Publicación:

Systematic Review of the Literature on the Social Representations of the COVID-19 Pandemic; Representaciones Sociales de la Pandemia COVID-19: Revisión Sistemática de la Literatura Científica

Resumen

At the end of 2019, an unprecedented virus emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, affecting practically the entire world. In 2020, the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic, that is, a new disease that spread throughout the world. It is clear that this definition of a pandemic seems to be relative today, since we could be talking about a syndemic, given the seriousness and consequences it is causing. It is necessary to approach a definition and characterization of COVID 19, since it is vitally important to identify it and know how it behaves. The objective of this systematic review was to identify the existing evidence in the scientific literature on the social representations of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eleven studies were identified that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The search descriptors were “social representations”, “pandemic” and “COVID-19”. The classification, quantification and integration of the various variables studied on the user experience are detailed. The study shows that there are authors who do not formally define or characterize the Social Representation variable, and even fail to refer to the nature and definition of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, which is presented as a recommendation for future studies. © 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.