Experiences of COVID-19 infection in North Carolina: A qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

It has been demonstrated that marginalized populations across the U.S. have suffered a disproportionate burden of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, illustrating the role that social determinants of health play in health outcomes. To better understand how these vulnerable and high-risk populations have experienced the pandemic, we conducted a qualitative study to better understand their experiences from diagnosis through recovery.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative study of patients in a North Carolina healthcare system's registry who tested positive for COVID-19 from March 2020 through February 2021, identified from population-dense outbreaks of COVID-19 (hotspots). We conducted semi-structured phone interviews in English or Spanish, based

SUBMITTER: Seidenfeld J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9162358 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature