TY - JOUR
T1 - Stigmatisation associated with COVID-19 in the general Colombian population
AU - Cassiani-Miranda, Carlos Arturo
AU - Campo-Arias, Adalberto
AU - Tirado-Otálvaro, Andrés Felipe
AU - Botero-Tobón, Luz Adriana
AU - Upegui-Arango, Luz Dary
AU - Rodríguez-Verdugo, María Soledad
AU - Botero-Tobón, María Elena
AU - Arismendy-López, Yinneth Andrea
AU - Robles-Fonnegra, William Alberto
AU - Niño, Levinson
AU - Scoppetta, Orlando
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Coronavirus infections (source MeSH)
KW - Social stigma
KW - fear
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095782720&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0020764020972445
DO - 10.1177/0020764020972445
M3 - Artículo en revista científica indexada
AN - SCOPUS:85095782720
SN - 0020-7640
VL - 67
SP - 728
EP - 736
JO - International Journal of Social Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Social Psychiatry
IS - 6
ER -
