Introduccion: La parálisis cerebral es considerada como un grupo de trastornos permanentes deldesarrollo que originan limitaciones en la actividad diaria. Una de las complicaciones en las personascon parálisis cerebral es la disminución de la calidad de vida.Objetivo: El objetivo de este estudio es conocer la calidad de vida de las personas adultas institucionalizadas con parálisis cerebral infantil y conocer si existen diferencias en el índice de calidad de vida en función de las características funcionales.Método: Estudio observacional descriptivo trasversal en personas adultas institucionalizas con parálisiscerebral infantil realizado en los centros APCA y ASPROPACE entre marzo y septiembre de 2017. Seadministró el cuestionario San Martín para medir la Calidad de Vida, Gross motor classification system,cuestionario Barthel, Escala CFCS para medir función motora, dependencia física, nivel decomunicación y relacionarlas con variables sociodemográficas y clínicas. La selección de lospariticipantes se llevó a cabo mediante un muestreo estratificado aleatorio. Se contó con la aprobaciónde las direcciones de los centros.Resultados: Participaron 39 personas con edad media de 32,54 años. La puntuación media global delcuestionario San Martin fue de 102,97 puntos. Las dimensiones mas afectadas fueron bienestar material, desarrollo personal e incluison social. No se obtuvo significación estadística en la puntuación global del cuestionario en función de las variables secundarias.Conclusiones: Los resultados de este estudio han demostrado que la Calidad de vida de adultos conparálisis cerebral en los sujetos estudiados es buena. Introduction: Cerebral palsy is considered a group of permanent developmental disorders that causelimitations in daily activity. One of the complications in people with cerebral palsy is the decrease inquality of life.Objective: The objective of this study is to know the quality of life for institutionalized adults withinfantile cerebral palsy and to know if there are differences in the quality of life index based on functionalcharacteristics.Method: Cross-sectional descriptive observational study in institutionalized adults with infantile cerebralpalsy performed in the APCA and ASPROPACE centers between March and September 2017. The SanMartín questionnaire was administered to measure the Quality of Life, Gross motor classificationsystem, Barthel questionnaire, Scale CFCS to measure motor function, physical dependence, level ofcommunication and relate them with sociodemographic and clinical variables. The selection of theparticipants was carried out by random stratified sampling. It was approved by the centers' addresses.Results: Participants were 39 people with an average age of 32.54 years. The overall average score ofthe San Martin questionnaire was 102.97 points. The most affected dimensions were material wellbeing,personal development and social incluison. No statistical significance was obtained in the overall score of the questionnaire based on the secondary variables.Conclusions: The results of this study have shown that the quality of life of adults with cerebral palsy inthe subjects studied is good.
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