Lowe John, Kelley Melessa, Longoria Kayla, Nnaka Tonychris, Wimbish-Tompkins Rose
Joseph Blades Centennial Memorial Professor, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, Texas, USA.
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing Austin, Texas, USA.
Integr J Nurs Med. 2023;5(1). doi: 10.31038/ijnm.2024511. Epub 2023 Dec 10.
This qualitative study was conducted as part of a larger nationwide study, the Aegis Project that investigated the impact of the COVID19 pandemic, infection and reinfection, and the potential long-term immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and will be reported in a future paper. The study is a collaborative effort among The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Indiana University at Bloomington School of Public Health, and a rural-based Tribe located in the Midwest. The qualitative component of the study explored the experiences that impacted the emotional and mental health well-being during the COVID19 pandemic.
Data were collected using open-ended interview questions regarding participants' experiences during the pandemic. Results were analyzed using the Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) method which includes the process of categorizing data into specific themes by means of the research team's discourse, external auditing, and agreement.
Four themes emerged related to emotional and mental health well-being experiences that include: 1) loss of connectedness, 2) increase in stress, 3) increase in anxiety, and 4) learning to cope.
Understanding the lived experiences of Native Americans during the COVID19 pandemic is needed to help guide the development and testing of culturally based interventions to improve the emotional and mental health well-being of Native American communities during pandemics or other distressful incidences such as natural disasters.
这项定性研究是一项更大规模的全国性研究——“宙斯盾计划”的一部分，该计划调查了新冠疫情、感染与再感染的影响，以及对严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）的潜在长期免疫力，相关内容将在未来的论文中报告。该研究是德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校护理学院、印第安纳大学布鲁明顿分校公共卫生学院以及位于中西部的一个农村部落共同合作开展的。研究的定性部分探讨了在新冠疫情期间影响情绪和心理健康状况的经历。
通过开放式访谈问题收集关于参与者在疫情期间经历的数据。使用共识定性研究（CQR）方法对结果进行分析，该方法包括通过研究团队的讨论、外部审核和达成共识将数据分类为特定主题的过程。
出现了四个与情绪和心理健康状况经历相关的主题，包括：（1）联系的丧失；（2）压力增加；（3）焦虑增加；（4）学会应对。
需要了解新冠疫情期间美国原住民的实际经历，以帮助指导基于文化的干预措施的开发和测试，从而在疫情或其他诸如自然灾害等令人痛苦的事件期间改善美国原住民社区的情绪和心理健康状况。
