Thematic analysis to explore patients' experiences with long COVID-19: a conceptual model of symptoms and impacts on daily lives.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is limited qualitative research on patients' experiences with long COVID-19, and how specific symptoms impact their daily lives. The study aimed to understand patients' lived experiences of long COVID-19 and to develop a conceptual model representing the symptoms and their impact on overall quality of life.

Setting

Qualitative study consisting of a comprehensive literature review, and in-depth clinician and patient semistructured interviews.

Participants

Forty-one adult patients with long COVID-19, of whom 18 (44%) were recruited through Regeneron Pharmaceuticals's clinical trials and 23 (56%) through recruitment agencies; 85.4% were female and 73.2% were White. Five independent clinicians treating patients with long COVID-19 were interviewed. Concept

SUBMITTER: Rofail D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806796 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature