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.