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Relations Between Guardians and Domestic Animals During the Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2023

Ailton da Cruz Melo ,
Isabela Carvalho dos Santos ,
Adriane Cordeiro Trevisani ,
Kariny Aparecida Jardim Rúbio ,
Ana Luisa Cano ,
Eloiza Teles Caldart ,
Juliana Aparecida Mendonça ,
Renata Olivotto Agostinis ,
Ranulfo Piau Junior  and
Zilda Cristiani Gazim
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Ailton da Cruz Melo
Affiliation:
Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Isabela Carvalho dos Santos
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal com Ênfase em Produtos Bioativos, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Adriane Cordeiro Trevisani
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal com Ênfase em Produtos Bioativos, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Kariny Aparecida Jardim Rúbio
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal com Ênfase em Produtos Bioativos, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Ana Luisa Cano
Affiliation:
Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Eloiza Teles Caldart
Affiliation:
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia, Londrina, Brasil
Juliana Aparecida Mendonça
Affiliation:
Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Renata Olivotto Agostinis
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal com Ênfase em Produtos Bioativos, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Ranulfo Piau Junior
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal com Ênfase em Produtos Bioativos, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Zilda Cristiani Gazim
Affiliation:
Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal com Ênfase em Produtos Bioativos, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Lidiane Nunes Barbosa
Affiliation:
Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal com Ênfase em Produtos Bioativos, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
Daniela Dib Gonçalves*
Affiliation:
Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal com Ênfase em Produtos Bioativos, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, Umuarama, Paraná, Brasil
*
Corresponding author: Daniela Dib Gonçalves; Email: danieladib@prof.unipar.br.
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Abstract

Objective:

The aim of this study was to evaluate how relationships between guardians and domestic animals were established and their possible effects during the COVID-19 pandemic period in Brazil.

Methods:

Data were collected by completing an online questionnaire. Throughout the national territory, 2002 people completed the questionnaire, while respecting social distancing from January 20, 2021, to March 20, 2021. The inclusion and exclusion criteria were ‘to own pets’ or ‘those who had them during the period of quarantine’ in Brazil. The data obtained were treated qualitatively through discourse analysis and content analysis, while the quantitative data were tabulated by the questionnaire application platform itself.

Results:

The results showed that 97% of the participants were affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil and that of these, 95.5% stated that their pet was important to overcome and bear bad feelings during the period of social isolation. It was possible to observe through the participants’ reports through the online questionnaire that the relationships with their pets were deepened during the pandemic period, and that these had an important role in overcoming bad emotions caused by social distancing.

Conclusion:

It was concluded that due to these relationships, behaviors such as anxiety and sadness were reduced and the pets themselves also showed an increase in affective behaviors in relation to their guardians.

Keywords

coronaviruscovid-19emotional balancemental healthpets
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e466
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health

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