Pilot test for the development of the health profile of disability in the Madrid Municipality (Cundinamarca)

Abstract

Despite the efforts to implement strategies that allow to determine the frequency of disability in Colombia, still persists methodological issues and collection of information. The previous, involves an increasing need to implement systems of surveillance in public health in which disability is considered a condition of interest. In alliance with the Ambulatory Center Gustavo Escallón Cayzedo of the Foundation Santa Fe de Bogota and the Office of Social Development of the municipality of Madrid (Cundinamarca), a methodological guide and an index card of collection of information for the population with disability were designed, under the contours of the International Classification of the Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Objective: To implement a pilot that will defined the necessary criteria for the definition of the epidemiological profile of disability in the municipality of Madrid, Cundinamarca. Materials and methods: a descriptive study was conducted, articulated to the project of investigation identification of the factors related with the social inclusion of the people with disability of the municipality of Madrid (Cundinamarca). This study allowed to establish the criteria for the use of the index epidemiological card designed by the researcher group with the goal to determine the characteristics of the epidemiological profile of disability in the municipality. Results: 57 people with disability that assisted to the services of rehabilitation of the Foundation Santa Fe de Bogota and of the social programs of the Office of Social Development of the municipality of Madrid, Cundinamarca, were linked to the study. The variables that allow to describe the epidemiological profile of disability include: the age (average 39,9 S.D.13,9), schooling, employment and socioeconomic stratum (between 1 and 3). Conclusions: From the results of the study, it is evident the need to implement rigorous methodologies for the registration and analysis of the information related with disability. The guide and the instrument for the recollection of data is adjusted to the considerations of the World Health Organization. Further investigations are required to guarantee external validity and representativeness from populational perspectives.

Keywords

• disability
• public health surveillance
• epidemiological profile
• Madrid (Cundinamarca).