March 2021

FY2020 Studies of Quality of Life (QOL) of Wheelchair Clients(Wheelchair Service Provision Project in Thailand and Indonesia)
This report was prepared byWheelchairs And Friendship Center of Asia (WAFCA)
Wheelchairs And Friendship Center of Asia, Thailand (WAFCAT)
Wheelchairs And Friendship Center of Asia, Indonesia (WAFCAI)

1.

Background
WAFCA, WAFCAT, and WAFCAI have been working towards the same vision and mission
to help children with disabilities and their family members improve their Quality of Life (QOL);
the degree to which an individual is healthy, comfortable, and able to participate in or enjoy life
events.
WAFCA Group Vision 2030
Stay close with each of children with disabilities in Asia, and work through "planning anddeveloping feasible environment leading their independence".
Mission Providing wheelchairs and assistive devices corresponding to individual disability andgrowth.
 Promoting and providing barrier-free design for homes, schools, and communities ofchildren with disabilities.
 Organizing and providing capability development trainings with children withdisabilities, their families and teachers, and communities.
 Providing scholarships to be continuously granted until children with disabilities canparticipate in society.
In order to measure social impact towards our vision and mission, WAFCA, WAFCAT, andWAFCAI have conducted a questionnaire survey for beneficiaries of the wheelchair service
provision project in FY2020.
However, further investigation is required to study the changes in QOL level for the samegroup of target clients once again next year.

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2.

Data Collection: April 2020 – March 2021
 WAFCA developed a questionnaire survey form (a total of 40 questions under 11categories) based on the WHOQOL-100.
1) Pain Control
2) Self-Awareness3) Daily Activities
4) Medical/Social Services 5) Environment6) Finance7) Mobility/Transport
8) Personal Relationship9) Leisure10) Information/Learning11) Work/Study

3.

WAFCAT and WAFCAI conducted a survey for the wheelchair clients by directly
meeting them or by online application (Google Form).

Survey Target Number of Wheelchair Clients
Number of Targets for Survey

Number of Respondents

Response Rate

Thailand

10271

70%

Indonesia

280

10036%

 Breakdown Number of Respondents by Level of Disability
Slight Disability

Moderate Disability

Severe Disability

Thailand (71)222623Indonesia (100)30452530%

42%

28%Ratio (%)

 Breakdown Number by People Responded
ParentGrandparent

Uncle/AuntBrother/Sister

Teacher

OthersThailand41252020Indonesia

74202022Total

115

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4.

Results1) Total Level of QOL
1-1) Thailand
FY2 0 2 0 TOTA L LE VE L O F Q O L (T HA I LA ND)
Low, Very Low-QOL

40%

Intermediate-QOL

High, Very High-QOL

29%

24%

31%

29%

39%

47%

MODERATEDISABILITY

SEVEREDISABILITY

38%
22%SLIGHT
DISABILITY

1-2) Indonesia
FY2 0 2 0 TOTA L LE VE L O F Q O L (I NDO NESI A )Low, Very Low-QOL

Intermediate-QOL

High, Very High-QOL

34%

36%

41%

37%

21%

25%

26%

SLIGHTDISABILITY

MODERATEDISABILITY

SEVEREDISABILITY

44%
35%

The survey results show that children with slight disability tend to have higher QOL level(Thailand: 40%, Indonesia: 44%) as compared with ones with severer disabilities (Thailand: 24%,Indonesia: 36%). In particular, 47% of children with severe disability in Thailand answered thatthey have low or very low QOL level, which needs to be improved.
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FY2 0 2 0 Q O L I N MO BI LI T Y/T RA NSPO RT (T HA I LA ND)
Low, Very Low-QOL

Intermediate-QOL

23%

31%

45%

23%

32%
SLIGHTDISABILITY

High, Very High-QOL

24%
23%

47%

53%

MODERATEDISABILITY

SEVEREDISABILITY

2-2) Indonesia
FY2 0 2 0 Q O L I N MO BI LI T Y/T RA NSPO RT(I NDO NESI A )Low, Very Low-QOL

Intermediate-QOL

High, Very High-QOL

30%

18%

18%40%

56%

48%

30%

26%

34%

SLIGHTDISABILITY

MODERATEDISABILITY

SEVEREDISABILITY

When we pay attention to the level of QOL specifically in Mobility/Transport, the percentagesof high-very high QOL of children with slight disabilities drop from 40% to 23% in Thailand, andfrom 44% to 30% in Indonesia. This implies that regardless the level of disability, the issues withMobility/Transport can be the major reason to lower the level of QOL.
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