دورية أكاديمية
Stigmatization, psychological and emotional trauma among frontline health care workers treated for COVID-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria: a qualitative study.
| العنوان: | Stigmatization, psychological and emotional trauma among frontline health care workers treated for COVID-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria: a qualitative study. |
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| المؤلفون: | Kwaghe AV; Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria. hyelni_vandi@yahoo.com.; Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Abuja, Nigeria. hyelni_vandi@yahoo.com.; National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme, Abuja, Nigeria. hyelni_vandi@yahoo.com., Ilesanmi OS; Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo Sate, Nigeria., Amede PO; Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Abuja, Nigeria.; Nigerian Correctional Service, Directorate of Health and Social Welfare, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria., Okediran JO; Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Abuja, Nigeria.; Department of Public Health, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Abuja, Nigeria.; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Utulu R; Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Abuja, Nigeria.; Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria., Balogun MS; Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Abuja, Nigeria. |
| المصدر: | BMC health services research [BMC Health Serv Res] 2021 Aug 21; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 855. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 21. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101088677 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1472-6963 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14726963 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Health Serv Res Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | COVID-19* , Stereotyping*, Health Personnel ; Humans ; Nigeria ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2 |
| مستخلص: | Background: COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in global health and economic crisis. We investigated the experiences of frontline health care workers recovering from COVID-19 in Lagos State Nigeria. Methods: We conducted a qualitative study among frontline health workers recovering from COVID-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria. We interviewed 12 respondents before achieving data saturation. We used a checklist to guide the interview according to the phenomenon under study. Data obtained were analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Results: The study was summarized under five themes: knowledge of COVID-19, exposure, reactions, challenges and recommendations. The respondents were quite knowledgeable on COVID-19, their reactions when informed of their status were denial, anxiety, distress, disorientation, crying for fear of stigmatization, while some were psychologically prepared. Reactions from colleagues, family and friends were encouraging and provided solace for them with a few colleagues and families that had negative reactions. Challenges include anosmia, movement restriction, loneliness, worries about the state of their families, nondisclosure of status to family members, non-conducive isolation centre with limited space, insomnia, stigmatization by health workers at the isolation centre, extended duration of stay, delay in the release of test results and use of ambulance for evacuation to the isolation centres. Coping strategies were watching movies, phone calls, use of social media, listening to music, attending webinars, working on projects and reading spiritual books. Recommendations were early laboratory testing of samples and conveying of results, increase testing capacity, the need of health care workers to be more compassionate, better method of evacuation of people that tested positive to COVID-19, aside the use of ambulance that increases the likelihood of stigmatization and standard guideline for the case management of people recovering from COVID-19 in Lagos state. Conclusions: Respondents felt stigmatized and psychologically and morally traumatized. Isolation is a difficult experience and some negative emotions as expressed by previous studies were experienced by the respondents. There is need for increased testing capacity, timely results dissemination, early evacuation and creation of more isolation centres in Lagos State due to the rising number of cases and shortage of bed space. (© 2021. The Author(s).) |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Challenges; Isolation; Lagos State; Moral trauma; Psychological trauma; Recommendations; Stigmatization |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20210822 Date Completed: 20210824 Latest Revision: 20240403 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240403 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC8380097 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12913-021-06835-0 |
| PMID: | 34419034 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s12913-021-06835-0 |