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Fear and behavioral self-assessment for care in the face of the covid-19 health emergency in the population of azogues

Abstract:

The aim was to determine the effect of fear and behavioral self-evaluation in the care in the face of the health emergency due to COVID-19 in the population of Azogues, as well as the generation of a nursing care plan with a health promotion approach for the prevention. A quantitative, descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional, and non-experimental study was carried out with a sample made up of 438 adults residing in the canton of Azogues. The questionnaires fear of the coronavirus-19 scales (FCV-19S) and the behavioral self-assessment for care in the face of the health emergency COVID-19 were applied. Data collection was carried out using the survey technique, virtual format. Informed consent was requested online, after completing the survey. An internal consistency of 0.82 was obtained on the COVID-19 Fear Scale and 0.88 for the behavioral selfassessment scale for care in the face of the COVID-19 health emergency. The analysis indicates of the total of 438 people studied, 26.48% are afraid of COVID-19, and in the behavioral self-assessment for care in the face of the health emergency COVID-19 they indicate that 6.85% are not taking care of themselves adequately. In the behavioral self-assessment for care in the face of the COVID-19 health emergency, significant differences were evidenced with the place of residence (urban vs rural) and occupation. In conclusion, adherence to self-care and biosafety measures in the study population helps to reduce fear levels and improve mental health in the face of COVID-19.