Lived Experiences of COVID-19 Patients With Pulmonary Involvement: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology

Mohammadreza Firouzkouhi, Mayumi Kako, Nasrollah Alimohammadi, Aziz Arbabi-Sarjou, Taha Nouraei and Abdolghani Abdollahimohammad

Clinical Nursing Research, 2022, vol. 31, issue 4, 747-757

Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the lived experience of COVID-19 patients with pulmonary involvement. The hermeneutic phenomenology was chosen, as this approach can extract the participant experiences as COVID-19 patients. A total of 10 COVID-19 patients with the pulmonary disease were selected as participants after being discharged from the hospital by purposive sampling method until reaching saturation. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and by using Greatrex-White and van Manen’s methods were analyzed. As a result of data analysis, five main themes were emerged: Symptoms of inducing fear, Annoying loneliness, death anxiety, Spirituality healing factor, and Valuable life again. Based on the results of the interviews, the participants’ experiences showed that patients infected with COVID-19, after being discharged from the hospital, due to mental and physical problems experienced during hospitalization, need comprehensive attention and care to regain their health during convalescence.

Keywords: COVID 19; lived experiences; psychological traumas; phenomenological study; pulmonary involvement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738221078898

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