Browsing by Author "Córdova Lascano, Alexandra Cristina"

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Usos del dióxido de cloro como prevención y tratamiento del Covid-19 desde la percepción del usuario
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Enfermería, 2023-06-08) Córdova Lascano, Alexandra Cristina; Ortiz Suarez, Hortensia Senaida
    Introduction: Chlorine dioxide was used as prevention and treatment of COVID -19, in times of pandemic; however, there is still no evidence-based medicine to support its benefit. Objective: Analyze the use of chlorine dioxide as a prevention and treatment of COVID-19 from the perception of users, the reasons for its administration and its positive and negative effects. Method: The research will be carried out in the city of Ambato, in a period of time from April-September 2022, a qualitative-descriptive methodology was used because an analysis of the study problem will be carried out through interviews with the different opinions that were will be obtained from the participants for a deep and experiential approach on the subject in 15 adults belonging to the Huachi Loreto parish of the Ambato canton, in Ecuador, the interviewees are between 30 - 45 years old and because an analysis of the study problem will be carried out through through interviews with the different opinions that will be obtained from the participants and because it details the characteristics of a population or phenomenon that is being studied, having a temporal or geographical and transversal delimitation since it is based on the follow -up of the same subjects or events to over a certain period of time. Results: The results show that chlorine dioxide was used both for the treatment and prevention of COVID -19, which motivated its use was the ignorance of the disease and its high mortality at the beginning of the pandemic, in addition to the influence of people close to the study population and finally the effect of chlorine dioxide was only positive. Conclusions: All the people used chlorine dioxide either as a treatment or prevention for COVID -19, due to multiple causes that motivated them, they had favorable effects; however, the WHO - PAHO - MSP of Ecuador prohibits its use since it lacks evidence-based medicine that justifies its effectivenes