Representaciones sociales de la discapacidad en personas con enfermedades crónicas y estudiantes de terapia física

Victor Alberto Huerta-Francisco; Teresa Margarita  Torres-López; Adrián Castañeda-Reyes

doi:10.19136/hs.a21n2.4063

Authors

Victor Alberto Huerta-Francisco University of Guadalajara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5654-9743
Teresa Margarita Torres-López Department of Public Health, University of Guadalajara https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4157-5073
Adrián Castañeda-Reyes Department of Medical Clinics, University of Guadalajara. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5320-4969

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a21n2.4063

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the social representations of the concept of “disability” by people with chronic diseases who attend a rehabilitation clinic and students of the career in physical therapy, in order to know the commonsense socio-cognitive assessment from two complementary perspectives.

Materials and methods: A mixed method approach, based on the qualitative paradigm were use. The theory of social representations were used from the structural orientation of Abric. Participants were selected by purposeful sampling, with the collaboration of 134 people from México. Techniques to collect the information were free list and pairs comparison. Processual and structural analyzes were use.

Results: Most participants with chronic diseases base their social representation on experiences. The field of representation fixed on the deteriorated body and its interruption in daily life activities. Students in physical therapy base their representation on knowledge of the medical model for intervention, in addition to showing critical thinking regarding disability.

Conclusions: The findings can guide interventions based on educational models that make the patient an active agent in the process of recovering their health, to be included in the social environment.

Keywords: Disability; Social representations; Chronic disease; Students

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Author Biographies

Victor Alberto Huerta-Francisco, University of Guadalajara

Graduate in Psychology, Department of Public Health, University Center for Health Sciences, University of Guadalajara. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Teresa Margarita Torres-López, Department of Public Health, University of Guadalajara

Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Guadalajara (UDG), Mexico, Master's degree in public health sciences and PhD in social and cultural anthropology from the Rovira y Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain.
Adrián Castañeda-Reyes, Department of Medical Clinics, University of Guadalajara.

Graduate in surgeon and midwife from the University of Guadalajara (UDG), and Specialty in rehabilitation medicine from the University of Guadalajara (UDG), Mexico.