From unconditionality to disenchantment among primary healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study from Madrid, Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the experience of primary healthcare (PHC) professionals in their professional role during the pandemic and to describe collective coping strategies.

Design

We conducted a qualitative study using interviews, focus groups and photovoice techniques from February to September 2021. The qualitative data were transcribed, aggregated and analysed, from a hermeneutic perspective, using applied thematic analysis and ethnographic approaches.

Setting

Primary Care Health Madrid region (Spain).

Participants

Convenience sampling was used to select 71 multidisciplinary primary care professionals who were working in 12 PHCs representing diverse socioeconomic, social vulnerability and COVID impact levels in the Madrid region (Spain).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Cura-Gonzalez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306276 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature