1. Psychological Experiences and Reactions of Physicians with COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.
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Asayesh, Mohammad Hassan, Bahonar, Fahimeh, and Mohsen-alhosseini, Seyed Masoud
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COVID-19 , *SPIRITUALITY , *CONVALESCENCE , *RESEARCH methodology , *PHYSICIANS' attitudes , *INTERVIEWING , *COGNITION , *ATTITUDES toward illness , *EXPERIENCE , *QUALITATIVE research , *PHENOMENOLOGY , *COMMUNICATION , *JUDGMENT sampling , *THEMATIC analysis , *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation , *EMOTIONS - Abstract
Doctors are the first to fight COVID-19 and their mental health is at risk. This article aimed to investigate the psychological experiences of physicians recovered from COVID-19 disease. Phenomenological method was carried out to analyze the obtained data. Participants were 16 physicians recovered from COVID-19 disease in Yazd City from January 20th to March 1st, 2020. Samples were selected via purposive sampling and the subjects participated in-depth semi-structured interviews. Twelve main themes and 48 sub-themes were extracted, including 1- Adaptive emotional reactions, 2- Adaptive cognitive reactions, 3- Adaptive behavioral reactions, 4- Adaptive communicative reactions, 5- Adaptive spiritual reactions, 6- Adaptive copings, 7- Maladaptive Emotional reactions, 8- Maladaptive Cognitive reactions, 9- Maladaptive Behavioral reactions, 10- Maladaptive Communicative reactions, 11- Maladaptive spiritual reactions, and 12- Maladaptive Copings. According to the findings, adaptive psychological reactions and maladaptive psychological reactions can affect the psychological well-being of physicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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