Fear of the pandemic of the new variant of COVID-19 in the population of the Puente Piedra district in North Lima

Yrene Uribe-Hernandez, Brian Meneses-Claudio, Juan Saberbein-Muñoz, Maria Salinas-Cruz, Teresa Quesada-Aramburu

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Abstract

Introduction: fear is one of the perceptions that respond to how vulnerable a person is to a situation of risk of contagion by COVID-19 and compromises their well-being, so its research objective is to determine the fear of pandemic due to the new variant of COVID-19 in the population of the Puente Piedra district in North Lima. Methods: it is a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional study, with a total population of 577 participants, who answered a virtual survey with sociodemographic data and the COVID-19 fear scale. Results: in its results, we observe that in the population of the district of Puente Piedra, 82 (14,2 %) presents a low effect on fear of COVID-19, 260 (45,1 %) a moderate effect on fear of COVID-19 and 235 (40,7 %) a high effect on fear of COVID – 19. Conclusions: therefore, it is concluded that the negative emotional charge due to the fear of COVID-19 considerably affects the mental health of the population.

Translated title of the contributionMiedo ante la pandemia de la nueva variante de COVID-19 en la población del distrito de Puente Piedra en Lima Norte
Original languageEnglish
Article number533
JournalSalud, Ciencia y Tecnologia
Volume3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Coronavirus
  • Covid–19
  • Effect Of Fear
  • Fear
  • Pandemic

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