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Significant other family members and their experiences of Covid-19 in Pakistan

A qualitative study with implications for social policy

Bibliographic Data

ID15744000
AuthorsSara Rizvi Jafree (0000-0001-5141-1107, corresponding author), Ain ul Momina, Syed Asghar Naqi (0000-0003-4562-1786)
Year2020
Volume5
Issue4
Pages380-389
Publication date2020-09-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStigma and Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2376-6964 • E-ISSN: 2376-6972
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/sah0000269
OpenAlexW3083090197
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

To the best of our knowledge, there is no research about the challenges faced by significant others of coronavirus patients in Pakistan, including spouses, children, siblings, and parents We aimed to discover through an open-ended semistructured questionnaire the main challenges and coping strategies of significant others since the time their relative have been tested positive for coronavirus and taken to quarantine or admitted to the hospital Sampling was done using contact information from three hospitals of Lahore with the largest quarantine facilities for COVID-19 patients We used NVIVO to analyze the interviews of 20 participants through content analysis approach The findings included three broad themes of experiences of stigma, struggles, and strengths and a total of 9, 6, and 8 subthemes under each theme, respectively We conclude with key social policy recommendations to support families of coronavirus-infected people through salient areas of criminalization laws, therapy and counseling, surveillance and monitoring, employee protection, and accountability of government, health workers, and police (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)

Coping (psychology · Criminalization · Criminology · Family medicine · Government (linguistics · MEDLINE · Political science · Psychiatry · PsycINFO · Public relations · Qualitative research · Quarantine · Snowball sampling · Social science · Social stigma · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Law · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing · Psychology

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Unique citing works4
Citations per year0,8
Citation span2021 - 2024 (4)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4
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