Estados depresivos en adultos mayores jubilados durante la pandemia por el COVID 19.

Abstract

This research was developed while the world was facing the pandemic by COVID- 19 and the pre-professional practices took place at ANJETIESS, an association of retired older adults formerly working at the IESS, maintaining contact in virtual spaces and by telephone, making it possible to explore more closely the manifestations of the reality that challenged them in times of social isolation, its effects on them, since this population was extremely vulnerable to the virus. The questions that arose were: Has the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the emergence of depressive states in retired older adults? Have retired older adults who were depressed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine experienced an increase in depressive states? Secondly, data is obtained by means of an electronic survey, which is constructed from the reference of 8 items of the Zung test. A virtual forum is carried out to analyse the participants' verbalizations. Knowing how this population lived the isolation measures allows positioning the way to reduce its impact and generate levels of virtual accompaniment in a population that is not native to virtuality. In the end it was verified that there was an increase in depressive states in this population.