Percepción de calidad de vida en personas privadas de libertad originarias de la región austral ecuatoriana y en situación de movilidad internos en el Centro de Privación de Libertad - Turi, durante el período septiembre 2019 - enero 2020

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to describe perceptions of Quality of Life of people deprived of liberty originating in the Southern region and people in mobility in the Detention Centre of Freedom of Turi, based on their personal characteristics, environment and social relationships. The study was carried out with a cross-sectional design of descriptive scope and involved 127 people deprived of liberty, 81 from the southern region and 46 people in mobility, whose ages ranged from 20 to 68 years old. For data collection, the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire was used in its short Spanish version (WHOQOL-BREF), which consists of 26 questions on Likert's scale, which aim is to be conscious of the life quality received by the subject in order to create an accurate allowing us to give a score of the areas defined by the WhoQol Group (1995). The results obtained indicate that there is a significant percentage of perception of Quality of Life within the middle range, while among the domains with lower scores such as environment and psychological health; and the best score is for social relations. In addition, it was possible to determine that while the time in which people are deprived of liberty may occur handling of answers to obtain better life quality while their sentence. In relation to the results obtained it was concluded that there is a possibility that the space and conditions one is living in the CPL-Turi during the sentencing time will be normalized. In addition, the process of integration to a new social group within the Centre provide of relevant support to meet different needs.