George Gigini, Devakirubai E
College of Nursing, AIIMS, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Sacred Heart Nursing College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2025 May;14(5):1940-1945. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1268_24. Epub 2025 May 31.
The COVID-19 pandemic, first reported in Wuhan, China, has significantly impacted global public health, research, and medical communities. Surviving COVID-19 is a new phenomenon, and existing literature lacks insight into patients' emotional responses.
This pilot study aimed to explore the lived experiences of COVID-19 survivors using a descriptive phenomenological approach.
The study followed the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines. A semi-structured interview guide was used to conduct in-depth interviews to extract the participants' diverse emotional and cognitive experiences, covering topics such as overall experiences, coping strategies, medical care, quarantine experience, social, spiritual, and work-related dimensions, and post-COVID-19 concerns.
The researcher transcribed audio recordings and analyzed them using Colaizzi's descriptive phenomenological analysis method.
The study involved two consenting adults with COVID-19, with a mean age of 39 ± 1 years. The participants' experiences were categorized into "immediate crisis," diagnosis, hospital services, transmission, life transition, physical symptoms, rehabilitation, relationship with healthcare personnel, social relationship, and treatment.
COVID-19 survivors faced a multitude of symptoms while enduring the illness and thereafter.
首次在中国武汉报告的新冠疫情对全球公共卫生、研究和医学界产生了重大影响。从新冠疫情中康复是一种新现象，现有文献缺乏对患者情绪反应的深入了解。
本试点研究旨在采用描述性现象学方法探索新冠康复者的生活经历。
该研究遵循定性研究报告标准指南。使用半结构化访谈指南进行深入访谈，以提取参与者多样的情感和认知经历，涵盖总体经历、应对策略、医疗护理、隔离经历、社会、精神和工作相关层面，以及新冠康复后的担忧等主题。
研究人员对录音进行转录，并使用科莱齐的描述性现象学分析方法进行分析。
该研究纳入了两名同意参与的成年新冠康复者，平均年龄为39±1岁。参与者的经历被分为“即时危机”、诊断、医院服务、传播、生活转变、身体症状、康复、与医护人员的关系、社会关系和治疗。
新冠康复者在患病期间及之后面临多种症状。
