Impacto Emocional por COVID-19, en los moradores de la Cooperativa Virgen del Cisne de la ciudad de Guayaquil, año 2020.

Abstract

The coronavirus is a large family of viruses, some cause mild respiratory symptoms and others can lead to death. This disease has affected the entire world population and therefore our country Ecuador, leaving marked traces in our population; The objective of this research is to determine the Emotional Impact of COVID-19 in the Virgen del Cisne Cooperative during the year 2020; Design: descriptive, quantitative, prospective; Population 200 families; Instrument: questionnaire, check list; Technique: survey; Results: Among the sociodemographic characteristics prevails the age between 60 years, people who do not work and who have dependents; When the Goldberg scale was applied, it was possible to verify that the interviewees presented fear and restlessness, muscular tension, difficulty in falling asleep, emotional instability and insomnia and among the emotional manifestations they presented headaches, nausea, feelings of hopelessness, continuous worry; Discussion: According to the study carried out by several authors entitled "psychological consequences of Covid-19 and Confinement", it showed that the psychological consequences of COVID-19, where sex is balanced (50% men and 50% women), 30% I present anxiety, irritability, sadness, feeling of solidarity; On the other hand, our study showed that the prevalent gender was female, 90% presented very frequent fear, instability; Conclusions: we determined that the emotional impact on the study population reached more than 90%, evidencing itself in the emotional, psychological, educational, economic sphere; Therefore, the pandemic brings with it the challenge of caring for the mental health of the general population.