Emotional Impact on Children from 3 to 5 Years Old due to Isolation in their Family Environment as a Consequence of COVID-19: Case of "Los Andes" Educational Unit

ABSTRACT

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is a disease declared in December 2019 and it develops as a pneumonia that can progress to severe respiratory distress syndrome depending on the personal pathological history of everyone. This pandemic has generated impact worldwide in the health area as well as in the political, social, and psychological spheres;thus, it can be observed at present that isolation has caused various behavioral and psychological disorders in older adults, adults, adolescents and children, which can present as insomnia, anxiety, depression, among others. The objective of this research is to describe the emotional impact suffered by children 3-5 years old from the educational unit "Los Andes" because of isolation in their family environment as a consequence of COVID-19.