Longing for homelikeness: A hermeneutic phenomenological analysis of patients' lived experiences in recovery from COVID-19-associated intensive care unit acquired weakness.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To explore lived experiences of patients recovering from COVID-19-associated intensive care unit acquired weakness and to provide phenomenological descriptions of their recovery.

Design

A qualitative study following hermeneutic phenomenology.

Methods

Through purposeful sampling, 13 participants with COVID-19-associated intensive care unit acquired weakness were recruited with diversity in age, sex, duration of hospitalization and severity of muscle weakness. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted from 4 to 8 months after hospital discharge, between July 2020 and January 2021. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using hermeneutic phenomenological analysis.

Results

The analysis yielded five themes: 'waking up in alienation', 'valuin

SUBMITTER: van Oorsouw R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9349706 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature