Associated factors with anxiety during social isolation by COVID-19 in University Students, Cusco-Peru
Adapting to a different routine has a psychological cost with alterations in response capacity, predisposing people to develop pathologies related to anxiety. Objectives: To determine the association between the factors of the media, psychosomatic, health history, socioeconomic, coping, behaviors to...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | Perú |
| Institution: | Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia |
| Repository: | Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/4974 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RNP/article/view/4974 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Anxiety depression stress medical student ansiedad depresión estrés estudiantes de Medicina |
| Summary: | Adapting to a different routine has a psychological cost with alterations in response capacity, predisposing people to develop pathologies related to anxiety. Objectives: To determine the association between the factors of the media, psychosomatic, health history, socioeconomic, coping, behaviors towards isolation and anxiety during quarantine by COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) in university students. Material and Methods: Analytical observational study, using a “Snowball” strategy; 436 responses were collected through an online survey. The instrument used was a questionnaire containing sociodemographic data, epidemiological data referring to the disease (Covid-19) and DASS-21. Anxiety was considered as a dependent variable, and as variables independent the media, health history, socioeconomic status, coping, and finally, isolation behaviors. Results: It consisted of 436 participants, where 58.5% presented anxiety. Conclusions: We found higher levels than the national average prior to the pandemic and higher in comparison to other studies and reviews on anxiety. |
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