Afzal Mahreen, Hassan Rashid Muhammad Abo Ul, Fischer Florian
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Institute of Public Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
BMC Nurs. 2023 Apr 6;22(1):101. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01279-9.
Healthcare professionals around the globe suffered severely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aims to explore the lived experiences of nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in Pakistan.
The study is a qualitative exploration of the lived experiences caring for patients with COVID-19 in Pakistan. This research was conducted in two government hospitals there. Face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted amongst 30 nurses who had been selected using purposive sampling technique. Thematic analysis was applied to extract the themes from respondents' answers.
By using thematic analysis, social response, impacts on physical and mental health, and experience of handling COVID-19 patients were extracted as major themes.
The findings of this research are of immense importance in showing the impact of COVID-19 on mental and physical health, along with the social and personal consequences for nurses providing care to COVID-19 patients.
在新冠疫情期间,全球医护人员都遭受了重创。本研究旨在探索巴基斯坦护理新冠患者的护士的生活经历。
本研究是对巴基斯坦护理新冠患者的生活经历进行的定性探索。该研究在当地两家政府医院开展。采用目的抽样技术选取了30名护士进行面对面深入访谈。运用主题分析法从受访者的回答中提取主题。
通过主题分析,提取出社会反应、对身心健康的影响以及护理新冠患者的经历作为主要主题。
本研究结果对于揭示新冠疫情对身心健康的影响,以及为新冠患者提供护理的护士所面临的社会和个人后果具有极其重要的意义。