Proceso Psicoeducativo para el manejo de la ansiedad en usuarios de una Institución de Salud ubicado en el cantón Guayaquil

Abstract

The experience described in this paper is entitled Psychoeducational Process for the Management of Anxiety in Users of a Health Institution located in the Guayaquil Canton, which has as main objective to characterize the psychoeducational process for the management of anxiety, to understand more deeply our experience and thus be able to improve it. The target population is located in Barrio Garay, south of the pearl of the Pacific, where we had the collaboration of users who were attended at the health center. For this project, the cognitive behavioral approach was used to address anxiety. Anxiety is defined as an emotion that is directed to the future, distinguished by ideas or perceptions of not being in control or that the situation is unpredictable in relation to risky events linked to highly hostile events and with agile modifications. For the systematization, the descriptive qualitative methodology was used through the use of techniques to gather information such as observation and daily and weekly records of the activities carried out. Four psychoeducational workshops were carried out for the users in the waiting room of the health institution; as a result of the workshops, the development of skills such as problem solving, active listening and self-knowledge in relation to anxiety management was found. The low attendance of users to the workshops hindered the opportunity for more people to participate in the experience, and the constant noise interfered with the experience. This work shows the importance of addressing anxiety in the adult population, avoiding the development of serious disorders in the future, as well as providing necessary information for future practices related to anxiety in adults.