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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| author | Melba Esperanza Narváez Jaramillo Cinthya Lizeth Pantoja Narváez Julio Rodrigo Morillo Cano Sara Ximena Guerrón Enríquez |
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| description | <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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| spelling | doaj-art-d09d58ce26914b86b585223930aaf9ee2025-01-30T21:29:02ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2023-11-01216124012462411Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, EcuadorMelba Esperanza Narváez Jaramillo0Cinthya Lizeth Pantoja Narváez1Julio Rodrigo Morillo Cano2Sara Ximena Guerrón Enríquez3Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes. AmbatoUniversidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes. AmbatoUniversidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes. AmbatoUniversidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes. Ambato<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>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/30537discriminación socialapoyo socialinfecciones por coronavirussalud mental |
| spellingShingle | Melba Esperanza Narváez Jaramillo Cinthya Lizeth Pantoja Narváez Julio Rodrigo Morillo Cano Sara Ximena Guerrón Enríquez Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, Ecuador Medisur discriminación social apoyo social infecciones por coronavirus salud mental |
| title | Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, Ecuador |
| title_full | Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, Ecuador |
| title_fullStr | Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, Ecuador |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, Ecuador |
| title_short | Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, Ecuador |
| title_sort | discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for covid 19 tajamar regalado ecuador |
| topic | discriminación social apoyo social infecciones por coronavirus salud mental |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/30537 |
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