Pandey Vijyendra, Astha Arora, Mishra Neelam, Greeshma Rajgopal, Lakshmana Govindappa, Jeyavel Sundaramoorthy, Rajkumar Eslavath, Prabhu G
Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, India.
Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India.
Front Psychol. 2021 Apr 1;12:634621. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634621. eCollection 2021.
Although COVID-19 pandemic has re-orientated humans to be more physically healthy and hygienic, it has also persuaded humans to create affiliations and experience a sense of belongingness through social networks and digital technologies. However, amidst these changes, experiences of COVID-19 patients and their perception of the outside world's attitudes toward them appears to be less attended in literature which formed the basis for the current study's objectives. Using qualitative methodology, the present study explored the experiences, perceptions and attitudes of patients and their care-givers' toward COVID-19. The thematic analysis emerged with four major themes. Psychological Experiences of People was generated prominently with sub-themes indicating the perceived experiences like fear of spreading diseases to others, and the need for psychological counseling. Attitude of others toward patients and caregivers revealed that family members and relatives played a major positive role on the patient's mental health, however, the neighbor's stigmatized attitude led to several undesired behaviors. Social Connectedness was another major theme derived from the study. Altruistic volunteers, a sub-theme of Social connectedness have indicated that amidst these negative factors, one can spread social harmony by motivating and supporting the victims with basic needs, financial support, hope and social empathy. Opinions of participants for digital technology through technological aids and preventive measures emphasized an overall positive attitude as it helped the society, in general to maintain social connections as well to curb the rate of COVID-19 cases.
尽管新冠疫情使人们更加注重身体健康和卫生，但它也促使人们通过社交网络和数字技术建立联系并体验归属感。然而，在这些变化之中，新冠患者的经历以及他们对外部世界对其态度的认知在文献中似乎较少受到关注，而这正是本研究目标的基础。本研究采用定性方法，探讨了患者及其护理人员对新冠疫情的经历、认知和态度。主题分析得出了四个主要主题。“人们的心理体验”这一主题尤为突出，其下属主题表明了诸如害怕将疾病传播给他人等感知到的体验，以及对心理咨询的需求。“他人对患者及护理人员的态度”显示，家庭成员和亲属对患者的心理健康起到了主要的积极作用，然而，邻居的污名化态度导致了一些不良行为。“社会联系”是该研究得出的另一个主要主题。“利他志愿者”作为“社会联系”的一个下属主题表明，在这些负面因素之中，人们可以通过满足受害者的基本需求、提供经济支持、给予希望和社会同理心来激励和支持他们，从而传播社会和谐。参与者对通过技术辅助手段和预防措施使用数字技术的看法强调了总体上的积极态度，因为它有助于整个社会维持社会联系，同时也有助于遏制新冠病例的发生率。
