Efectos de la pandemia COVID-19 en la calidad de vida de adultos mayores de la ciudad de Puyo.

Abstract

The present research work is of a mixed approach applying the non-experimental method, its objective is to “Analyze the effects of confinement by COVID-19 on the quality of life of the elderly in the city of Puyo during the first month of confinement, in order to generate inputs for the creation of care programs for this population group”. For the study, 95 older adults residing in the city of Puyo were surveyed, as well as 6 families from this aging population. To gather information in the methodological process, the adaptation of the techniques of the FUMAT survey on Quality of Life and its eight dimensions elaborated by Schalock and Verdugo was applied in a virtual way; with the survey of the Autonomous Universitat of Barcelona and the Fundació Salut i Envelliment; The semi-structured interview was used in order to obtain information regarding the analysis of the effects of confinement. It was obtained as a result that during the first month of confinement, older adults experienced negative effects in the material dimension, they presented a higher level of stress and anxiety regarding their emotional well-being, in their physical well-being they presented deterioration of pre-existing diseases, regarding the perception of their decisions were limited.