Implementation of a therapy area for children with disabilities case study: Hospital Básico IESS de Chone

Abstract

This study focused on people with disabilities, which in some cases do not receive the special attention they require and that are enshrined in the Constitution as a right, should be provided to communities, comprehensive rehabilitation centers that offer the service and allow families to save time in mobilization to other cities, Specifically, the possibility of implementing an area for the rehabilitation of children with disabilities in the Basic Hospital IESS of Chone, which allows, with the help of professionals and the necessary equipment, the stimulation of children, developing skills and abilities and integrating them into society. The research approach combined the quantitative with the qualitative, 209 disabled infants were identified in Chone, and the sample size was calculated in 158 for the surveys allowing to identify various aspects such as type and percentage of disability and the types of assistance they require, also interviews were applied to health professionals, to know the requirements that a center needs for its implementation, also a literature review was conducted. A bibliographic review was also carried out. 119 respondents with a disabled child relative were detected, 67.23% receive some type of rehabilitation therapy, and 32.77% have not received therapy continuously, and it was analyzed by applying the chi-square formula, if there is a correlation between the therapy received or not by the infants and the degree of disability, showing that the level of therapy received has an impact.