Table 2.

Subthemes, code and related Quotations of the Changes in personal life and enhanced negative affect theme

Sub-themes	Codes	Quotations
Fundamental changes in the daily life	Changes in the way we live Impaired relationships with loved ones	I did not kiss my children and my husband from the beginning of this disease, my husband's and I are sleeping in separate places (Nurse) I have a two-year-old boy who constantly wants to hug and kiss me, and I miss him very much (Nurse)
Self-quarantining	Living separately Living alone Changing living place and space	I separated my space in the house, I just went to a room, my food was also separate, I washed my hands regularly (Physician) After realizing that my test was positive, I prepared another house and lived completely separately (Manager) The hospital provide a hotel for us, I did not see my family for weeks (Nurse)
Fear of dying alone and separated from loved ones’	Being separted Fear of dying alone Fear of not having religious rites and ceremonies	When I was hospitalized in the ICU, I had very severe shortness of breath. When the shortness of breath was present, I thought I was dying (Nurse) I was thinking, I will die alone, without seeing my family, they will not see my body. I will not have a proper funeral (Nurse)
Fear of transmitting the disease to family members	Fear of transmitting the disease to family members Unreliable and inadequate tests	My biggest fear is that I will be an asymptomatic carrier and pass the disease on to my family members. My own parents or the parents of my husband, my children, or anyone else who may have an underlying disease (Laboratory Technician) It is also possible to transmit the disease to family members without repeated testing. The test also has a lot of false negatives and it take a lot of time to receive the results (EMS Personnel)
Feelings of guilt and remorse	Self-blaming Considering oneself as the cause of another's death Feeling guilty	My husband got the disease from me and he died and I will never forgive myself. If my job was something else, my husband would not have died (Nurse) I had mild symptoms, yet my father got the disease from me and he died, and I couldn't do anything about it. I caused his death (Nurse)