Covid-19 e a saúde mental de adolescentes no sul de Lima, Peru

COVID-19 is damaging the health of the population worldwide, and generating unprecedented economic changes, whose impact is greater in countries with high rates of poverty and inequality, as is the case of Peru. This research seeks to identify the symptoms associated with mental health generated by...

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Autores: Ñañez Silva, Miriam Viviana, Lucas Valdez, Guido Rubén, Gómez Díaz, Rubén Luis, Sánchez Paredes, Rubén Guillermo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional del Centro de Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional del Centro de Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uncp.edu.pe:article/1081
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uncp.edu.pe/index.php/horizontedelaciencia/article/view/1081
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Salud mental
adolescencia
COVID-19
ansiedad
depresión
Mental health
adolescence
anxiety
depression
Saúde mental
adolescência
ansiedade
depressão
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Sumario:COVID-19 is damaging the health of the population worldwide, and generating unprecedented economic changes, whose impact is greater in countries with high rates of poverty and inequality, as is the case of Peru. This research seeks to identify the symptoms associated with mental health generated by COVID-19 in teenagers in the southern area of ​​the department of Lima, Peru. It is a basic research, quantitative approach, descriptive-level non-experimental design. The sample is probabilistic and stratified made up of 560 teenagers from secondary level (87,9%) and university education (12,1%), whose ages range from 12 to 21 years, being 311 women and 249, men. The results indicate that 60.1% experience sadness; 53.1%, fear; 52.6%, excessive concern; 51.3%, difficulty staying still; 46.6%, alteration in diet; 43.2%, feeling of emptiness and 40.3%, difficulty in making decisions. Likewise, 45.6% feel the appearance or increase of anxious symptoms and 36.8%, depressive symptoms. We can conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic and associated factors such as social isolation generate the appearance of symptoms that affect the mental health of adolescents, linked to anxiety and depressive disorders, with a greater preponderance in women.