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Zabolypour S, Mohammadi- shahbolaghi F, Khankeh H R, Norouzi Tabrizi K. Invisible disability: concept analysis with Walker and Avant's approach. IJRN 2025; 11 (2) : 8
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Soheila Zabolypour Mrs 
, Farahnaz Mohammadi- shahbolaghi Dr * , Hamid Reza Khankeh Dr , Kian Norouzi Tabrizi Dr
, Farahnaz Mohammadi- shahbolaghi Dr * , Hamid Reza Khankeh Dr , Kian Norouzi Tabrizi Dr
Professor of Nursing , Iranian Research Center on Aging, Nursing Department, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. f.mohammadi@uswr.ac.ir
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Introduction: With the industrialization of societies and increasing age, the number of people with invisible disabilities has increased. This has been the focus of various fields, such as medicine, nursing, and social research. However, a clear definition has not been provided.
Methods: This study was conducted using the eight-step method of Walker and Avant. For this purpose, in Magiran, SID, PubMed, ProQuest, Embase, and CINHAL databases and with the Farsi keywords invisible disability, hidden disability, hidden disease, invisible disease, invisible disability, invisible condition, hidden condition and hidden disability and the keywords English hidden disability, invisible disability, invisible condition, nonvisible disability, unseen disability, invisible impairment, close disability, the search was done from 2012 to 2022. Entry criteria include keywords mentioned in the title or text of the article, printed in English, and within the mentioned time frame. Exclusion criteria include not having access to the full text of the article. Then, related texts were analyzed using the Granheim and Lundman content analysis method, and the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of the concept of invisible disability were extracted.
Results: The analysis of 29 related sources showed that the antecedents of the concept of invisible disability include bio-psychological disorders, its attributes include three categories of invisibility, manageability, and requiring an individual support approach, and the consequences include two categories of personal and social consequences.
Conclusion: The results of this study, which determined the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of invisible disability, provide an opportunity to reduce its consequences as much as possible with prevention, early diagnosis, and proper planning for people.
Methods: This study was conducted using the eight-step method of Walker and Avant. For this purpose, in Magiran, SID, PubMed, ProQuest, Embase, and CINHAL databases and with the Farsi keywords invisible disability, hidden disability, hidden disease, invisible disease, invisible disability, invisible condition, hidden condition and hidden disability and the keywords English hidden disability, invisible disability, invisible condition, nonvisible disability, unseen disability, invisible impairment, close disability, the search was done from 2012 to 2022. Entry criteria include keywords mentioned in the title or text of the article, printed in English, and within the mentioned time frame. Exclusion criteria include not having access to the full text of the article. Then, related texts were analyzed using the Granheim and Lundman content analysis method, and the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of the concept of invisible disability were extracted.
Results: The analysis of 29 related sources showed that the antecedents of the concept of invisible disability include bio-psychological disorders, its attributes include three categories of invisibility, manageability, and requiring an individual support approach, and the consequences include two categories of personal and social consequences.
Conclusion: The results of this study, which determined the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of invisible disability, provide an opportunity to reduce its consequences as much as possible with prevention, early diagnosis, and proper planning for people.
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Received: 2024/01/16 | Accepted: 2024/07/14 | Published: 2025/03/2
Received: 2024/01/16 | Accepted: 2024/07/14 | Published: 2025/03/2
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