Challenging experiences of the elderly with heart failure in the COVID-19 pandemic: a phenomenological study in Iran
Arash Ziapour, Javad Yoosefi Lebni, Fatemeh Mohammadkhah, Fakhreddin Chaboksavar, Parisa Janjani, Murat Yıldırım · 2023
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Arash Ziapour and co-authors report a 2023 study of what older people with heart failure went through during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. People with heart failure, above all the elderly, faced extra strain when hospitals filled and daily life shut down. The authors set out to record those hardships in the patients' own terms.
They interviewed twelve elderly patients who attended a heart hospital in Kermanshah, with talks held from August to November 2022. Each talk followed a loose guide, and the team sorted the answers with a standard method for lived-experience research. The accounts cover fear of infection, breaks in routine care, and the weight of isolation. The findings can help health services plan support for frail patients in the next crisis.
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| CREATOR | Arash Ziapour, Javad Yoosefi Lebni, Fatemeh Mohammadkhah, Fakhreddin Chaboksavar, Parisa Janjani, Murat Yıldırım |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |