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Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study

Social isolation measures implemented in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic generated occupational imbalance, discomfort, and mental health impairment in residents. We aimed to analyze the lived experience of elderly nursing home residents during the lockdown and social contact restrictions...

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Autores principales: Crespo-Martín, Almudena, Palacios-Ceña, Domingo, Huertas-Hoyas, Elisabet, Güeita-Rodríguez, Javier, Fernández-Gómez, Gemma, Pérez-Corrales, Jorge
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36497786
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315712
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author Crespo-Martín, Almudena
Palacios-Ceña, Domingo
Huertas-Hoyas, Elisabet
Güeita-Rodríguez, Javier
Fernández-Gómez, Gemma
Pérez-Corrales, Jorge
author_facet Crespo-Martín, Almudena
Palacios-Ceña, Domingo
Huertas-Hoyas, Elisabet
Güeita-Rodríguez, Javier
Fernández-Gómez, Gemma
Pérez-Corrales, Jorge
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description Social isolation measures implemented in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic generated occupational imbalance, discomfort, and mental health impairment in residents. We aimed to analyze the lived experience of elderly nursing home residents during the lockdown and social contact restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Exploratory qualitative study. Information was collected through in-depth interviews and field notes. An inductive thematic analysis was performed and international recommendations for the development of qualitative studies were followed. Results: Twenty-four participants residing in nursing homes were included. Two main themes were identified: (1) emotional impact of the experience of COVID-19 lockdown (subthemes: experience of contradictory feelings; illness and death; importance of routine; feeling busy; and role of religious beliefs); and (2) support as a therapeutic tool (subthemes: family support; peer support; and professional support). Conclusion: Social restrictions by COVID-19 caused significant changes in residents’ occupations and routines, producing fear, loneliness, and abandonment of desired occupations; however, very important supports were also identified that helped to overcome the lockdown, such as social support, spirituality, and gratitude.
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spelling pubmed-97357922022-12-11 Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study Crespo-Martín, Almudena Palacios-Ceña, Domingo Huertas-Hoyas, Elisabet Güeita-Rodríguez, Javier Fernández-Gómez, Gemma Pérez-Corrales, Jorge Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Social isolation measures implemented in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic generated occupational imbalance, discomfort, and mental health impairment in residents. We aimed to analyze the lived experience of elderly nursing home residents during the lockdown and social contact restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Exploratory qualitative study. Information was collected through in-depth interviews and field notes. An inductive thematic analysis was performed and international recommendations for the development of qualitative studies were followed. Results: Twenty-four participants residing in nursing homes were included. Two main themes were identified: (1) emotional impact of the experience of COVID-19 lockdown (subthemes: experience of contradictory feelings; illness and death; importance of routine; feeling busy; and role of religious beliefs); and (2) support as a therapeutic tool (subthemes: family support; peer support; and professional support). Conclusion: Social restrictions by COVID-19 caused significant changes in residents’ occupations and routines, producing fear, loneliness, and abandonment of desired occupations; however, very important supports were also identified that helped to overcome the lockdown, such as social support, spirituality, and gratitude. MDPI 2022-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9735792/ /pubmed/36497786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315712 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Crespo-Martín, Almudena
Palacios-Ceña, Domingo
Huertas-Hoyas, Elisabet
Güeita-Rodríguez, Javier
Fernández-Gómez, Gemma
Pérez-Corrales, Jorge
Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study
title Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study
title_full Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study
title_fullStr Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study
title_short Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study
title_sort emotional impact and perception of support in nursing home residents during the covid-19 lockdown: a qualitative study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36497786
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315712
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