FAMILY MEMBERS OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS IN THE NANUQUE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (MG) FOR COVID-19 TREATMENT

Abstract

In the year 2019, there was a new transmission of the virus (SARS-CoV-2), in Wuhan, China, resulting in the Coronavirus disease whose main characteristic is the person-to-person transmissibility. For two years, the population has been suffering from the effects and losses generated by covid-19, in addition to the emotional directly affected due to the situation experienced, both for patients and family members. Regarding the emotional situation of family members of covid-19 patients, little is known about it, therefore, the study in question seeks to show how they feel in relation to the situation experienced with members hospitalized in intensive care units. Therefore, the objective of this work emphasizes the assessment of the emotional state of family members of patients with Covid in an intensive care unit. A questionnaire was applied to obtain data about the questions presented in the same where 30 people actively participated, then a list was written with the results obtained from the preparation of graphs and tables with the help of Google Forms software. Finally, data quantification was performed to obtain the final results and interpret the interviewees' emotional situation. From the quantification, it is worth emphasizing that the vast majority of participants were emotionally fragile due to the situations they experienced.