Factors Associated with Social Participation in People with Severe Mental Disorders

Abstract

Sociodemographic factors and how each person with severe mental disorder (SMD) perceives their quality of life can influence their attendance of social participation programmes. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether quality of life or other sociodemographic factors are associated with the degree of participation in a social participation programme in a sample of people with SMD. From March to June 2019, a workshop was held in which 30 people with SMD belonging to the FEAFES Caceres association participated. Quality of life was measured using the SF-36 scale along with other sociodemographic variables. Descriptive analyses were performed, and the association of descriptive factors with attendance of the workshops was studied through a multivariate analysis. Of the 30 people evaluated (56.7% men; mean age 41.5 years), the global quality of life score in the mental domain was 45.51 (±6.82), and in the physical domain, it was 50.66 (±6.32). The association between the mean variables and the degree of social participation was not significant, with the exception of place of residence, with people living at home participating more often (ORa: 18.32 [1.23–272.51] p = 0.035).