Publicación:

La ansiedad vista como deterioro físico y su relación con la ausencia emocional y el descuido familiar en los Adultos Mayores del pueblo Ambaló, Municipio de Silvia.

Resumen

The present exploratory research work was carried out in the indigenous community of Ambaló, located in the municipality of Silvia, Cauca, with a sample of 8 older adults, between 61 and 84 years of age, who suffer from chronic diseases and were diagnosed by the health program of the indigenous council of Ambaló with anxiety disorder. The purpose of the research is to know what influence anxiety disorder has on the deterioration of the physical health of older adults in this community, this study was developed under the qualitative approach, life history and semi-structured interview were used as techniques of the study. ethnographic method, which allowed us to capture meanings present in the family and social experience (inadequate parenting methods) that contributed to generate the anxiety disorder, which became more complex due to the repression of emotions gestated since childhood, the present study also showed that negative feelings, family problems, and traumatic events are caused by a lack of information about the damage caused by parents to their children's mental health.