ABSTRACT
Objetivo: Explorar las vivencias de las personas con COVID persistente en el País Vasco transcurrido más de 1 año desde el inicio de la pandemia, con el fin de comprender su impacto en la salud y en el ámbito social, así como detectar posibles áreas de mejora en la asistencia que reciben estas personas con el fin de desarrollar programas de salud que apoyen su recuperación. Método: Estudio cualitativo fenomenológico. Como técnica de recogida de datos se realizaron entrevistas en profundidad hasta la saturación del discurso. Se incluyeron pacientes mayores de edad con sintomatología de COVID persistente con un tiempo de evolución mayor de 12 semanas. El contacto con los/las pacientes se realizó a través del Colectivo COVID Persistente de Euskadi. Las entrevistas se realizaron y grabaron con la aplicación ZOOM. Se realizó una trascripción literal de las entrevistas y posteriormente un análisis temático, identificando las primeras unidades de significado y asignando códigos que se agruparon después en las diferentes categorías. Resultados: Participaron 20 pacientes. Del análisis de los discursos emergieron tres categorías principales: 1) afectación/impacto en la calidad de vida de los/las pacientes; 2) detección de mejoras en la asistencia sanitaria; y 3) aspectos que reconfortan. Conclusiones: Este estudio evidencia el importante impacto en la calidad de vida que sufren estas personas. Es necesario diseñar políticas sanitarias que favorezcan el abordaje personalizado, integral y multidisciplinario de tales pacientes. (AU)
Objective: To explore the experiences of people with persistent COVID in the Basque Country more than a year after the start of the pandemic, in order to understand the health and social impact it has, as well as to detect possible areas for improvement in the care that these people receive in order to develop health programms to support their recovery. Method: Qualitative phenomenological study. In-depth interviews will be carried out as a data collection technique until saturation of the discourse. Patients of legal age who present persistent COVID symptomatology with an evolution time of more than 12 weeks were included. Contact with the patients was made through the Basque Long COVID Collective. The interviews were carried out and recorded through the ZOOM application. After the literal transcription of the interviews, the thematic analysis will be carried out, identifying the first units of meaning and assigning codes that will later be grouped into the different categories. Results: 20 patients participated. A total of three main categories emerged from the analysis of the discourses: 1) affecting/impacting patients quality of life; 2) identifying improvements in healthcare; and 3) comforting aspects. Conclusions: This study shows the significant impact on the quality of life suffered by these people. It is necessary to design health policies that favour a personalised, comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to these patients. (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Pandemics , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Quality of Life , Qualitative Research , Interviews as Topic , Delivery of Health Care , Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus , SpainABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To explore the experiences of people with persistent COVID in the Basque Country more than a year after the start of the pandemic, in order to understand the health and social impact it has, as well as to detect possible areas for improvement in the care that these people receive in order to develop health programms to support their recovery. METHOD: Qualitative phenomenological study. In-depth interviews will be carried out as a data collection technique until saturation of the discourse. Patients of legal age who present persistent COVID symptomatology with an evolution time of more than 12 weeks were included. Contact with the patients was made through the Basque Long COVID Collective. The interviews were carried out and recorded through the ZOOM application. After the literal transcription of the interviews, the thematic analysis will be carried out, identifying the first units of meaning and assigning codes that will later be grouped into the different categories. RESULTS: 20 patients participated. A total of three main categories emerged from the analysis of the discourses: 1) affecting/impacting patients' quality of life; 2) identifying improvements in healthcare; and 3) comforting aspects. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows the significant impact on the quality of life suffered by these people. It is necessary to design health policies that favour a personalised, comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to these patients.
