Fear of the pandemic of the new variant of COVID-19 in the population of the Puente Piedra district in North Lima; [Miedo ante la pandemia de la nueva variante de COVID-19 en la población del distrito de Puente Piedra en Lima Norte]

Abstract

Introduction: fear is one of the perceptions that respond to how vulnerable a person is to a situation of risk of contagion by COVID-19 and compromises their well-being, so its research objective is to determine the fear of pandemic due to the new variant of COVID-19 in the population of the Puente Piedra district in North Lima. Methods: it is a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional study, with a total population of 577 participants, who answered a virtual survey with sociodemographic data and the COVID-19 fear scale. Results: in its results, we observe that in the population of the district of Puente Piedra, 82 (14,2 %) presents a low effect on fear of COVID-19, 260 (45,1 %) a moderate effect on fear of COVID-19 and 235 (40,7 %) a high effect on fear of COVID – 19. Conclusions: therefore, it is concluded that the negative emotional charge due to the fear of COVID-19 considerably affects the mental health of the population. © 2023; Los autores.