Social capital and psychological distress during Colombian coronavirus disease lockdown

  1. Carmen C. Caballero‐Domínguez
  2. Jeimmy G. De Luque‐Salcedo
  3. Adalberto Campo‐Arias

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Abstract

This study aimed to establish the association of low social capital (SC) with psychological distress indicators. A cross‐sectional study was carried out using an online questionnaire that evaluated demographic variables, social capital, perceived stress related to coronavirus disease, depression risk, insomnia risk, and suicide risk. SC was taken as an independent variable, and symptoms indicating psychological distress were considered as dependent variables. A group of 700 adults aged between 18 and 76 years ( M  = 37, SD  = 13) participated in the survey. Low SC was associated with depression risk (odds ratio [OR] = 2.00, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.34–2.97), elevated suicide risk (OR = 2.62, 95% CI = 1.40–4.91) high perceived stress related to coronavirus disease (OR = 2.08 95% CI, 1.15–3.76), and insomnia risk (OR = 2.42, 95% CI = 1.69–3.47). In conclusion, low CS was associated with indicators of psychological distress. SC is a community social resource that could help mitigate the quarantine impact of coronavirus disease amidst the Colombian population's psychological health.

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    Institutional Review Board StatementIRB: An institutional research ethics committee approved the project.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.

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    4.1 Strengths and limitations: This study is an approach to understanding the resources and attributes of the groups that characterize the CSC and its link to indicators of psychological distress, necessary for the design of actions based on community rehabilitation that promote risk mitigation strategies for contagion by COVID-19 and self-care behaviour that consolidate communities with healthy practices adapted to social and cultural contexts to overcome confinement crises. This research has some methodological limitations. Firstly, the sample is not representative of the population since sampling does not guarantee randomness; therefore, the results are not generalizable (Hernández, 2006). 4.2 Conclusions: It is concluded that low SC was associated with less psychological distress in this sample of residents in Colombia. Therefore, strategies aimed at strengthening SC could have a beneficial effect on the psychological well-being of the population during periods of crisis.

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  2. Version published to 10.1002/jcop.22487
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