Duelo y capacidad de desempeño en mujeres viudas por consecuencia del Covid-19.

Abstract

Grief caused by a death is a natural event that brings negative consequences and generates symptoms and alarm signs to the people who experience it, thus affecting the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL), within them; personal hygiene, food and clothing, also restricting social participation, habits, routines and roles. The main objective of the study is aimed at determining the influence of grief on the ability to perform in women who suffered the loss of their husbands as a consequence of Covid-19. The methodology implemented in the research is quantitative with a correlational and descriptive design, taking as a non-probabilistic sample 30 randomly chosen widows who were assessed using the Revised Texas Inventory of Grief (ITDR) instrument. and the Initial Occupational Profile of the Human Occupation Model (MOHOST). Based on the results, the positive hypothesis established within the investigation is affirmed, since grief has an influence on the performance capacity of widowed women. Finally, it was concluded that the population has not managed to fully overcome the stages of mourning, being in the acceptance phase, for which it is established that the manifestations presented during this process when they are not intervened on time, restrict participation in their occupational áreas.