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I even felt like committing suicide because I had pain, {R16}
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Depression |
Personal experiences as COVID-19 patients |
Experiences of COVID-19 patients managed at home. |
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My children and I have a very special attachment, and I felt sad that it was going to be broken soon by death. {R16}
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Fear |
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The thing that actually freaked me out most was I thought everyone was going to segregate me and that everyone would run away from me {R15}
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Automatically, they were in fear that I would infect other people at home or others if they visited {R5}
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My biggest fear was the disease becoming severe {R11}
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I thought that I would lose my job. I was going to be off work for two weeks {R14}
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I feared and thought she would miscarriage {R12}
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We would try everything as long as you’ve been advised or heard that others are using them. {R10)
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Desperation |
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I won’t lie to you; I made my will because I knew I was gone. {R16}
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Hopelessness |
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You can imagine the frustration. I have no child, no boyfriend no one living with me to comfort me. It was just me {R3}
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Loneliness |
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I would boil herbs, orange leaves, mango leaves and anything else I would imagine, like ginger and give them to steam. (R18)
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Complementary medicine |
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I think they should have prepared people before getting results. (R20)
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Counselling, home visits |
Recommendations |
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Maybe the health workers should have visited to know how
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we are fairing, but they did not even call. (R18)
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I had this friend who would visit and drop something at the door and run away, then she would call or text to inform me {R3}
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Stigma |
Experiences related to interaction with family/communities |
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