Awareness and care seeking for long COVID symptoms among Coronavirus disease survivors in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: phenomenological study
Abstract Background Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) has long-term sequels that persisted for months to years and manifested with a spectrum of signs and symptoms. Presentations of long COVID-19 symptoms are heterogeneous, vary from person to person, and can reach up to over 200 symptoms. Limited stu...
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| author | Kassawmar Angaw Bogale Taye Zeru Molalign Tarkegn Melashu Balew Masetewal Worku Anemaw Asrat Ayinengida Adamu Yared Mulu Atalay Getachew Fentie Ambaw |
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| description | Abstract Background Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) has long-term sequels that persisted for months to years and manifested with a spectrum of signs and symptoms. Presentations of long COVID-19 symptoms are heterogeneous, vary from person to person, and can reach up to over 200 symptoms. Limited studies are conducted on the awareness of long COVID-19. So, this study aimed to explore the awareness about and care seeking for long COVID-19 symptoms among COVID survivors in Bahir Dar City in 2022. Methods A qualitative study with a phenomenological design was used. Participants of the study were individuals who survived five months or longer after they tested positive for COVID-19 in Bahir Dar city. Individuals were selected purposively. An in-depth interview guide was prepared and used to collect the data. Open Cod 4.03 software was used for coding and synthesizing. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the transcripts. Results The themes emerged from the data were awareness, experience of symptoms and their effects, and care practices of long COVID-19. Although only one participant mentioned the common symptoms of long COVID-19 the survivors experienced general, respiratory, cardiac, digestive, neurological, and other symptoms. These symptoms include rash, fatigue fever, cough, palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain, and abdominal pain, loss of concentration, loss of smell, sleep disorder, depression, joint and muscle pain. These symptoms brought various physical and psychosocial effects. The majority of the respondents described that long COVID-19 symptoms will go off by themselves. To alleviate the problems some of the participants had taken different measures including medical care, homemade remedies, spiritual solutions, and lifestyle modification. Conclusions The result of this study revealed that participants have a significant deficit of awareness about the common symptoms, risk groups, and communicability of Long COVID. However, they experienced the majority of the common symptoms of Long COVID. To alleviate the problems, they had taken different measures including medical care, homemade remedies, spiritual solutions, and lifestyle modification. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-921eb7add17e403d946266b3ef560f512023-05-28T11:30:07ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582023-05-012311910.1186/s12889-023-15889-0Awareness and care seeking for long COVID symptoms among Coronavirus disease survivors in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: phenomenological studyKassawmar Angaw Bogale0Taye Zeru1Molalign Tarkegn2Melashu Balew3Masetewal Worku4Anemaw Asrat5Ayinengida Adamu6Yared Mulu7Atalay Getachew8Fentie Ambaw9School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversitySchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversitySchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversitySchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversitySchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversitySchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversitySchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversitySchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversitySchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversitySchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar UniversityAbstract Background Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) has long-term sequels that persisted for months to years and manifested with a spectrum of signs and symptoms. Presentations of long COVID-19 symptoms are heterogeneous, vary from person to person, and can reach up to over 200 symptoms. Limited studies are conducted on the awareness of long COVID-19. So, this study aimed to explore the awareness about and care seeking for long COVID-19 symptoms among COVID survivors in Bahir Dar City in 2022. Methods A qualitative study with a phenomenological design was used. Participants of the study were individuals who survived five months or longer after they tested positive for COVID-19 in Bahir Dar city. Individuals were selected purposively. An in-depth interview guide was prepared and used to collect the data. Open Cod 4.03 software was used for coding and synthesizing. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the transcripts. Results The themes emerged from the data were awareness, experience of symptoms and their effects, and care practices of long COVID-19. Although only one participant mentioned the common symptoms of long COVID-19 the survivors experienced general, respiratory, cardiac, digestive, neurological, and other symptoms. These symptoms include rash, fatigue fever, cough, palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain, and abdominal pain, loss of concentration, loss of smell, sleep disorder, depression, joint and muscle pain. These symptoms brought various physical and psychosocial effects. The majority of the respondents described that long COVID-19 symptoms will go off by themselves. To alleviate the problems some of the participants had taken different measures including medical care, homemade remedies, spiritual solutions, and lifestyle modification. Conclusions The result of this study revealed that participants have a significant deficit of awareness about the common symptoms, risk groups, and communicability of Long COVID. However, they experienced the majority of the common symptoms of Long COVID. To alleviate the problems, they had taken different measures including medical care, homemade remedies, spiritual solutions, and lifestyle modification.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15889-0Post-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeAwarenessHealth Care Seeking Behavior |
| spellingShingle | Kassawmar Angaw Bogale Taye Zeru Molalign Tarkegn Melashu Balew Masetewal Worku Anemaw Asrat Ayinengida Adamu Yared Mulu Atalay Getachew Fentie Ambaw Awareness and care seeking for long COVID symptoms among Coronavirus disease survivors in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: phenomenological study BMC Public Health Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Awareness Health Care Seeking Behavior |
| title | Awareness and care seeking for long COVID symptoms among Coronavirus disease survivors in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: phenomenological study |
| title_full | Awareness and care seeking for long COVID symptoms among Coronavirus disease survivors in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: phenomenological study |
| title_fullStr | Awareness and care seeking for long COVID symptoms among Coronavirus disease survivors in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: phenomenological study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness and care seeking for long COVID symptoms among Coronavirus disease survivors in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: phenomenological study |
| title_short | Awareness and care seeking for long COVID symptoms among Coronavirus disease survivors in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: phenomenological study |
| title_sort | awareness and care seeking for long covid symptoms among coronavirus disease survivors in bahir dar city northwest ethiopia phenomenological study |
| topic | Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Awareness Health Care Seeking Behavior |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15889-0 |
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