Resumen de Discapacidad y su relación con variables sociodemográficas y clínicas en adultos de la ciudad de San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia.

Lida Maritza Gil Obando, Alexandra López López, Carmen Liliana Ávila Rendón, Carlos Hernando Criollo Castro, Alexandra Marcela Canchala Obando, Maria Paula Serrato Medoza

• español

  Introducción: La evaluación de discapacidad implica el análisis desde un nivel corporal, personal y social. Objetivo: Correlacionar discapacidad con variables sociodemográficas y clínicas de personas adultas de la ciudad de San Juan de Pasto, Colombia. Materiales y Métodos: Estudio correlacional, la muestra estuvo constituida por 117 personas con discapacidad, mayores de 20 años con más de seis meses de la limitación, se utilizó el WHODAS-II. Resultados: Las variables sociodemográficas edad, rangos de edad, estado civil y ocupación presentaron asociación significativa con movilidad y discapacidad final. Las variables clínicas de diagnóstico médico, tiempo y rangos de tiempo de limitación,  tipo de ayuda externa, uso y tipo de medicamentos presentaron asociación significativa con las áreas de movilidad, autocuidado, relacionarse con otras personas, actividades de la vida diaria y participación en sociedad. Conclusión: Las personas con discapacidad del estudio en su mayoría fueron hombres, solteros, y con grado de discapacidad leve. La ocupación y las variables clínicas evidenciaron mayor repercusión sobre las actividades de la vida diaria, movilidad y discapacidad global.AbstractIntroduction: Disability evaluation involves analysis from a corporal, social and personal level. Objective: To correlate disability with sociodemographic and clinical variables of adults in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia. Materials and Method:  A correlational study was made, whose sample consisted of 117 people with disabilities, who were older than 20 years old with more than six months with the disability. WHODAS II was used. Results: The sociodemographic variables: age, age ranges, marital status and occupation presented a significant association with mobility and final disability. The clinical variables: medical diagnosis, time and time ranges of disability, type of external help, use and type of drugs, showed a significant association with the areas of mobility, self-care, relationships with others, daily life activities and participation in society. Conclusions. People with disabilities in this study were mostly men, single and credited a degree of mild disability. Occupation and clinical variables showed greater impact on daily life activities, mobility and global disability.

• English

  Introduction: Disability evaluation involves analysis from a corporal, social and personal level. Objective: To correlate disability with sociodemographic and clinical variables of adults in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia. Materials and Method: A correlational study was made, whose sample consisted of 117 people with disabilities, who were older than 20 years old with more than six months with the disability. WHODAS II was used. Results: The sociodemographicvariables: age, age ranges, marital status and occupation  presented a significant association with mobility and final disability. The clinical variables: medical diagnosis, time and time ranges of disability, type of external help, use and type of drugs, showed a significant association with the areas of mobility, self-care, relationships with others, daily life activities and participation in society. Conclusions. People with disabilities in this study were mostly men, single and credited a degree of mild disability. Occupation and clinical variables showed greater impact on daily life activities, mobility and global disability.