Coping and Social Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Follow-Up Study among Healthcare Workers in Norwegian Public In-Home Services
Abstract
:1. Background
2. Aim
3. Method
3.1. Design
3.1.1. Participants
3.1.2. The Interviews
Phase 1
Phase 2
3.2. Analysis
4. Ethics
5. Results
5.1. The First Period of the Pandemic
5.1.1. Changing Everything
5.1.2. Redefining ‘Necessary Tasks’
5.2. The Ongoing Intermediate Period
5.2.1. Distancing and Loneliness
5.2.2. Cooperation and Coordination
5.3. The Last Period
5.3.1. More Infections and Fewer Worries
5.3.2. Lessons for the Future
6. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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The First Period of the Pandemic | Changing Everything |
Redefining ‘necessary tasks’ | |
The ongoing intermediate period | Distancing and loneliness |
Cooperation and coordination | |
The last period | More infections and fewer worries |
Lessons for the future |
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Johannessen, A.; Helvik, A.-S.; Tevik, K.E.; Thorsen, K. Coping and Social Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Follow-Up Study among Healthcare Workers in Norwegian Public In-Home Services. Healthcare 2022, 10, 2518. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122518
Johannessen A, Helvik A-S, Tevik KE, Thorsen K. Coping and Social Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Follow-Up Study among Healthcare Workers in Norwegian Public In-Home Services. Healthcare. 2022; 10(12):2518. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122518
Chicago/Turabian StyleJohannessen, Aud, Anne-Sofie Helvik, Kjerstin Elisabeth Tevik, and Kirsten Thorsen. 2022. "Coping and Social Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Follow-Up Study among Healthcare Workers in Norwegian Public In-Home Services" Healthcare 10, no. 12: 2518. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122518
APA StyleJohannessen, A., Helvik, A. -S., Tevik, K. E., & Thorsen, K. (2022). Coping and Social Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Follow-Up Study among Healthcare Workers in Norwegian Public In-Home Services. Healthcare, 10(12), 2518. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122518