Intrapersonal and interpersonal level factors influencing self-care practices among Hong Kong individuals with COVID-19-A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The unprecedented crisis during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong placed a significant burden on the health care system. Therefore, the Hong Kong government advocated that individuals with no or mild COVID-19 symptoms should self-care at home. This study aimed to understand intrapersonal and interpersonal level factors that shaped self-care practices among home-quarantined individuals with COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic.

Methods

This study used convenience and snowball sampling whereby a total of 30 semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted between March and April 2022. Inductive content analysis was used to analyze the data.

Results

Factors reported at the intrapersonal level included socioeconomic status and housing

SUBMITTER: Ma H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9449417 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature