Experiences of COVID-19 patients in a Fangcang shelter hospital in China during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine COVID-19 patients' experiences in a Fangcang shelter hospital in China, to provide insights into the effectiveness of this centralised isolation strategy as a novel solution to patient management during emerging infectious disease outbreaks.

Design

This study adopted a qualitative descriptive design. Data were collected by individual semistructured interviews and analysed using thematic analysis.

Setting

This study was undertaken in 1 of the 16 Fangcang shelter hospitals in Wuhan, China between 28 February 2020 and 7 March 2020. Fangcang shelter hospitals were temporary healthcare facilities intended for large-scale centralised isolation, treatment and disease monitoring of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 cases. These hospitals were an

SUBMITTER: Zhong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9475958 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature