Resilience resources and coping strategies of COVID-19 female long haulers: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female long haulers deal with persistent post-acute COVID-19 symptoms that have serious health implications. This study aimed to identify resilience resources at multiple socio-ecological levels for female long haulers and describe how resilience resources affect their responses to long COVID.

Methods

Purposive sampling was adopted to recruit participants through social media from April to June 2021 followed by 15 semi-structured interviews. An inductive analytical approach was adopted to categorize themes by open and axial coding that were verified by peer review.

Results

Female long haulers relied on resources at various socio-ecological levels to foster their resilience in response to long COVID. At the individual level, they utilized cognitive and emoti

SUBMITTER: Aghaei A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672809 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature