The experience of coronaphobia among health professionals and their family members during COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study

Background: Coronaphobia is an excessive fear of becoming infected by the COVID-19 virus. Situations of coronaphobia against health professionals have been identified. Therefore, there is a need to develop studies to understand family impact and experience of Covid-19 pandemic and coronaphobia.Aim: To describe the coronaphobia experience of health professionals and of one of their family members during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: Exploratory qualitative study using narrative inquiry was used.

Source: Collegian - March 17, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Mayckel da Silva BARRETO, Ana Carolina Andrade Biaggi LEITE, Cristina GARC ÍA-VIVAR, Lucila Castanheira NASCIMENTO, Sonia Silva MARCON Source Type: research