Emotional status of the elderly adult in COVID-19 pandemic, in the city of Machala 2021
Abstract
The older adult has experienced during the pandemic of covid-19, a series of feelings and emotions such as sadness, anguish, fear, anxiety, hopelessness, depression and social isolation, described as the emotional state that is evident in the older adult of Machala, Province of El Oro - Ecuador. Therefore, it is intended to determine the emotional state of the elderly during the pandemic of COVID-19, in order to implement a community management program that allows the strengthening of the emotional state in the elderly of Machala. A descriptive projective research was developed, with a non-experimental, transectional and field design. The population and the sample consisted of 56 older adults, to whom the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was applied, assessing the cognitive and behavioral symptoms of anxiety and depression. The results show that 55% of the population is female, where the majority of the elderly had a normal level of irritability, both external and internal, with 47 elderly (81%), in addition to the level of depression of the elderly in social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was 43% severe. It is concluded that the elderly population is subjected to high levels of anxiety and depression; therefore, emotional coping strategies were provided to improve the emotional state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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