Abstract
Depression in the positive patient for COVID-19 is one of the emotional confrontations that must endure during isolation and quarantine, therefore, the objective of the research study is to determine the Level of Depression in positive patients for COVID-19 in the district of Puente Piedra in North Lima, 2020. This is a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive and cross-sectional study, making a flow chart in relation to home care by the nursing professional in a population of 23 Positive patient for COVID-19 from the Puente Piedra district of North Lima, who answered a questionnaire with Sociodemographic data and the self-assessment scale for Zung's depression. In the results where we can observe, with respect to the level of depression in patients positive for COVID-19, where 14 patients represent 60.9% of the total are with a normal level of depression, 9 patients represent 39.1% of the total are slightly depressed. In conclusion, it is necessary to intervene in the psychological aspect according to the characteristics of each patient such as gender and age, in the future, it is recommended to carry out more research at the national level, as it will allow researchers to go into more detail about the mental health of the patient during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights
IntroductionThe coronavirus disease (COVID - 19) has had a great impact on the world population both in their mental and physical health, it is expected that COVID - 19 since it appeared in December 2019, was widely recognized as a traumatic event for patients who tested positive for this disease, because it imposes a threat due to concerns at the physical level [1], and at the mental level of infected patients, since they experience fear, sadness, melancholy, insomnia, and helplessness, where all this affects the patient exposing them to serious health problems related to the disease [2].In the positive patients for COVID-19, they have been considered vulnerable in the mental aspect, because this desease presents depressive symptoms that prevent them from advancing in their life, it has been expected that positive patients with depressive symptoms do not tend to communicate with others and do not seek support from their relatives, because their perception of dignity and shame have been barriers that prevent them from seeking help [3], in positive patients for COVID-19 who are at risk or who suffer depression during and after the disease outbreak as a result of isolation and quarantine, an increase in suicidal thinking and behavior could be considered in the short or long term [4].the mental health of the patient plays an important role during this crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5] since they are predisposed to be vulnerable and lead to serious psychological consequences in the patient in relation to their person, environment and family.In Hong Kong [6], it could be observed in 500 participants surveyed in the research work on depression during the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating that the prevalence rate for depression is considerable in the population, where 29% of people presented mild depression, 12.8% moderate depression, 6.2% moderately severe depression and 0.8% severe depression allowing to observe that depressive conditions affect the population during the COVID-19 pandemic.In China [7], a study was conducted in 1593 participants in relation to the comparison between prevalence and factors associated with depression during the quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Southwest China in a population infected and not infected by the coronavirus, where the prevalence of depression in the infected population was 14.6%, stating that 8.3% had mild depression, 5.2% had moderate depression and 1.1% had severe depression, due to this they showed a high prevalence of depression in the infected population than in the uninfected population.In Spain [8], a virtual survey was conducted with 976 participants during the first phase of the COVID - 19 outbreak in northern Spain, mentioning depression during the first phase of the COVID - 19 outbreak in Basque men and women, where 78 (8.6%) of the women presented mild depression, 16 (7.1%) moderate depression, 20 (2.3%) severe depression and 34 (3.0%) extremely severe depression, in men 19 (8.7%) had mild depression, 9 (4.0%) moderate depression, 5 (2.9%) severe depression and 3 (1.7%) extremely severe depression, concluding that Basque men and women present evidence of depressive symptoms from the COVID-19 pandemic
It is necessary to intervene in the psychological aspect according to the characteristics of each patient such as gender and age, in the future, it is recommended to carry out more research at the national level, as it will allow researchers to go into more detail about the mental health of the patient during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
In the positive patients for COVID-19, they have been considered vulnerable in the mental aspect, because this desease presents depressive symptoms that prevent them from advancing in their life, it has been expected that positive patients with depressive symptoms do not tend to communicate with others and do not seek support from their relatives, because their perception of dignity and shame have been barriers that prevent them from seeking help [3], in positive patients for COVID-19 who are at risk or who suffer depression during and after the disease outbreak as a result of isolation and quarantine, an increase in suicidal thinking and behavior could be considered in the short or long term [4]
Summary
The coronavirus disease (COVID - 19) has had a great impact on the world population both in their mental and physical health, it is expected that COVID - 19 since it appeared in December 2019, was widely recognized as a traumatic event for patients who tested positive for this disease, because it imposes a threat due to concerns at the physical level [1], and at the mental level of infected patients, since they experience fear, sadness, melancholy, insomnia, and helplessness, where all this affects the patient exposing them to serious health problems related to the disease [2].In the positive patients for COVID-19, they have been considered vulnerable in the mental aspect, because this desease presents depressive symptoms that prevent them from advancing in their life, it has been expected that positive patients with depressive symptoms do not tend to communicate with others and do not seek support from their relatives, because their perception of dignity and shame have been barriers that prevent them from seeking help [3], in positive patients for COVID-19 who are at risk or who suffer depression during and after the disease outbreak as a result of isolation and quarantine, an increase in suicidal thinking and behavior could be considered in the short or long term [4].the mental health of the patient plays an important role during this crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5] since they are predisposed to be vulnerable and lead to serious psychological consequences in the patient in relation to their person, environment and family.In Hong Kong [6], it could be observed in 500 participants surveyed in the research work on depression during the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating that the prevalence rate for depression is considerable in the population, where 29% of people presented mild depression, 12.8% moderate depression, 6.2% moderately severe depression and 0.8% severe depression allowing to observe that depressive conditions affect the population during the COVID-19 pandemic.In China [7], a study was conducted in 1593 participants in relation to the comparison between prevalence and factors associated with depression during the quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Southwest China in a population infected and not infected by the coronavirus, where the prevalence of depression in the infected population was 14.6%, stating that 8.3% had mild depression, 5.2% had moderate depression and 1.1% had severe depression, due to this they showed a high prevalence of depression in the infected population than in the uninfected population.In Spain [8], a virtual survey was conducted with 976 participants during the first phase of the COVID - 19 outbreak in northern Spain, mentioning depression during the first phase of the COVID - 19 outbreak in Basque men and women, where 78 (8.6%) of the women presented mild depression, 16 (7.1%) moderate depression, 20 (2.3%) severe depression and 34 (3.0%) extremely severe depression, in men 19 (8.7%) had mild depression, 9 (4.0%) moderate depression, 5 (2.9%) severe depression and 3 (1.7%) extremely severe depression, concluding that Basque men and women present evidence of depressive symptoms from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the positive patients for COVID-19, they have been considered vulnerable in the mental aspect, because this desease presents depressive symptoms that prevent them from advancing in their life, it has been expected that positive patients with depressive symptoms do not tend to communicate with others and do not seek support from their relatives, because their perception of dignity and shame have been barriers that prevent them from seeking help [3], in positive patients for COVID-19 who are at risk or who suffer depression during and after the disease outbreak as a result of isolation and quarantine, an increase in suicidal thinking and behavior could be considered in the short or long term [4].
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