Estado físico-mental en estudiantes secundarios durante la pandemia Covid-19

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on the physical and mental health of the population worldwide, which has led to the questioning of the extent to which this situation has affected the adolescent population, for this purpose it has been used a scale that evaluates depression, anxiety and stress corresponding to mental field, and a survey to calculate the muscle mass index in order to know the physical state of the students. Objective: identify whether or not the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the physical-mental state of the secondary students of the “Unidad Educativa Pelileo”. Results: the physical state during COVID-19 pandemic remained within the normal ranges according to the IMC, while, according to the DASS -21 scale, the students showed that they had alterations in their mood, presenting symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress.