Anxiety and Intervention of Nursing in Residents of a disadvantaged area in San Juan De Lurigancho

Introduction: anxiety is or is not one of the main factors that considerably alters the mental health of the person, where the feeling of fear in certain situations that can compromise their well-being, so the research objective is to determine anxiety and nursing intervention in residents of a disadvantaged area in San Juan de Lurigancho. Methods: a quantitative, descriptive-transversal study, with a total population of 617 inhabitants in which they answered a questionnaire of sociodemographic aspects and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale instrument. Results: in their results it can be observed that the female sex presents dysfunctional anxiety 62,9 % than the male sex 37,1 %. Conclusions: to minimize the risks involved in anxiety, strategies must be carried out that allow the person to maintain their mental health balanced and in turn identify situations that may compromise them and make them more vulnerable.