Influencia de los factores sociodemográficos en el desempeño ocupacional de personas con discapacidad física institucionalizadas

Abstract

OBJECTIVE the goal is to analyze the Occupational performance of institutionalized people with physical disability, and determine if sociodemographic variables such as gender, years of institutionalization, the cause of the physical disability and the level of occupational participation, affect to occupational performance. METHODOLOGY it is a cross-sectional study of quantitative approach carried out at the Center for Care of Persons with Physical Disabilities (CAMF) in Ferrol. 35 people participated in the study. They were living at the center, and it was applied the quantitative part of the Occupational Performance History Interview-Second Version (OPHI-II). RESULTS it has been found relationship between gender and the level of occupational participation with respect to occupational performance. However, there were no relation between years of institutionalization and the cause of physical disability. The occupational identity was related with gender, but not with the cause of physical disability neither the level of occupational performance. The occupational competence set relationship with the cause of the physical disability and the level of occupational performance. And finally, the occupational context was unrelated to any other variables. CONCLUSIONS the occupational performance of intitutionalized people with physical disabilities is affected by variables such as gender and level of participation. However, the number of years of institutionalization doesn’t influence any of the components of occupational performance, but the cause of the disability affects it.