Perceived barriers to the process of COVID-19 control among frontline healthcare workers in South Korea: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to explore barriers to disease control perceived by frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) working in community settings during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.

Design

A qualitative study was conducted using semistructured focus group interviews. All interviews were conducted in Korean on Zoom between October and November 2020, audio-recorded and transcribed for reflexive thematic analysis.

Setting

All participants were working in Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in South Korea. The province had the second-highest COVID-19 infection rates at the time of the interview.

Participants

Participants serving as HCWs in Gyeonggi Province were eligible to participate in the study. A total of 20 HCWs comprised of public health doctors

SUBMITTER: Kwon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9716782 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature