtijevaju iznimne mehanizme suočavanja i prilagodbe na novonastale situacije. Ovo istraživanje imalo je nekoliko ciljeva, a to je bilo ispitati: odnos psihosocijalne prilagodbe na invaliditet u odnosu na dob ispitanika, provjeriti postoji li razlika u strategijama suočavanja kod osoba s invaliditetom u odnosu na spol ispitanika, ispitati postoji li utjecaj invaliditeta na radnu sposobnosti u odnosu na mjesto prebivališta ispitanika, ispitati utjecaj invaliditeta na društveno-ekonomski status u odnosu na mjesto prebivališta i stupanj obrazovanja, ispitati postoji li razlika u procjeni kvalitete života kod ispitanika s amputacijama donjih ekstremiteta u Hrvatskoj i Sloveniji, ispitati razliku u kvaliteti života kod osoba s invaliditetom koji su u bračnoj zajednici. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali postoji statistički značajna razlika po dobi i spolu između ispitanika. Između ispitanika iz Slovenije i Hrvatske postoji razlika između: radne sposobnosti, stečene stručne spreme i u procjeni kvalitete života. Zaključak: može se zaključiti da postoji razlika u suočavanju, otpornosti i procjeni razlike u kvaliteti života kod osoba s amputacijama donjih ekstremiteta u Republici Hrvatskoj i Sloveniji kod osoba s invaliditetom.ABSTRACT People with disabilities face a series of physical, psychological, emotional, business and social changes that require exceptional coping mechanisms and adaptation to new situations. This research had several goals, which were to examine: the relationship of psychosocial adaptation to disability in relation to good subjects, to check whether there are differences in coping strategies in persons with disabilities in relation to the sex of the subjects, to examine whether there is an impact of disability on work ability in in relation to the sex of the respondents. in relation to the respondent's place of residence, examine the impact of disability on socio-economic status in relation to place of residence and level of education, examine whether there is a difference in the assessment of the quality of life of persons with lower limb amputations in Croatia and Slovenia, examine the difference in the quality of life of persons with disabilities in marriage union. The research results showed a statistically significant difference in age and gender between the respondents. Between respondents from Slovenia and Croatia there is a difference between: work ability, level of professional education and in the assessment of quality of life. Conclusion: it can be concluded that there is a difference in coping, resilience and assessment of differences in the quality of life of persons with lower limb amputations in the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia