Psychosocial dimension of the pandemic: The other face of COVID-19

August 21, 2020

Leiva A. M., Nazar G., Martínez M. A., Petermann R. F., Ricchezza J., Celis M. C.

Revista Ciencia y enfermería

The exponential increase in registered cases and countries affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease, since January 30, 2020, caused the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare an Emergency of Public Health of International Importance. It is extremely important to be able to identify the psychosocial consequences of the pandemic and define proposals to overcome the negative effects of the pandemic and confinement on mental health.11 scientific articles and 6 documents were analyzed. The emotional experience in the face of the pandemic is of wide individual variability, with a high prevalence of psychological anguish and anxiety being reported. Symptom severity was related to length of isolation, fear of contracting the disease, financial instability, and media exposure. To manage the adverse consequences, it is proposed to protect the satisfaction of basic needs, maintain social ties and receive truthful and non-alarmist information from the authorities and the media.The consequences of the pandemic include discomfort and responses of fear and anxiety. In people in whom situations of abandonment and social exclusion are combined, confinement makes this condition even more precarious. Considering that the pandemic occurs in a context of high heterogeneity, the psychosocial dimension must be a priority line of action.

Leiva A. M., Nazar G., Martínez M. A., Petermann R. F., Ricchezza J., Celis M. C. Psychosocial dimension of the pandemic: The other face of COVID-19. 2020, Revista Ciencia y enfermería, vol.26

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