Reproductive Health Promotion Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Front Public Health. 2022 Sep 6;10:952618. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.952618. eCollection 2022.
During the COVID-19 home-quarantines, home care services may act as an auxiliary component of health care system, which reduces the burden on the formal health care system. This study aimed to investigate the status of informal home care provided for home quarantined patients with COVID-19 in southwest Iran.
This descriptive study was conducted on 288 patients with COVID-19 in Ahvaz (southwest Iran). Inclusion criteria included a known case of COVID-19, willingness to participate in the study, recommendation of home quarantine from a health center, having a smartphone, and fluency in reading and writing in Persian, and the exclusion criterion was a history of COVID-19 longer than 3 months. The data collection method was structured interviews based on a questionnaire (face-to-face-telephone calls-video call). SPSS software was used for the analysis of data.
45.5% of the participants in the study were women with a mean age of 37.82 (10.48%) and 55.5% were men with a mean age of 36.12 (11.93%). Findings showed that in most cases, the spouse (61.4) is responsible for the care of the patient, and in other cases, parents are responsible for this duty. 57.3% of the patients stated that they themselves had to leave home to provide for necessities of life, and 37.2% stated that they were in charge of cooking. 47.9% of the patients evaluated the quality of quality of care provided at home as good. Most of patients and caregivers referred to hospital for getting information (35.8% patients and 34% caregivers). Most of patients recovered from diseases (60.8%) and 39.2% were hospitalized. Although 43.9% of men and 33.6% of women were hospitalized and a there was a significant difference between men and women ( < 0.04).
During COVID-19 pandemic home care to reduce the burden on the health system are very important. We must also know that this type of care requires informed and planned support and sufficient community education. The health care system needs to put self-care and family care among its top priorities. The focus should be on educational and mental support of informal caregivers along with measures that protect their relatives from COVID-19.
在 COVID-19 居家隔离期间，家庭护理服务可以作为医疗保健系统的辅助组成部分，从而减轻正规医疗保健系统的负担。本研究旨在调查伊朗西南部为居家隔离的 COVID-19 患者提供的非正式家庭护理现状。
这是一项在伊朗阿瓦兹（西南部）进行的描述性研究，共纳入 288 例 COVID-19 患者。纳入标准包括已知 COVID-19 病例、愿意参加研究、从卫生中心推荐居家隔离、拥有智能手机且能熟练读写波斯语，排除标准为 COVID-19 病史超过 3 个月。数据收集方法是基于问卷的结构化访谈（面对面-电话-视频通话）。采用 SPSS 软件对数据进行分析。
研究中 45.5%的参与者为女性，平均年龄为 37.82（10.48%），55.5%为男性，平均年龄为 36.12（11.93%）。研究结果表明，在大多数情况下，配偶（61.4%）负责照顾患者，而在其他情况下，父母负责这项任务。57.3%的患者表示他们自己不得不离开家去购买生活必需品，37.2%的患者表示他们负责做饭。47.9%的患者评估居家护理质量良好。大多数患者和护理人员都去医院获取信息（35.8%的患者和 34%的护理人员）。大多数患者已经康复（60.8%），39.2%的患者住院。虽然男性中有 43.9%和女性中有 33.6%住院，且男女之间存在显著差异（<0.04）。
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，居家护理对于减轻医疗系统负担非常重要。我们还必须知道，这种护理需要知情和有计划的支持以及充分的社区教育。医疗保健系统需要将自我护理和家庭护理作为首要任务之一。重点应该是对非正式护理人员进行教育和心理支持，同时采取措施保护他们的亲属免受 COVID-19 的侵害。
