Impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en pacientes diagnosticados con Trastorno Mixto de ansiedad-depresión, pertenecientes al hospital “Julio Endara” en el período comprendido marzo 2020-febrero 2021

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic evidenced the lack of preparation worldwide to face an event of this magnitude, which caused the overflow of the health, economic and social systems, generating emotional and psychological consequences. In this regard, the study focused on analyzing the incidence of COVID-19 in patients diagnosed with Mixed Anxiety-Depression Disorder at the Julio Endara Specialized Hospital, in the period from March 2020 to February 2021, in the city of Quito. Due to the situation, we did not work directly with the patients, but a semi-structured interview was applied to a sample of psychologists and psychiatrists who work in the institution and who attend these cases directly; The information from the Hospital database, called PRAS, which identified the rate of care for people diagnosed with this disorder, was also analyzed. Consequently, it was evidenced that the incidence of new cases of Mixed Anxiety-Depression Disorder had a potential increase, both psychiatric and psychological, with the majority affected population being young adults and older female adults.