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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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A qualitative study on the impact of death during COVID-19: Thoughts and feelings of Portuguese bereaved adults
PLoS ONE, Volume 17, No. 4 April, Article e0265284, Year 2022
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As a global threat, the COVID-19 pandemic has been an important factor in increasing death rate worldwide. As the virus spreads across international borders, it causes severe illness, death, and disruptions in our daily lives. Death and dying rituals and customs aid bereaved people in overcoming their grief. In this sense, the purpose of this study was to access thoughts and feelings of Portuguese adults and the impact of the loss in daily life during COVID-19. A structured online questionnaire was applied (snowball sampling) and qualitative data on death and mourning namely the impact of the loss in daily life, was collected. One hundred and sixty-six individuals have lost someone since the beginning of the pandemic and were included. Analysis was inspired by Braun and Clark’s content analysis. Most participants were female (66.9%), the median age was of 37.3 years, and 70.5% had a high education degree. Moreover, 30.7% of the participants present anxiety symptoms and 10.2% depression symptoms. The answers of studied participants gave insights on the extent of the loss in day-to-day life and four thematic themes were found: (1) The perceived inadequacy of the funeral rituality, (2) Sadness, fear and loneliness, (3) Changes in sleeping and concentration and increased levels of anxiety and (4) Concerns regarding the pandemic situation. We found a high prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in the study sample. Also, the changes in post mortem procedures, have shown to be of great importance in the mourning procedure of the participants. Copyright: © 2022 Aguiar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Authors & Co-Authors
Duarte, R. A.B.
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Portugal, Porto
Laboratório Para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional Itr
Portugal, Porto
Unidade de Investigação Clínica da Ars Norte
Portugal, Vila Nova de Gaia
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia
Statistics
Citations: 11
Authors: 1
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265284
ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Covid
Health System And Policy
Mental Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Participants Gender
Female