Volume 25, Issue 114, August 2021

Exploring health care’ experiences on how to inform the patient to get infected with COVID-19: A qualitative study

Ali Gholami^1,2, Golbahr Iri^3♦, Iraj Ahmadi⁴, Yosof Jamshibeygi⁴, Soudabeh Aloustani⁵, Mohammad Reza Sedi⁴, Milad Borji^4,6

¹Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Taleghani Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Imam Reza Hospital Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
²Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
³Msc of nursing, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Golestan, Iran
⁴Clinical Research Development, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
⁵Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul Branch disabled, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
⁶Student Research Committee, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

^♦Corresponding author
Msc of nursing, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Golestan, Iran

ABSTRACT

Background: COVID-19 disease is a new disease that is very important how informing the patient about it. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the experiences of the nurses’ staff on how to inform the patient to get infected with COVID-19. Methods: Twelve health care providers (8 nurses and 4 anesthesiologists) in an educational and medical center in the city of Ilam in From February to June 2020 participated in the study with purposeful sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data, and the study began with the open question, "Describe your experience of identifying the disease in patients with COVID-19". To analyze the data, the conventional qualitative content analysis was performed. Results: Participants in this study included 12 medical personnel, of which 7 (58.4%) were male and 5 (41.6%) were female. Based on the findings, 2 main themes and 7 sub-themes were extracted. The main themes extracted from this study include A) Passing the patient of the purgatory of COVID-19 diagnosis including four sub-themes: 1) Waiting for a diagnosis, 2) Announcing step by step the diagnosis, 3) giving information, 4) acceptance or resistance; B) Entering the important others to the purgatory of COVID-19 diagnosis including three sub-themes: 1) Entering the key family members, 2) Entering the physician, 3) Entering the relatives working as medical staff. Conclusion: Diagnosing the disease of COVID-19 is like a purgatory for patient and staff. To help the patient get through this purgatory, important others are introduced by the staff. Eventually the patient either accepts the disease or resists accepting it.

Keywords: COVID-19, Content Analysis, Diagnosis, Qualitative Research

Medical Science, 2021, 25(114), 1851-1856

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