IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy4399http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2022.14503HealthcareFear of the Pandemic of the New Variant of Covid -__ampersandsignnbsp;19 in the Population of the Puente Piedra District in North Lima PSRosaMSHernanMSEduardoRAAnika1032022)100105This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Background: Fear is one of the perceptions that respond to how vulnerable a person is to a situation of risk of contagion by COVID-19 and compromises their well-being Objective: The objective is to determine the fear of pandemic due to the new variant of COVID - 19 in the population of the Puente Piedra district in North Lima. It is a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional study, with a total population of 577 participants, who answered a virtual survey with sociodemographic data and the COVID-19 fear scale. Results: In its results, we observe that in the population of the district of Puente Piedra, 82 (14.2%) presents a low effect on fear of COVID - 19, 260 (45.1%) a moderate effect on fear of COVID - 19 and 235 (40.7%) a high effect on fear of COVID - 19. Conclusions: It is concluded that the negative emotional charge due to the fear of COVID - 19 considerably affects the mental health of the population.

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