biostudies-literatureLeggett ANNIA NIH HHSHSRD VA431-439https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11995669biostudies-literatureUnknown32(6)<h4>Background</h4>In 2020, many family members were thrust into the role of caregiving for a relative with COVID-19 with little preparation, training, or understanding of the disease and its symptoms.<h4>Objectives</h4>To explore the barriers to and facilitators of caregiving experienced by family caregivers of patients with COVID-19 who had been in intensive care in the pandemic's earliest months.<h4>Methods</h4>In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted by web conference with 16 adults recovering at home after intubation for COVID-19 in an intensive care unit at a major academic medical center and their primary caregivers from March to August 2020 (N = 32). Thematic qualitative analysis was done using Watkins' rigorous and accelerated data reduction technique with MAXQDA software.<hAmerican journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care NursesBarriers to and Facilitators of Family Caregiving of Patients With COVID-19 Early in the Pandemic.PMC11995669P30 AG072931IK2 HX003530P30 AG053760K01 AG065420K01 AG056557Robinson-Lane SGPrescott HCOxford GLeonard NLeggett ANBaker EGonzalez RIwashyna TJCarmichael AGParatore JBlok ACfalseBarriers to and Facilitators of Family Caregiving of Patients With COVID-19 Early in the Pandemic.<h4>Background</h4>In 2020, many family members were thrust into the role of caregiving for a relative with COVID-19 with little preparation, training, or understanding of the disease and its symptoms.<h4>Objectives</h4>To explore the barriers to and facilitators of caregiving experienced by family caregivers of patients with COVID-19 who had been in intensive care in the pandemic's earliest months.<h4>Methods</h4>In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted by web conference with 16 adults recovering at home after intubation for COVID-19 in an intensive care unit at a major academic medical center and their primary caregivers from March to August 2020 (N = 32). Thematic qualitative analysis was done using Watkins' rigorous and accelerated data reduction technique with MAXQDA software.<h2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Nov2025-06-26T03:06:34.126Z2025-06-26T03:06:34.126ZS-EPMC119956693790737810.4037/ajcc2023364