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Index de Enfermería
On-line version ISSN 1699-5988Print version ISSN 1132-1296
Abstract
HERNANDDZ-CORTINA, Abdul et al. Life experiences of people with Covid-19 during the quarantine period. Index Enferm [online]. 2022, vol.31, n.3, pp.180-184. Epub Feb 06, 2023. ISSN 1699-5988.
Main objective:
to understand the life experiences of people diagnosed with Covid-19 during the quarantine period in Santiago de Chile city.
Design:
a descriptive phenomenological qualitative study with an exploratory approach.
Methodology:
Participants aged between 18 and 65 years, with previous Covid-19 infection and positive PCR. Purposive sampling with 11 informants was used. The information was collected through in-depth online interviews, recorded, and manually transcribed. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi's seven-step method.
Main results:
intense emotions, support from family and neighbors, stigma and self-care were the four categories that emerged from the analysis.
Main conclusion:
people with Covid-19 had a high risk for emotional and social problems. However, the pandemic also had a positive effect on family relationships, meaning of life, self-control, and self-care.
Keywords : Emotions; Social stigma; Pandemics; Covid-19.