Open AccessScarlett Letter: A study based on experience of stigma by COVID-19 patients in quarantine
Author(s) -
Nazish Imran,
Hadia Afzal,
Irum Aamer,
Ali Madeeh Hashmi,
Bilquis Shabbir,
Aftab Asif,
Saeed Farooq
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.36.7.3606
Subject(s) - medicine , stigma (botany) , confidentiality , feeling , covid-19 , social stigma , family medicine , institutional review board , qualitative research , pandemic , informed consent , social distance , psychiatry , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , alternative medicine , social psychology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychology , pathology , social science , sociology , political science , law
Stigma around COVID-19 is a major barrier in global efforts to control the COVID 19 pandemic. Limited data is available regarding stigma faced by COVID-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The aim of the current study was to explore the stigma experienced by hospitalized patients with COVID-19 illness in Lahore, Pakistan.