Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, Ecuador |
| Authors: |
Melba Esperanza Narváez Jaramillo, Cinthya Lizeth Pantoja Narváez, Julio Rodrigo Morillo Cano, Sara Ximena Guerrón Enríquez |
| Source: |
Medisur, Vol 21, Iss 6, Pp 1240-1246 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: |
Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2023. |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine (General)
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
discriminación social, apoyo social, infecciones por coronavirus, salud mental, Medicine (General), R5-920, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
Foundation: COVID-19 had an impact on the population’ biopsychosocial state. Among attitudes and behaviors, discrimination manifested itself as one of the responses to different levels of personal and social interrelation.Objective: to describe the discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19.Methods: descriptive and cross-sectional study, carried out from September 2021 to February 2022, in all patients monitored for COVID-19 (N=89) who live in Tajamar Regalado neighborhood (Tulcán, Ecuador). Through the survey, information was obtained on the variables: type of institution where they received medical follow-up, perception of discrimination, social support and community support.Results: 60.67% of patients reported that they almost always regretted having been infected with COVID-19; 59.55%, who always felt they were discriminated against for having suffered from the disease; 40.45%, who almost always considered it important to use protective measures to avoid further infections in their community; 48.31% stated that they almost always received counseling from health personnel; and 59.55% considered that their mental health was affected. Almost half of the patients expressed having received very bad social support, and 51.68% received bad social support from the authorities in particular.Conclusions: during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was social rejection of infected patients, which caused effects on their mental health. A lack of support from the community and authorities was evident; and little counseling by health personnel. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| ISSN: |
1727-897X |
| Relation: |
http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/30537; https://doaj.org/toc/1727-897X |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/d09d58ce26914b86b585223930aaf9ee |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.09d58ce26914b86b585223930aaf9ee |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
