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Experience of physicians during COVID-19 in a developing country: A qualitative study of Pakistan

COVID-19 spread rapidly and jeopardised the physicians with not only treatment but also with limited resources and new working style. This study aimed to investigate the experience of physicians in Pakistan as frontline workers for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The study employed a qualitative...

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Main Authors: Haq, Wajiha, Said, Fareyha, Batool, Sidrah, Awais, Hafiz Muhammad
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Published: J Infection Developing Countries 2021
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spelling my.um.eprints.264922022-03-08T03:48:08Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/26492/ Experience of physicians during COVID-19 in a developing country: A qualitative study of Pakistan Haq, Wajiha Said, Fareyha Batool, Sidrah Awais, Hafiz Muhammad H Social Sciences (General) COVID-19 spread rapidly and jeopardised the physicians with not only treatment but also with limited resources and new working style. This study aimed to investigate the experience of physicians in Pakistan as frontline workers for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The study employed a qualitative design and used Haas's adaptation of Colaizzi method for analysis. The respondents for the interview were selected based on purposive sampling and only those physicians were contacted who were treating COVID-19 patients in Lahore, Pakistan. The results of the study revealed many challenges faced by Pakistani physicians which included physical and psychological stress due to the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Moreover, infrastructural flaws have added in the vulnerabilities of the physicians. In developing countries, the fight is much harder for physicians as evidenced by their first-hand experience. The policymakers in developing countries especially in Pakistan can direct policies facilitating physicians to reduce their physical and psychological stress as well as increasing resources for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. J Infection Developing Countries 2021-02 Article PeerReviewed Haq, Wajiha and Said, Fareyha and Batool, Sidrah and Awais, Hafiz Muhammad (2021) Experience of physicians during COVID-19 in a developing country: A qualitative study of Pakistan. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 15 (2). pp. 191-197. ISSN 1972-2680, DOI https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.13954 <https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.13954>. 10.3855/jidc.13954
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
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Haq, Wajiha
Said, Fareyha
Batool, Sidrah
Awais, Hafiz Muhammad
Experience of physicians during COVID-19 in a developing country: A qualitative study of Pakistan
description COVID-19 spread rapidly and jeopardised the physicians with not only treatment but also with limited resources and new working style. This study aimed to investigate the experience of physicians in Pakistan as frontline workers for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The study employed a qualitative design and used Haas's adaptation of Colaizzi method for analysis. The respondents for the interview were selected based on purposive sampling and only those physicians were contacted who were treating COVID-19 patients in Lahore, Pakistan. The results of the study revealed many challenges faced by Pakistani physicians which included physical and psychological stress due to the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Moreover, infrastructural flaws have added in the vulnerabilities of the physicians. In developing countries, the fight is much harder for physicians as evidenced by their first-hand experience. The policymakers in developing countries especially in Pakistan can direct policies facilitating physicians to reduce their physical and psychological stress as well as increasing resources for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
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author Haq, Wajiha
Said, Fareyha
Batool, Sidrah
Awais, Hafiz Muhammad
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Said, Fareyha
Batool, Sidrah
Awais, Hafiz Muhammad
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title Experience of physicians during COVID-19 in a developing country: A qualitative study of Pakistan
title_short Experience of physicians during COVID-19 in a developing country: A qualitative study of Pakistan
title_full Experience of physicians during COVID-19 in a developing country: A qualitative study of Pakistan
title_fullStr Experience of physicians during COVID-19 in a developing country: A qualitative study of Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Experience of physicians during COVID-19 in a developing country: A qualitative study of Pakistan
title_sort experience of physicians during covid-19 in a developing country: a qualitative study of pakistan
publisher J Infection Developing Countries
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/26492/
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