A QUALITATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE POST COVID-19 EXPERIENCES AMONG RECOVERED PATIENTS OF DISTRICT FARIDKOT, PUNJAB

Author Name: 1. Kiran 2. Ms. Manpreet Kaur Pandher 3. Ms. Satinder Kaur 4. Dr. Sumit Pal Singh Chawla

Volume/Issue: 03/07

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2022-65158487/UIJIR

Affiliation:

  1. Student M.Sc. Nursing 2nd Year University College of Nursing, BFUHS, Faridkot, Punjab, India.
  2. Lecturer, Department of Nursing, University College of Nursing, BFUHS, Faridkot, Punjab, India.
  3. Assistant   Professor, Department of Nursing, University College of Nursing, BFUHS, Faridkot, Punjab, India.
  4. Associate  Professor, Department of Medicine, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, BFUHS, Faridkot, Punjab, India.

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 is highly infectious and pathogenic infection and spread globally and it became global pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic that has a profound impact on the psychological and mental well-being of individuals across the world, but the post COVID-19 experiences are documented very rarely.The aim of the study is to explore the post COVID-19 experiences among recovered patients of district Faridkot, Punjab A qualitative approach was used to carry a phenomenological design for present study. The non- probability purposive sampling technique was used to collect data up to saturation. i.e. 10 subjects selected as per inclusion criteria of study. The data was collected by using unstructured interview method from 10 subjects at district Faridkot, Punjab. Study found that during interacting with the participant’s different aspects of post COVID-19 experiences were discussed; three super-ordinate themes emerged from their account. There are (a) Fear (b) Psychosomatic Reaction (c) Knowledge. Furthermore, each super-ordinate theme are divided into sub-themes. COVID-19 experiences who had recovered from COVID-19. Participants changed their attitude towards the disease and the way their lives and have been affected due to COVID-19.

Key words: COVID-19; Pandemic; Qualitative research; Post COVID-19 experiences.

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