Características de la calidad de vida en familias con un adulto con discapacidad intelectual (DI)/RM en la ciudad de Cali, Colombia

One hundred and fifty eight families of adults with intellectual disability were interviewed; their average age was 38.8. Of these, 85.4% had medical service, 85.4% hadn’t attended school, and 24.4% knew how to read or write. The average age of caretakers was 60 years. 48.9% of these manifested satisfaction with their quality of life, whereas, 20.2% expressed dissatisfaction. However, the efficiency of support was rated very low in the following proportions: 59.9% in educative support received and 51% with no expectations for improvement; 52.3% in spiritual support received, and 91.7% with no expectations for improvement; and 17.6% in health support received, and 79.4 with no expectations for improvement. Furthermore, psychosocial support was perceived as inefficient or unnecessary, without hope for improvement. Keywords: Family, Quality of life, Intellectual disability/mental retardation, Social networks.

• Autores: Mora Antó, Adriana; Córdoba Andrade, Leonor; Bedoya Urrego, Ángela María; Verdugo, Miguel Ángel
• Fecha de publicación: 2007
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional USTA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/40245
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.usantotomas.edu.co/index.php/diversitas/article/view/214; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/40245
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2