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Article

Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic among People with Inflammatory Arthritis: “Reopening of Society Is Harder than Lock-Down”—A Qualitative Interview Study

by
Lene Dahl Lund
1,*,
Mette Margrethe Løwe
1,
Oliver Hendricks
2,3,
Karen Schreiber
2,3,
Bente Glintborg
4,5,
Randi Petersen
2,
Christiane Plischke
2,
Willy Fick
2 and
Jette Primdahl
2,3,6
1
University College UC SYD, Research Center of Applied Health Science, 6705 Esbjerg, Denmark
2
Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark
3
Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense, Denmark
4
Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopedics, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark
5
Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
6
Sygehus Sønderjylland, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6200 Aabenraa, Denmark
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Vaccines 2022, 10(7), 982; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10070982
Submission received: 27 May 2022 / Revised: 17 June 2022 / Accepted: 17 June 2022 / Published: 21 June 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue COVID-19 Vaccines in the Context of Patients with Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases)
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Abstract

People with inflammatory arthritis (IA) treated with immunosuppressive disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) were initially considered to have an increased risk of severe illness from the SARS-CoV-2 virus compared to the general population. The aim of this study was to explore how people with IA experienced restrictions during the pandemic and the possible impact of vaccination on their protection against COVID-19 and their everyday lives. Nineteen people with IA were interviewed in May–August 2021; shortly thereafter they were enrolled in the Danish national COVID-19 vaccination programme. Concurrently, society gradually reopened after a national complete lockdown. The analysis was inspired by inductive qualitative content analysis. Participants expressed a lack of targeted information on the specific risk associated with IA if they contracted COVID-19. They had to define their own level of daily-life restrictions to protect themselves and their families. They were impacted by inconsistent announcements by the authorities, and some expressed concerns regarding the potential influence of DMARDs on vaccine effectiveness. A societal spirit of being “in this together” emerged through the lockdown, and some were concerned that the reduced level of restrictions in the reopened society would put them at higher risk of a COVID-19 infection and force them to continue self-isolating.
Keywords: qualitative research methods; COVID-19; vaccination; inflammatory arthritis; DMARDs qualitative research methods; COVID-19; vaccination; inflammatory arthritis; DMARDs

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Lund, L.D.; Løwe, M.M.; Hendricks, O.; Schreiber, K.; Glintborg, B.; Petersen, R.; Plischke, C.; Fick, W.; Primdahl, J. Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic among People with Inflammatory Arthritis: “Reopening of Society Is Harder than Lock-Down”—A Qualitative Interview Study. Vaccines 2022, 10, 982. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10070982

AMA Style

Lund LD, Løwe MM, Hendricks O, Schreiber K, Glintborg B, Petersen R, Plischke C, Fick W, Primdahl J. Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic among People with Inflammatory Arthritis: “Reopening of Society Is Harder than Lock-Down”—A Qualitative Interview Study. Vaccines. 2022; 10(7):982. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10070982

Chicago/Turabian Style

Lund, Lene Dahl, Mette Margrethe Løwe, Oliver Hendricks, Karen Schreiber, Bente Glintborg, Randi Petersen, Christiane Plischke, Willy Fick, and Jette Primdahl. 2022. "Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic among People with Inflammatory Arthritis: “Reopening of Society Is Harder than Lock-Down”—A Qualitative Interview Study" Vaccines 10, no. 7: 982. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10070982

APA Style

Lund, L. D., Løwe, M. M., Hendricks, O., Schreiber, K., Glintborg, B., Petersen, R., Plischke, C., Fick, W., & Primdahl, J. (2022). Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic among People with Inflammatory Arthritis: “Reopening of Society Is Harder than Lock-Down”—A Qualitative Interview Study. Vaccines, 10(7), 982. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10070982

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