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The coronavirus pandemic has led to an exceptional number of critical care hospitalizations followed by extended recovery periods that necessitate familial support. Using a qualitative descriptive approach, this study aimed to examine the strategies used by families to adjust to the caregiving role. Semi-structured interviews of patients who had been recently discharged from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (n=16) along with their family caregivers (n=16) were thematically analyzed. Three major themes were identified that highlight how family caregivers adapt to the caregiving role following an ICU COVID-19 related hospitalization including 1) engaging the support of family and friends, 2) shifting responsibilities to accommodate caregiving, and 3) managing one's emotions. Additional themes more specifically related to managing COVID-19 care included: 1) managing infection control, 2) care recipient's need for independence, and 3) managing support services. Flexibility and sufficient support allowed family caregivers to manage their new caregiving role and function optimally.
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The context of the COVID-19 pandemic has had multiple consequences in formal school education, including in the subject of Physical Education. Therefore, it is considered pertinent to study them from an emotional perspective. The objective of this research was to identify, analyze and understand the emotions of physical education teachers in the context of the pandemic in Chile. A qualitative and phenomenological methodology was used. Five female teachers belonging to three types of educational establishments in the Valparaíso and Coquimbo Regions participated.The data were collected by means of unstructured questionnaires and managed virtually. The data obtained were subjected to a deductive-inductive content analysis with the help of Atlas.ti 7.5 software.The results show nine codes or emotional attributions referring to positive and negative emotions for subjective well-being. Among the emotional meanings, social inequality, teacher workload, hegemony of the intellectual sphere, teacher collaboration, pedagogical innovations and digital learning stand out. © 2022 Federacion Espanola de Docentes de Educacion Fisica. All rights reserved.
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OBJECTIVE: To conduct a discrete-choice experiment to quantify Americans' acceptance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection risks for earlier lifting of social-distancing restrictions and diminishing the pandemic's economic impact. METHODS: We designed a discrete-choice experiment to administer 10 choice questions to each respondent representing experimentally controlled pairs of scenarios defined by when nonessential businesses could reopen (May, July, or October 2020), cumulative percentage of Americans contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) through 2020 (2% to 20%), time for economic recovery (2 to 5 years), and the percentage of US households falling below the poverty threshold (16% to 25%). Respondents were recruited by SurveyHealthcareGlobus. RESULTS: A total of 5953 adults across all 50 states completed the survey between May 8 and 20, 2020. Latent-class analysis supported a 4-class model. The largest class (36%) represented COVID-19 risk-minimizers, reluctant to accept any increases in COVID-19 risks. About 26% were waiters, strongly preferring to delay reopening nonessential businesses, independent of COVID-19 risk levels. Another 25% represented recovery-supporters, primarily concerned about time required for economic recovery. This group would accept COVID-19 risks as high as 16% (95% CI: 13%-19%) to shorten economic recovery from 3 to 2 years. The final openers class prioritized lifting social distancing restrictions, accepting of COVID-19 risks greater than 20% to open in May rather than July or October. Political affiliation, race, household income, and employment status were all associated with class membership (P<.01). CONCLUSION: Americans have diverse preferences pertaining to social-distancing restrictions, infection risks, and economic outcomes. These findings can assist elected and public-health officials in making difficult policy decisions related to the pandemic.