Conocimientos, comportamientos y variables psicológicas preventivas del COVID-19 en una muestra colombiana

Abstract

Antecedentes: A pesar de las indicaciones sugeridas en el mundo para contener la pandemia de COVID-19, el reporte de problemas psicopatológicos debido a la infección por SARS-CoV-2, así como la morbimortalidad aumentan día tras día. Objetivo: Identificar si algunos factores psicosociales, en interacción con el conocimiento sobre síntomas y formas de contagio, pueden predecir conductas preventivas (específicas y universales) del COVID-19.

Psychological impact of coronavirus‐related social isolation in Colombia after a year of lockdown

“…Only in Colombia, over six million cases of infection and around 139,000 deaths due to COVID‐19 have been identified to the date (MinSalud, n.d.). Different studies conducted in the country indicate that during the first stage of the confinement, the prevalence of stress associated with the pandemic was elevated (Gómez et al., 2022), especially in women who lived alone or who had a low educational level (Bedoya et al., 2022), in marginalized population or population displaced due to armed conflicts (Moya et al., 2021), in population previously diagnosed with psychological disorders, or with labor and financial limitations (Campo et al., 2022), and in permanent caregivers of disabled people (Fajardo et al., 2021).…”

“…To cope with the stress generated by the pandemic, Colombian population carried out different adaptive practices such as self‐care behaviors, venting with family or friends, performing physical activities, and positively reinterpreting the ongoing events (Bedoya et al., 2022; Gómez et al., 2022). However, there is also evidence of maladaptive practices such as inhibition of emotional expression, consumption of psychoactive substances, and the tendency to argue with friends and family about the negative effects of the pandemic (Bedoya et al., 2022; Garcés et al., 2022).…”