https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/16ec714b06b0aa72ba760883a9649531.pdf 9fe52c14a4aa21175f1c5328c4b2d449 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Affective emotional states in lone senior citizens in social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sureima Callís-Fernández, Omara Margarita Guarton-Ortiz, Virgen Cruz-Sánchez, Ada María de-Armas-Ferrera Description An account of the resource Background: the high contagiousness of COVID-19, the growth of confirmed cases and deaths in the world, and social isolation, has caused negative emotions and thoughts to spread, threatening the mental health of the population.Objective: to identify affective emotional states in lone senior citizens, in social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, belonging to the “Josué País García” Polyclinic of Santiago de Cuba.Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out between April and May 2020, at the aforementioned health district. The study population was made up of 154 single senior citizens. The following variables were assessed: age, sex, marital status, cohabitation, occupation, comorbidity, anxiety, depression, irritability, stress. The information was obtained through a semi-structured interview.Results: 59,1 % belonged to the female sex; 56,5 % were from the 70 to 79 age group; most of the elderly lived with their adult partner, a minor or a disabled person (116 for 75,3 %), only 38 (24,7 %) actually lived alone. 68,8 % did not have work-related ties. 85,7 % had pathologies considered risky for COVID-19. A normal level of irritability prevailed, both external (76,6 %) and internal (87,6 %); a mild level of anxiety (61,7 %); and a mild level of depression (50,2 %). 83,1 % showed alteration in stress levels.Conclusions: social isolation, as a measure to avoid contagion, has had an impact on the mental health of lone senior citizens, with marked alteration in stress levels. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Subject The topic of the resource Anxiety, covid-19, psychological distress, Depression, Social isolation, Aged Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Epidemiology and Health Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Korean Society of Epidemiology Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Medicine, Medicine (General)