Hepatitis Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Medwave. 2022 Oct 27;22(9):e2591. doi: 10.5867/medwave.2022.09.2591.
Understanding the psychological and behavioral reactions to emerging infectious diseases is crucial in managing outbreaks. This study sought to explain family members' experiences of individual memories and coping with the COVID-19 lockdown.
An exploratory, descriptive and qualitative research was conducted by content analysis in Lorestan province, Iran. The purposive sampling was continued by achieving data saturation, reaching 29 samples. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted to family members who stayed at home during the COVID-19-induced lockdown. The data was collected from October 2020 to February 2021. Content analysis presented by Graneheim and Lundman was used to analyze the data.
The findings of this study contained 100 codes and five categories with its respective subcategories. Categories included taking advantage of opportunities (increasing intimate communication in the family; compensation and progress), coping mechanisms (creating fun and creativity at home; trying to spend leisure time; sports, reading books, music; increasing patience and tolerance; and forced Internet communications), social aspects (positive and negative), outcomes (gratefulness, pleasure, and happiness; concerns; psychological aspects; and damage and challenge to the foundation of families), and economic aspects (cost savings; recession/job loss/financial downturn; and low-income families' unaffordability to prepare electronics for education).
The COVID-19 pandemic and its induced-lockdown have affected various aspects of family life and its pros and cons have been presented by the participants. Policymakers must design and implement programs in line with this change in the public's lifestyles so that families are not damaged.
了解人们对新发传染病的心理和行为反应对于控制疫情至关重要。本研究旨在解释家庭成员对个人记忆的体验以及应对 COVID-19 封锁的方式。
在伊朗洛雷斯坦省进行了一项探索性、描述性和定性研究，采用内容分析法。通过达到数据饱和（达到 29 个样本）继续进行目的抽样。对在 COVID-19 封锁期间留在家里的家庭成员进行了深入的半结构化访谈。数据收集时间为 2020 年 10 月至 2021 年 2 月。采用 Graneheim 和 Lundman 的内容分析法对数据进行分析。
本研究的结果包含 100 个代码和 5 个类别及其各自的子类别。类别包括利用机会（增加家庭内部的亲密沟通；补偿和进步）、应对机制（在家中创造乐趣和创意；尝试打发闲暇时间；运动、阅读书籍、音乐；增加耐心和容忍；被迫进行网络交流）、社会方面（积极和消极）、结果（感激、愉悦和幸福；担忧；心理方面；对家庭基础的损害和挑战）和经济方面（节省成本；经济衰退/失业/金融低迷；低收入家庭无力为教育准备电子产品）。
COVID-19 大流行及其引发的封锁已经影响了家庭生活的各个方面，参与者也提出了其利弊。政策制定者必须根据公众生活方式的这种变化设计和实施计划，以避免家庭受到损害。
