姆波克斯疾病叙述:在紧急疫情爆发期间和之后,对护理和康复的污名化
Anthony K J Smith1,2, Daniel Storer3,4, Kari Lancaster1,5
1Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Qualitative health research
|March 10, 2024
概括
马博克斯疫情造成了痛苦和破坏生活,影响了性福利. 了解患者的经验对于在传染病紧急情况下提供优质护理至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 在2022年全球爆发的mopox (以前是病毒) 疫情主要影响了同性恋和双性恋男性.
- 莫波克斯通常呈现为一种自我限制的疾病,症状包括发烧,疼痛和皮肤病变,偶尔需要住院治疗.
- 关于mpox患者在症状,医疗互动和康复方面所经历的经验的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 探索2022年疫情期间在澳大利亚感染mopox的个体的多样性疾病叙述.
- 了解mopox对参与者的症状,医疗保健经验和康复的影响.
- 分析MOPOX疫情如何影响个人生活和性福利.
主要方法:
- 对16名参与者进行了深入采访 (13名被诊断为mopox,3名密切接触者).
- 所有参与者都是居住在澳大利亚的 cisgender 同性恋或双性恋男性.
- 六个月后进行了后续采访,以收集纵向数据.
主要成果:
- 参与者报告疾病的严重程度各不相同,从轻微到严重.
- 与医疗保健服务的负面和耻辱化的经历是常见的.
- 一些个人经历了长期影响性福利和mopox并发症.
- 疫情背景造成了痛苦,使管理复杂化,并扰乱了日常生活.
- 姆波克斯的叙述范围从轻微的干扰到重大的生命再评估.
结论:
- 与社会实践相关的新出现的传染病爆发可能会深刻改变个人生活和性健康.
- 该研究强调了在mopox爆发和其他传染病紧急情况期间需要加强患者护理策略.
- 对疾病经验的定性见解对于有效的公共卫生反应至关重要.
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