ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Nurses and Stigma at the Time of COVID-19: A Phenomenological Study.
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting strain on every country in the world and their health systems. Healthcare professionals struggle on the frontline and they can experience stigma, which can create difficulties in controlling epidemic diseases, influencing the mental health of healthcare professionals, caregivers, families, communities, and the provided quality of care. The aim of this study is to explore the lived experience of Italian nurses about perceived stigma during COVID-19 pandemic with the phenomenological Cohen method. The principal themes that emerged from data analysis were "stigma in the working environment" and "stigma in everyday life". Each of these themes had subthemes: "looks like gun sights", "avoiding closeness to others", "nobody wants to touch you", and "the fault of being your family members". Public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, are stressful events for individuals and communities. Stigma can be more dangerous than the disease, and a major obstacle to appropriate medical and mental health interventions. Understanding how healthcare professionals experience stigma is essential to design and implement specific educational, psychological, and organisational programmes.
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