Anxiety and fear in people diagnosed with COVID-19
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anxiety, covid-19, fear, psychological distress, psychological stressAbstract
Introduction: COVID-19 has generated psychological states of anxiety and fear, among other manifestations.
Objective: to estimate the levels of anxiety and fear in those diagnosed with COVID-19 from the "Orlando González" Popular Council of Majagua in Ciego de Ávila.
Methods: cross-sectional analytical study of the 20 patients recovered from COVID-19 in the January-March/2021 quarter who met the research criteria. The scales used were The Fear of COVID-19 Scale and The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. The medians between anxiety and fear scores were compared using the Mann Whitney U test. Correlations were made using Kendall's Tau-b. Ethical principles were met.
Results: it prevailed in adults (45.00 %), in women (65.00%), in pre-university education (40.00 %) and in state workers (50.00 %). The majority (60.00%) suffered from some non-communicable disease and 100 % had no prior psycho-psychiatric conditions. The presence of fear and anxiety was balanced between high and low levels. In anxiety, both levels had the same value and fear was higher (55.00%). A significant direct correlation was observed between the anxiety and fear variables, which denotes that the higher the fear levels, the higher the anxiety and vice versa. However, they did not correlate with the age group or with the presence of non-communicable disease.
Conclusions: psychological reactions were balanced between high and low levels of anxiety and fear. The manifestations of displeasure were evident in the female groupDownloads
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