Healthcare Provider Experiences With Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the setting of an active pandemic the impact of public vaccine hesitancy on healthcare workers has not yet been explored. There is currently a paucity of literature that examines how patient resistance to disease prevention in general impacts practitioners.

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented healthcare challenges with impacts on healthcare workers' wellbeing. Vaccine hesitancy added complexity to providing care for unvaccinated patients. Our study qualitatively explored experiences of healthcare providers caring for unvaccinated patients with severe COVID-19 infection in the intensive care setting.

Design

We used interview-based constructivist grounded theory methodology to explore experiences of healthcare providers with critically i

SUBMITTER: Griffin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11387047 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature