Chronic Diseases(Home Care) Research Center and Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Nursing, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Mother and Child Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Nursing, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
BMC Fam Pract. 2021 May 15;22(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s12875-021-01442-8.
The bereaved families of COVID-19 victims are among the most vulnerable social groups in the COVID-19 pandemic. This highly infectious and contagious disease has afflicted these families with numerous psychological crises which have not been studied much yet. The present study is an attempt at investigating the psychological challenges and issues which the families of COVID-19 victims are faced with. The present study aims to identify the Mental Health crises which the families of COVID-19 deceased victims are going through.
A qualitative research, the present study uses a conventional content analysis design. The participants were 16 members of the families of COVID-19 victims selected from medical centers in Iran from February to May 2020 via purposeful sampling. Sampling continued to the point of data saturation Data were collected via semi-structured individual interviews conducted online. The collected data were analyzed according to the conventional qualitative content analysis approach.
Analyses of the data yielded two main themes and seven categories. Emotional shock included (feelings of guilt and rumination, bitter farewell, strange burial and concern about unreligious burial), and fear of the future included (instability in the family, lack of job security and difficult financial conditions, Stigmatization and complications in social interactions).
The families of COVID-19 deceased victims are affected by various psychological crises which have exposed them to a deep sense of loss and emotional shock. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a cultural context which recognizes and supports all the various aspects of the mental health of these families.
COVID-19 逝者的家属是 COVID-19 大流行期间最脆弱的社会群体之一。这种高度传染性和接触性的疾病给这些家庭带来了许多尚未得到充分研究的心理危机。本研究试图调查 COVID-19 逝者家属所面临的心理挑战和问题。本研究旨在确定 COVID-19 死者家属所经历的心理健康危机。
这是一项定性研究，本研究采用传统的内容分析设计。研究对象是 2020 年 2 月至 5 月期间通过目的抽样从伊朗医疗中心选择的 16 名 COVID-19 受害者家属，他们参加了研究。采样持续到数据饱和为止。通过在线进行半结构化个人访谈收集数据。根据传统的定性内容分析方法对收集到的数据进行分析。
数据分析产生了两个主要主题和七个类别。情感冲击包括（内疚和沉思感、痛苦的告别、奇怪的葬礼和对不宗教葬礼的担忧），对未来的恐惧包括（家庭不稳定、缺乏工作保障和经济条件困难、污名化和社会交往中的并发症）。
COVID-19 死者的家属受到各种心理危机的影响，使他们深感失落和情感冲击。因此，迫切需要一种文化背景，承认和支持这些家庭心理健康的各个方面。
