Concerns and desires of healthcare workers caring for patients with COVID-19 in April and July 2020 in Japan: a qualitative study of open-ended survey comments.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The prolonged effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to have a serious impact on healthcare workers. We described and compared the experiences of healthcare workers in Japan during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic from March to May 2020, and during the lull from June to July 2020.

Design

In this qualitative study, we used a web-based survey to obtain comments from healthcare workers about their experiences during the pandemic, and explored these using inductive content analysis.

Setting

A tertiary emergency hospital in Tokyo, in April and July 2020.

Participants

Participants were staff in the hospital, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, radiological technicians and laboratory medical technicians. Many, but not all, had directly care

SUBMITTER: Kayama M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8743838 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature