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RFP Indian Journal of Hospital Infection

Volume  2, Issue 2, July-December 2020, Pages 9-14
 

Original Article

Experience of Covid-19 Patients - A Qualitative Case Study from Different Regions of India

Dhairya Thorat1, S Ashok kumar2, Sayan Bhattacharyya3, Mahalakshmi Vijaykumar4, Amit Banik5, Atul Raj6, Utpal Kumar Chattopadhyay7

1,2,4MVPH Student, 3,5,6Associate Professor, 7Director Professor and Head, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, West Bengal 700098, India.

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Abstract

Introduction: Covid -19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in december 2019. In the latest wave of the pandemic, India has been the world’s worst-hit country since April 2, forcing the States to impose new curbs to control the virus spread. As per Union Health Ministry figures, India reported 2,00,739 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the biggest single-day spike so far, taking its overall tally to 1,40,74,564 cases. India’s daily deaths due to Covid are also rising with 1,038 new deaths getting reported on Thursday, the second consecutive day the country reported over a thousand deaths. This took the overall death toll in the country to 1,73,123 till date. The country has so far reported a total of 1,45,21,654 cases and 1,75,673 deaths. Method: Employed method was semi structured face to face and through telephonic/digital interviews with people living in different zones of India of 22 - 44 years of age. An interview guideline was developed and used by trained students in order to record the verbal consent of the patients. This article is a summarized experience of the patients afflicted to covid 19 from different regions of India focusing especially over the latest symptoms and the new therapeutic measures in order to control and treat the patients suffering from this disease. The data from the patients have been collected in accordance to different zones of India for ex. South zone includes data of patients from indian states like Tami Nadu, AndhraPradesh , Karnataka & Kerala whereas central regions include states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, parts of Maharashtra , Rajasthan , Bihar and Uttar Pradesh respectively. Eastern Zone included West Bengal. Oertehrn zone included data from Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. Results and Conclusion: Forty four eligible COVID -19 recovered people or deceased (relatives gave data and consent) (x male/y female) agreed to be interviewed and their verbal informed content was recorded. Mean interview time was of a week. Thematic analysis generated in a tabular form under various sub headings. Their life during covid 19 illness, what were the new common signs and symptoms, which geographical area they belong to and what were the precautionary measures and interventions that helped in their recovery. The experience of these people holds an importance as they were the prime patients afflicted by the infection and have a knowledge of factors that facilitated their recovery in a way as their lives were and has been affected especially during the COVID -19 second wave.of tests done during the previous day 15,66,394.


Corresponding Author : Sayan Bhattacharyya