Funciones ejecutivas y adaptación ocupacional en el entorno laboral.

Abstract

This research project was carried out with the descriptive-correlational quantitative methodology, in a population sample of 34 administrative workers assigned to the municipal mayor of Pamplonita; Executing studies from the discipline of Occupational Therapy, whose main objective of the research is to determine the incidence of executive functions in occupational adaptation through a quantitative-descriptive investigation, favoring the execution of the labor role in the workers of the Pamplonita mayor's office. The study begins by making an approach to the population in order to know and organize a general idea of the characteristics of the population and the environment in which they operate. Subsequently, the evaluation process of the population under study began, where the initial characterization is carried out, subsequently, the evaluation instruments are applied the brief Neuropsychological Battery in Spanish NEUROPSI and the Historical Interview of Occupational Performance OPHI II that allowed to evaluate the executive and occupational adaptation. Regarding the results obtained through the correlation of variables by “Pearson Correlation”, they point out that there is no significant relationship between the variables, therefore, the occupational adaptation to the work environment is not affected by the executive functioning of the workers. It was also evidenced that there are adjacent factors that may be interfering with the occupational adaptation process.