对长期COVID患者进行长度采访研究:不确定性,极限性和成长过程
Charee M Thompson1, Emily Gerlikovski1, Sara Babu1
1Department of Communication, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Health communication
|December 23, 2024
概括
长期COVID患者经历了相当大的不确定性,应对复杂的医疗,社会和个人挑战. 这项研究将他们的经历视为"微小",在不断变化的健康和身份中不断变化的过程.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 医学人类学 医学人类学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 长期COVID影响美国大约6%的成年人,带来了新的挑战.
- 由于SARS-CoV-2和长期COVID的新性,患者在医疗,社会和个人方面面临不确定性.
- 现有的框架为感染后长期患病的个人提供有限的指导.
研究的目的:
- 探索不确定性作为长期COVID患者"微小"的过程.
- 了解不确定性如何交织在一起,随着时间的推移而变化,并影响患者的自我意识.
- 检查长期COVID中身体变化,身份和社会文化背景之间的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 长度定性研究涉及长期COVID的19名参与者.
- 在2021年夏季至2022年夏季期间,对每个参与者进行了五次采访 (共进行了89次采访).
- 利用"微小性"框架来分析患者对不确定性的经验.
主要成果:
- 长期COVID的特点是"身体自我辩证法",其中身体变化影响有价值的身份.
- 患者对不确定性的体验是由医疗,社会,政治和媒体背景塑造的.
- "成为"的过程是长期COVID导航的核心,突出了持续的适应.
结论:
- 极限性为了解长期COVID的多方面的不确定性提供了一个有用的镜头.
- 这项研究有助于不确定性理论,纵向定性研究方法和了解慢性疾病.
- 这些发现强调了长期COVID中身体,自我和社会历史背景之间的动态相互作用.
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