Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, Ecuador
<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: COVID-19 had an impact on the population’ biopsychosocial state. Among attitudes and behaviors, discrimination manifested itself as one of the responses to different levels of personal and social interrelation.<br /><strong>Objective</...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
2023-11-01
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| Series: | Medisur |
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| Online Access: | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/30537 |
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| Summary: | <p><strong>Foundation</strong>: COVID-19 had an impact on the population’ biopsychosocial state. Among attitudes and behaviors, discrimination manifested itself as one of the responses to different levels of personal and social interrelation.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to describe the discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: descriptive and cross-sectional study, carried out from September 2021 to February 2022, in all patients monitored for COVID-19 (N=89) who live in Tajamar Regalado neighborhood (Tulcán, Ecuador). Through the survey, information was obtained on the variables: type of institution where they received medical follow-up, perception of discrimination, social support and community support.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: 60.67% of patients reported that they almost always regretted having been infected with COVID-19; 59.55%, who always felt they were discriminated against for having suffered from the disease; 40.45%, who almost always considered it important to use protective measures to avoid further infections in their community; 48.31% stated that they almost always received counseling from health personnel; and 59.55% considered that their mental health was affected. Almost half of the patients expressed having received very bad social support, and 51.68% received bad social support from the authorities in particular.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was social rejection of infected patients, which caused effects on their mental health. A lack of support from the community and authorities was evident; and little counseling by health personnel.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1727-897X |