The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of gender to environmental barriers and societal participation/community integration. The Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART) was used to assess community integration, and the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors was used to assess barriers. A sample of 2,048 patients participating in the Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System was studied. Gender was found to be associated with environmental barriers; women experienced more across all domains. Gender differences were found for the Occupation scale of the CHART but not for its other scales.

CHART, CHIEF, barriers, community integration, gender, ICF, societal participation, spinal cord injury
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