Stigmatisation associated with COVID-19 in the general Colombian population.

Autor:	Cassiani-Miranda CA; Faculty of Health Sciences, Medicine Program, UDES Neuroscience Research Group Universidad de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.; International Network for Stigma Reduction (RED_ESTIGMA)., Campo-Arias A; International Network for Stigma Reduction (RED_ESTIGMA).; Faculty of Health Sciences, Medicine Program, Health Psychology and Psychiatry Research Group, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia., Tirado-Otálvaro AF; International Network for Stigma Reduction (RED_ESTIGMA).; Faculty of Nursing, Care Research Group, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia., Botero-Tobón LA; International Network for Stigma Reduction (RED_ESTIGMA)., Upegui-Arango LD; International Network for Stigma Reduction (RED_ESTIGMA).; Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany., Rodríguez-Verdugo MS; International Network for Stigma Reduction (RED_ESTIGMA).; Mental Health and Addiction Department, Universidad de Sonora, Sonora, México., Botero-Tobón ME; International Network for Stigma Reduction (RED_ESTIGMA)., Arismendy-López YA; Faculty of Health Sciences, Medicine Program, UDES Neuroscience Research Group Universidad de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.; International Network for Stigma Reduction (RED_ESTIGMA)., Robles-Fonnegra WA; Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia., Niño L; International Network for Stigma Reduction (RED_ESTIGMA).; Center for Innovation Culture and Society (CENICS)., Scoppetta O; Faculty of Psychology, GAEM Group (Research Methods Applied to Behavioral Sciences), Universidad Católica de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The International journal of social psychiatry [Int J Soc Psychiatry] 2021 Sep; Vol. 67 (6), pp. 728-736. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 08.
DOI:	10.1177/0020764020972445
Abstrakt:	Background: As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, the fear of infection increases and, with it, the stigma-discrimination, which makes it an additional problem of the epidemic. However, studies about stigma associated with coronavirus are scarce worldwide. Aims: To determine the association between stigmatisation and fear of COVID-19 in the general population of Colombia. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out. A total of 1,687 adults between 18 and 76 years old ( M  = 36.3; SD  = 12.5), 41.1% health workers, filled out an online questionnaire on Stigma-Discrimination and the COVID-5 Fear Scale, adapted by the research team. Results: The proportion of high fear of COVID-19 was 34.1%; When comparing the affirmative answers to the questionnaire on stigma-discrimination towards COVID-19, it was found that the difference was significantly higher in the general population compared to health workers in most of the questions evaluated, which indicates a high level of stigmatisation in that group. An association between high fear of COVID-19 and stigma was evidenced in 63.6% of the questions in the questionnaire. Conclusion: Stigma-discrimination towards COVID-19 is frequent in the Colombian population and is associated with high levels of fear towards said disease, mainly people who are not health workers.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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