Abstract

NAVARRETE MUNOZ, Galo Daniel; GALARRAGA-ANDRADE, Anabela Salomé  and  YARAD-SALGUERO, William Saud. Diagnostic evaluation of the psychological effects generated by confinement in a time of pandemic. Ajayu [online]. 2024, vol.22, n.1, pp.1-14.  Epub Mar 31, 2024. ISSN 2077-2161.  https://doi.org/10.35319/ajayu.221253.

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the psychological effects of the pandemic confinement that occurred during 2020 in students, teachers, administrative and service personnel, belonging to the faculty of education, science, and technology of a public university in the north of Ecuador. The study took place after the mandatory confinement period was decreed in March 2020 by the Presidency of Ecuador, to protect the health of the population during the critical period of the pandemic caused by the covid-19 virus. In this exploratory cross-sectional study, a survey made up of demographic questions and a screening test called SPEC (Psychological Screening in Critical Events) was used. The sample was 1444 people, and it was implemented through electronic means distributed through the digital channels of the institution. The results showed that there is a high population with problems related to anxiety (19.7%), depression (11.7%), trauma (10.3%), aggressiveness (32.6%), and even suicide (8.9%) and that comorbidity is very common in many cases of the problems evaluated.

Keywords : covid-19; pandemic; confinement; psychological effects; screening.

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