MIXTURE OF FEELINGS: REFLECTIONS OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED COVID-19

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https://doi.org/10.25110/arqsaude.v28i1.2024-10850

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COVID-19, Pandemias, Percepção, Pesquisa Qualitativa

Abstract

Objective: to understand the feelings attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic by individuals who have experienced the disease. Method: qualitative study that used Symbolic and methodological Interactionism as a theoretical framework, the Data-Based Theory, constructivist aspect, carried out in a medium-sized municipality located in the northwest region of Paraná. Data collection took place from April to November 2021, through individual interviews mediated by technology. The informants were 19 individuals hospitalized by COVID-19. The analysis followed the open and focused coding proposed by the method. Results: the results demonstrate how the COVID-19 pandemic was redefined by individuals hospitalized for the disease, and this moment led to a greater appreciation of life and behavioral changes. Conclusion: the feelings revealed a new perception of life, given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with changes in routines, feelings and readaptations, which generated the development of coping strategies.

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Camila Harmuch, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Doutoranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). E-mail: camila.harmuch@gmail.com  ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-1037

Paula Antunes Bezerra Nacamura, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

Doutoranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). E-mail: palinhaa.a.b@hotmail.com ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7106-7478

Jéssica dos Santos Pini, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

Doutoranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). E-mail: jessicapini@bol.com.br ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3077-4093

Anny Caroline Ribeiro Devechi, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

Mestranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). E-mail: ac.devechi@gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8614-8708

Juliana Graciela Vestena Zillmer, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel)

Doutora em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPeL). E-mail: juzillmer@gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6639-8918

Maria Aparecida Salci, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

Doutora em enfermagem. Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). E-mail: masalci@uem.br ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6386-1962

Marcelle Paiano, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

Doutora em enfermagem. Universidade Estadual de Maringá(UEM). E-mail: marcellepaiano@hotmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7597-784X

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2024-04-15

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HARMUCH, Camila; ANTUNES BEZERRA NACAMURA, Paula; DOS SANTOS PINI, Jéssica; CAROLINE RIBEIRO DEVECHI, Anny; GRACIELA VESTENA ZILLMER, Juliana; SALCI, Maria Aparecida; PAIANO, Marcelle. MIXTURE OF FEELINGS: REFLECTIONS OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED COVID-19. Arquivos de Ciências da Saúde da UNIPAR, [S. l.], v. 28, n. 1, p. 329–343, 2024. DOI: 10.25110/arqsaude.v28i1.2024-10850. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.unipar.br/index.php/saude/article/view/10850. Acesso em: 20 apr. 2026.

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