Study participants
disability, mental disabilities
Although the study participants had a variety of primary illnesses, all but four were using disability services, indicating that most had some disability in their daily and social lives. However, 21 (46.7%) were working without support and 18 (40.0%) were living alone. According to a national survey of people with disabilities in Japan, 18.6% of people with mental disabilities under the age of 65 live alone, and 49.8% spend most of their daytime hours at home [