Battling the unknown: Using composite vignettes to portray lived experiences of COVID-19 and long-COVID.
Understanding the day-to-day lived experiences of individuals who have had or are still recovering from Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19), whilst a complex challenge, presents the opportunity to listen and learn. Composite vignettes provide a novel approach to explore and present descriptive portray...
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| author | Rachel L Knight Kelly A Mackintosh Joanne Hudson James Shelley Zoe L Saynor Melitta A McNarry |
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| description | Understanding the day-to-day lived experiences of individuals who have had or are still recovering from Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19), whilst a complex challenge, presents the opportunity to listen and learn. Composite vignettes provide a novel approach to explore and present descriptive portrayals of the most commonly derived experiences and recovery journeys. The thematic analysis of 47 shared accounts (semi-structured interviews with adults aged ≥18 years; 40 females; 6-11 months post-COVID-19 infection) produced a series of four intricate character stories written through the lens of a single individual. Each vignette gives a voice to and captures a different experience trajectory. From the point of initial symptom development onwards, the vignettes depict how COVID-19 has affected everyday lives, focusing on the secondary non-biological socio-psychological effects and implications. The vignettes highlight in participants' own words: i) the potential negative implications of not addressing the psychological effects of COVID-19; ii) the lack of symptom and recovery linearity; iii) the ongoing 'lottery' of access to healthcare services; and iv) the highly variable, yet generally devastating, impacts that COVID-19 and consequent long-COVID has had across multiple facets of daily living. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04c9e16196e346b986a7c7fa2156ef0c2023-05-13T05:31:36ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01184e028471010.1371/journal.pone.0284710Battling the unknown: Using composite vignettes to portray lived experiences of COVID-19 and long-COVID.Rachel L KnightKelly A MackintoshJoanne HudsonJames ShelleyZoe L SaynorMelitta A McNarryUnderstanding the day-to-day lived experiences of individuals who have had or are still recovering from Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19), whilst a complex challenge, presents the opportunity to listen and learn. Composite vignettes provide a novel approach to explore and present descriptive portrayals of the most commonly derived experiences and recovery journeys. The thematic analysis of 47 shared accounts (semi-structured interviews with adults aged ≥18 years; 40 females; 6-11 months post-COVID-19 infection) produced a series of four intricate character stories written through the lens of a single individual. Each vignette gives a voice to and captures a different experience trajectory. From the point of initial symptom development onwards, the vignettes depict how COVID-19 has affected everyday lives, focusing on the secondary non-biological socio-psychological effects and implications. The vignettes highlight in participants' own words: i) the potential negative implications of not addressing the psychological effects of COVID-19; ii) the lack of symptom and recovery linearity; iii) the ongoing 'lottery' of access to healthcare services; and iv) the highly variable, yet generally devastating, impacts that COVID-19 and consequent long-COVID has had across multiple facets of daily living.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284710 |
| spellingShingle | Rachel L Knight Kelly A Mackintosh Joanne Hudson James Shelley Zoe L Saynor Melitta A McNarry Battling the unknown: Using composite vignettes to portray lived experiences of COVID-19 and long-COVID. PLoS ONE |
| title | Battling the unknown: Using composite vignettes to portray lived experiences of COVID-19 and long-COVID. |
| title_full | Battling the unknown: Using composite vignettes to portray lived experiences of COVID-19 and long-COVID. |
| title_fullStr | Battling the unknown: Using composite vignettes to portray lived experiences of COVID-19 and long-COVID. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Battling the unknown: Using composite vignettes to portray lived experiences of COVID-19 and long-COVID. |
| title_short | Battling the unknown: Using composite vignettes to portray lived experiences of COVID-19 and long-COVID. |
| title_sort | battling the unknown using composite vignettes to portray lived experiences of covid 19 and long covid |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284710 |
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