Nivel de ansiedad por covid-19 y apoyo social percibido en población adulta mayor del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, al año de la declaración de pandemia

Abstract

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, for which a state of emergency was declared in Ecuador due to the epidemic, applying unprecedented public measures, such as physical isolation, to combat the spread of this novel disease. One year after the pandemic was declared, research focused on exploring the incidence of the disease and its repercussions on the world population is limited, especially with respect to its psychological impact on the elderly, the age group indicated as the most prone to to show adverse effects derived from COVID-19. The objective of this study is to find out if there is a relationship between the level of anxiety in the face of COVID-19 and perceived social support, reported by older adults in the Metropolitan District of Quito, a year after the declaration of a global pandemic. This was done by applying a questionnaire made up of a sociodemographic record, the Functional Social Support Questionnaire (Duke-UNC-11) and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) to a sample made up of 189 older adults from the metropolitan district of Quito. The results of this research indicate that there is a slight negative correlation between both variables studied in the target population (Pearsons Coefficient = -0.086)