2021, Number 2
Psychological alterations in children and adolescents during social confinement by COVID-19. ''René Vallejo Ortiz'' Polyclinic
Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health emergency, in this context it is necessary to underline that children and adolescents are a vulnerable group; they are exposed to the serious physical, emotional and psychological effects of prolonged confinement. A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was carried out with the objective of analyzing the psychological alterations in children and adolescents during social confinement due to COVID-19, who attended child psychiatry consultations belonging to the René Vallejo Ortiz University Polyclinic in the period of April 23 as of June 30, 2020. The study universe was made up of 73 patients while the sample consisted of 33 children and adolescents with acute psychological conditions from the month of having oriented the social confinement. Variables such as: age, sex, most frequent clinical manifestations according to age and sex, predisposing factors, and family functioning were studied. During confinement for COVID-19, the relationship between negative emotional affective states, behavioral alterations, associated risk factors and dysfunctional families was determined in the studied population.REFERENCES
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