Background:

The specialist nurse in rehabilitation nursing is essential in the involvement of people with disabilities in sports practices. Their role is to intervene in deviations of health of the person and to evaluate the accessibility of the building.

Objectives:

To analyze architectural barriers in the building and to analyze the differences taking into account the typology of the building and their location.

Methodology:

Quantitative paradigm of descriptive and transversal nature. A universe composed of 9 public sports buildings of a Portuguese Municipality. The data collection instrument is an observation grid built from the legislation in force. The data treatment was carried out using simple descriptive statistics and chi-square.

Results:

There are architectural barriers in buildings, such as stairs with inadequate steps and handrails, sanitary facilities with washbasins and toilets without correct heights, among others, but there were no significant differences regarding the accessibility conditions between buildings with swimming pools and with courts or between buildings located in the city or suburbs.

Conclusion:

In the municipality under study, people with disabilities have difficulty accessing suitable places to practice some sports activities. Rehabilitation nurses should evaluate the enclosures in relation to architectural barriers to make proper counseling and sensitization to the local authority in order to make it more inclusive.

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