Lessons learned from the COVID-19 response in Sri Lankan hospitals: an interview of frontline healthcare professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the lack of preparedness in health systems, even in developed countries. Studies published on COVID-19 management experiences in developing countries, including Sri Lanka, are significantly low. Therefore, lessons learned from pandemic management would be immensely helpful in improving health systems for future disaster situations. This study aimed to identify enablers and barriers to COVID-19 management in Sri Lankan hospitals through healthcare workers' perceptions.

Methods

Frontline doctors and nurses from different levels of public hospitals were interviewed online. Both inductive and deductive coding and thematic analysis were performed on the transcribed data.

Result and discussion

This study identified four themes und

SUBMITTER: Munasinghe NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10731292 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature