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

Uribe-Hernandez Y.; Meneses-Claudio B.; Saberbein-Muñoz J.; Salinas-Cruz M.; Quesada-Aramburu T. · Salud, Ciencia y Tecnologia (2023) · DOI: 10.56294/saludcyt2023533

Resumen

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.

Instituciones: Universidad Científica del Sur; Universidad Tecnológica del Perú; Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle