Caracterización sociodemográfica de los estudiantes de la Unidad de Educación Especial ciudad de Loja N°2 APPRONJEL

Disability constitutes a frequent health problem for those who suffer it because they depend on caregivers who are mainly relatives or others, and also if is added the educational process it becomes more complex, as they require constant family support, that can cause changes in structure and functionality and not all family members can cope with changes and adaptation, which can create family dysfunction, even leading to the abandonment of these people who need a family to grow and develop in society. A quantitative, observational, and cross-sectional prospective cohort search was used in the study of the Special Education Unit of The Parents Association in favor of Children and Young People of Loja N°2 (APPRONJEL in Spanish acronyms), the aim of this research project is to characterize the students, the data was collected through a survey and the Family Functionality Test (FF-SIL in Spanish acronyms). Ninety-one students met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, obtained as result that 31.87% of the participants’ age rate was from 16 to 20 years old, 69.33% were male, 50.55% were in high school, 38.46% of the students had a severe degree of disability and also the predominant disability is the intellectual one with an 87.91%. Besides, 57.03% of the participants belong to nuclear families, 43.82% of the families are functional, the 19.10% of families are dysfunctional, and 3.37% are severely dysfunctional. Finally, it was found that there was not any significant statistical relationship between family structure and functionality (p = 0.427). Keywords: family relations, disability, educational status.

• Main Author: Loaiza Vega, Rosa Amalia (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Language: spa
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: DISCAPACIDAD; FAMILIA; SOCIODEMOGRAFÍA
• Online Access: https://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/24081