Well Being and Health during Pandemic.

Resumen

The unprecedented severity and magnitude of the pandemic spread of the SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 virus implied, as a measure for its containment, the lockdown of the entire Spanish population in their respective homes. From the Psychological and Psych pedagogical Attention Service of the University of Cádiz, a health promotion program called “Well-being and Health” was designed and implemented, aimed at two groups considered at risk in the context of health alert: students from the Senior University Class of UCA and women with a diagnosis of breast cancer. The objectives of the program were: 1) Promote the well-being of older students of the UCA community and women who belong to an association of women with a diagnosis of breast cancer, during lockdown due to the pandemic and 2) Evaluate the effectiveness of an online health promotion program. The research responded to a quantitative methodology, with a quasi-experimental design pre posttest, ex post facto. GHQ12, PHI and a Scale of Positive Emotions were used for data collection. For the analysis of the data, the SPSS 21 was use, and we used the non-parametric Wilcoxon test to evaluate the efficacy of the program. Statistically significant changes are seen in all the variables under study: psychological well-being and distress, positive emotions and subjective happiness. It is possible to conclude that participating in a health promotion program encourages an increasment of positive emotions in the participants; increases the psychological well-being and decreases psychological distress; as well as an improvement in the subjective happiness. These findings are promising because they allow us to conclude that participating in an online health promotion program, with an emphasis on a healthy lifestyle and training in relaxation techniques, protected people from the impact of stressful events associated with lockdown during the pandemic.