Lived Emotional Experience of Frontline Healthcare Provider of Patients with COVD-19 who are Working at EKA KOTEBE General Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Baheretibe Yonas | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Alemayehu Biruh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bekele Nega | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-03T06:31:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-08T14:43:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-03T06:31:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-08T14:43:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background :The pandemic of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has burdened and caused psychological impacts on people around the world, especially on the healthworkers. This study focuses on assessing the lived emotional experiences of frontline healthcare workers at eka-kotebe hospital. Objective -To explore the lived emotional experience of frontline health care workers caring for COVID-19 patients at eka-kotebe hospital which is serving asa center for patients who are positive for coronavirus Method: A qualitative study was done on frontline health workers of covid-19 patients at eka-kotebe hospital which currently serving as a center by using semi structuredquestions that were prepared after referring different articles done on the issue and undergoing a 35-50 min. phone interview and the result was analysed using thematic analysis Finding: The lived emotional experiences of front line health care workers caring for COVID-19 patients can be summarized into four themes. Summarised the findings into four themes: Firstly, significant amounts of negative emotionsdominated initially and decreased with time, consisting of anxiety, fear, and sadness, was caused by the new working environment and challenges experienced as the result of nature the illness, which impacted the quality ofcare that the caregiver was provided initially. Secondly, living under pressure,which included new challenges occurred, fear of being infected and professionalresponsibilities and thirdly, changes, coping style, and support, which includedlife changes resulted negative emotions Life adjustment negative advice initiallyabout the service from significant other support obtained from significant other,staff and institution and finally, issues related to the service Conclusions: This epidemic outbreak resulted significant negative emotions on the front-line health workers which impacted their service greatly. In the early stage, negative emotions were dominant, calmness, relaxation, emotional stability and adaptation to the situation appeared gradually. Self-coping stylesand support obtained from the system as well as from significant others playedan important role in maintaining the mental health or emotional stability offront line health workers. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25269 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Healthcare provider, Patients, COVD-19 | en_US |
| dc.title | Lived Emotional Experience of Frontline Healthcare Provider of Patients with COVD-19 who are Working at EKA KOTEBE General Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |