Open AccessElderly people's experience facing social isolation in the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Maria Alice Cavalcante Gomes,
Cristina da Silva Fernandes,
Natália Ângela Oliveira Fontenele,
Nelson Miguel Galindo Neto,
Lívia Moreira Barros,
Natasha Marques Frota
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rev rene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-6783
pISSN - 1517-3852
DOI - 10.15253/2175-6783.20212269236
Subject(s) - anguish , social isolation , isolation (microbiology) , pandemic , feeling , covid-19 , psychology , elderly people , gerontology , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , disease , virology , pathology , philosophy , epistemology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Objective: to unveil the experience of the elderly with social isolation in the pandemic of COVID-19. Methods: qualitative study, with 14 elderlies in social isolation. The content was recorded and processed using the software Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires. Results: six classes were obtained, the first focused on spirituality and pre-pandemic pleasurable activities; the second was related to missing the extra-household routine and family life; the third, to the construction of a new routine; the fourth, to the strategies adopted for the prevention of COVID-19; the fifth, to the signs/symptoms experienced during the infection; and the sixth class, to the fear of dying. Conclusion: the experience of the elderly was permeated by the adaptation of routine, adoption of preventive measures and feelings of anguish in the face of uncertainties.