Stigmatisation associated with COVID-19 in the general Colombian population

Carlos Arturo Cassiani-Miranda; Adalberto Campo-Arias; Andrés Felipe Tirado-Otálvaro; Luz Adriana Botero-Tobón; Luz Dary Upegui-Arango; María Soledad Rodríguez-Verdugo; María Elena Botero-Tobón; Yinneth Andrea Arismendy-López; William Alberto Robles-Fonnegra; Levinson Niño; Orlando Scoppetta

doi:10.1177/0020764020972445

Stigmatisation associated with COVID-19 in the general Colombian population

Carlos Arturo Cassiani-Miranda, Adalberto Campo-Arias, Andrés Felipe Tirado-Otálvaro, Luz Adriana Botero-Tobón, Luz Dary Upegui-Arango, María Soledad Rodríguez-Verdugo, María Elena Botero-Tobón, Yinneth Andrea Arismendy-López, William Alberto Robles-Fonnegra, Levinson Niño, Orlando Scoppetta

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	728-736
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Social Psychiatry
Volume	67
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764020972445
State	Published - Sep 2021

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was financed by the The Research Vice-rectory of Universidad del Magdalena through Resolution No 266 of 2020.

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Coronavirus infections (source MeSH)
Social stigma
fear

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Cassiani-Miranda, C. A., Campo-Arias, A., Tirado-Otálvaro, A. F., Botero-Tobón, L. A., Upegui-Arango, L. D., Rodríguez-Verdugo, M. S., Botero-Tobón, M. E., Arismendy-López, Y. A., Robles-Fonnegra, W. A., Niño, L., & Scoppetta, O. (2021). Stigmatisation associated with COVID-19 in the general Colombian population. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 67(6), 728-736. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764020972445

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Stigmatisation associated with COVID-19 in the general Colombian population

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