Experiences of Patients With COVID-19 Admitted to the Intensive Care Units: A Qualitative Study | Zendy

Reza Norouzadeh | Zendy; Mohammad Abbasinia | Zendy; Zahra Tayebi | Zendy; Ehsan Sharifipour | Zendy; Alireza Koohpaei | Zendy; Bahman Aghaie | Zendy; Hosseın Asgarpour | Zendy

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Experiences of Patients With COVID-19 Admitted to the Intensive Care Units: A Qualitative Study

Author(s) -

Reza Norouzadeh,

Mohammad Abbasinia,

Zahra Tayebi,

Ehsan Sharifipour,

Alireza Koohpaei,

Bahman Aghaie,

Hosseın Asgarpour

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of patient experience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2374-3743

pISSN - 2374-3735

DOI - 10.1177/23743735211007359

Subject(s) - carelessness , qualitative research , psychology , intensive care , empathy , overcrowding , worry , medicine , covid-19 , psychological resilience , feeling , health care , nursing , psychiatry , social psychology , anxiety , social science , disease , pathology , sociology , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth

This study aimed to describe the experiences of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care units (ICU). The data were analyzed by content analysis on 16 ICU patients with COVID-19. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews. Three categories were identified: (a) captured by a challenging incident with subcategories: perceived sudden and challenging death, fear of carelessness in overcrowding, worry about the family, and frustration with stigmatizing; (b) the flourishing of life with subcategories: spiritual-awakening, resilience in the face of life challenges, promoting health behaviors, and striving for recovery; and (c) honoring the blessings with subcategories: understanding the importance of nurses, realizing the value of family, and realizing the value of altruism. COVID-19 survivors experienced both positive and negative experiences. The results of this study could help health care providers identify the needs of ICU patients with COVID-19, including psychological, social, and spiritual support and design care models.

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