Emotional and physiological impacts of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic
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| Autores: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2020 |
| Descripción: | Objective: The objective of this paper was to assess the emotional and physiological impacts of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: About 238 individuals participated of both sexes and different age groups who were in social isolation, during the COVID-19 pandemic and was used as a data collection instrument with a questionnaire. Result: Of the participants, 65.5% (n = 156) were female and 33.3% (n = 80) male. In terms of emotions, 73.1% of participants agreed that they often feet uncomfortable due to isolation; 66% anxious/agitated; 66.8% irritated/stressed and 66.7% sad/unwell. Conclusion: Concluded that the participants tended to have emotional in their routines, wich are harmful to their health as a whole. The emotional and physiological aspects of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic have significant potential to directly impact on individuals physical and mental health. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Portugués Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/41929 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/enfermeria/article/view/41929 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Coronavirus Social-isolation Public-health Aislamiento-social Salud-pública Coronavírus Isolamento social Saúde pública |