Depression in the elderly during the COVID 19 pandemic in the communities of San Ildefonso, Vicente Guerrero and Colonia Morelos

Abstract

Introduction: During the COVID pandemic, pathologies were triggered by social isolation, one of them was depression, which mostly occurred in older adults when they felt alone or without having anything to do. Material and method: Applied and quantitative research, non-experimental, cross-sectional and retrospective. With a sample of 258 older adults from the towns of San Ildefonso, Vicente Guerrero and Colonia Morelos. The GDS Geriatric Depression Scale instrument and a sociodemographic data questionnaire were applied, informed consent was signed. Results: Of the results obtained, 68.3% with a frequency of 176 did not present depressive symptoms while 32.7% presented depressive symptoms. Discussion: M.M Maria del Carmen et al., 2020, reports in their article that 40.17% presented depressive symptoms, similar to what was reported in the research Conclusions: According to the results presented, it can be observed that, if there is depression in the older adults during the COVID pandemic in the communities of San Ildefonso, Vicente Guerrero and Colonia Morelos