Self-care by Covid-19 of the elderly in the Lupita Nolivios Confraternity, Ecuador 2020

Abstract

Los Adultos Mayores (AM+65) corresponden al grupo etario más afectado ante la acción del SARS-CoV-2, por lo que resulta relevante analizar la percepción de los Adultos Mayores de 65 años o más que asisten a la Confraternidad Lupita Nolvios (CLN) a la adherencia de los mecanismos de autocuidado ante el Covid-19 con énfasis en el acompañamiento del personal de enfermería (PE) de acuerdo al modelo de Dorothea Orem. Quantitative cross-sectional cohort descriptive field study covering the period March-2020 to September-2020. The results indicate that on July 8, 2020, a peak of 21.88% of confirmed Covid-19 cases in AM+65 was reached and a cumulative death rate of 59.51% for the study period. It is evident that AM+65 know the importance of their self-care by applying 75.76% of them, emphasizing for Covid-19 in the use of masks (64%; n=32/50). Finally, the role of PE with 64% that affect the formation of AM+65, in its self-care according to its pathology (74%) and 68% perceive how the PE influences in raising the self-esteem of AM+65 before the Covid-19.