Descripción de las características psicológicas relacionadas con la salud mental en la situación de emergencia de salud pública originada por el Covid-19

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has substantially affected the lives of the entire world population, affecting multiple aspects of human life, physically, psychologically, economically, socially and culturally. The research carried out has sought to describe the psychological characteristics related to mental health in the current public health emergency situation. Starting from a descriptive study that included the participation of 174 people who have some connection with the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. To collect the information, a questionnaire was designed to identify the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample. The event of interest: risk to present an alteration in mental health, was estimated from the screening instrument, Symptom Questionnaire. Self-Reporting Questionnaire. It was concluded that the sociodemographic and economic conditions of the analyzed population, as well as the isolation and quarantine measures to prevent the spread of the pandemic, could constitute risk or protective factors for the appearance of mental disorder.