Table 4.

Themes and Subthemes Emerging During the Data Analysis

Themes	Subthemes	Cods	Participants' comments
Mental condition	Stress and anxiety	Disease contagion Get in trouble and get involved Confusion Restlessness	“I’m not calm at all, and I do not know what’s going on.” (P2) “I don’t think anything good will happen.” (P4) “Why should the world be so involved and then do nothing?” (P3)
	Fear	Anxiety To be ready Terrible situation	“Maybe I die, but I still have lots of dreams.” (P6) “I’m scared for my family and also for myself.” (P1) “How horrible these days are, we’re all dying.” (P7)
Emotional condition	Suffering and affliction	Trouble A lot of trouble Limited life	“I don’t know what my kids are doing now.” (P8) “These days, all of our work is hard, and people have their own problems.” (P5, P11) “We just think our lives will get better, but everything is messed up.” (P10)
	Waiting for death	Death of others Family separation	“Many people will die; disaster is happening.” (P12) “I haven’t met my family for a long time.” (P9)
Care context	Turmoil	Work pressure Inexperience Chaos Staff shortage	“We work hard, we work so much.” (P2) “They told me to come and work here, I didn’t have much experience.” (P7) “I don’t know how to take care of them, whatever I do, it’s just like I do nothing.” (P6) “The number of nurses is low and the tasks are very high.” (P10)
	Lack of support and equipment	Weakness of support Inadequate environment Non-participation	“No one is accountable.” (P8) “We don’t have a well-known employment situation, but we have to work.” (P3) “The cooperation of others is not good at all.” (P4)