Being a mother as a healthcare professional in the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
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Tarih
2023
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Marmara University, School of Medicine
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Objective: The aim of this research was to determine the changes in relationships between healthcare professional mothers and their preschool-aged children during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In addition, the second objective of this study was to propose a new phenomenon that explains "being a mother as a healthcare professional" during the COVID-19 pandemic.Materials and Methods: The participants of the research were 16 healthcare professional mothers (8 doctors and 8 nurses) who had worked in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic and had a preschool-aged child. The research was conducted in accordance with the phenomenological approach, one of the qualitative research designs. The research data were obtained through face-to-face interviews between the researchers and the participants using half-structured interview forms prepared by the researchers. Colaizzi's 7-step method was used for evaluation of the data.Results: According to the research findings, the phenomenon of "being a mother as a healthcare professional" was gathered under four main themes: emotional reactions, new normal in life, difficulties that pandemic brought in life and coping strategies with these difficulties.Conclusion: The findings showed that the COVID-19 pandemic caused many changes in the lives of healthcare professional mothers and their children; these mothers and children built some emotional reactions, and they developed various strategies to overcome these emotional reactions.
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Makale
WOS:000926968200019
WOS:000926968200019
Anahtar Kelimeler
Pandemic, Mother-Child Relation, Healthcare Professional, Preschool-Aged Children
Kaynak
Marmara Medical Journal
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Scopus Q Değeri
Q4
Cilt
36
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1
Künye
Günay Molu, N., Sert, S., Durmuşoğlu Saltalı, N. (2023). Being a mother as a healthcare professional in the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Marmara Medical Journal, 36, 1, 124-132.
