Study of Women's Living Experiences of Corona A Phenomenological Study

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Corresponding Author) Associate Professor Department of sociology Economy and Social Sciences Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. Corresponding Author; navah-a@scu.ac.ir

2 Assistant Professor Department of sociology Economy and Social Sciences Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. m.shahryari@scu.ac.ir

3 Assistant Professor Department of sociology Economy and Social Sciences Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. A.Boudaghi@scu.ac.ir

Abstract

In recent months, on a global scale, the Kuwaiti pandemic has threatened the ontological security of social actors in various fields. This has caused anxiety and stress in various groups, especially women. The main purpose of this study is to describe the fat lived experiences of women in Khuzestan province from coronary heart disease with a phenomenological approach. To achieve this goal, the thematic analysis method was used. Data were collected from women in Khuzestan province. A total of 22 people were interviewed and selected by purposive sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. In this study, after extracting important sentences and words from the text of the interviews, 278 initial codes were extracted which were categorized into 10 main themes according to the purpose and question of the research to obtain a picture of women's lived experience.The results of this study show that the lived experience of women with coronary heart disease in three types of social, occupational, family and psychological are as follows: stigma or hot stigma, social distancing, coronary phobia, fear of death, unexpressed grief, lack of Perception of risk at the occupational level, the quality of social support at the family level, feelings of loneliness, anxiety and separation, and at the psychological level, psychological capital erosion and feelings of depression.  Analyzing the findings, the Coronavirus has not threatened all aspects of human social and cultural life, making the world a more unjust place.
Introduction & Purpose
Although the corona crisis has affected all aspects of human life in terms of appearance and nature of health and medicine, it has also had numerous positive and negative effects in the field of lifestyle. The main purpose of this study is to describe the fat lived experiences of women in Khuzestan province from coronary heart disease with a phenomenological approach.
 
Research Methods
The research was carried out using a qualitative approach and a phenomenological methodology. The sample of this study is 22 Women living in Khuzestan.
 
Results
After analyzing the findings, 10 themes were obtained. These themes reflect the lived experience of women with coronary heart disease in three categories: social, occupational, family, and psychological. Stigma or stigma, social distancing, corona phobia, fear of death, unexpressed grief, lack of perceived risk at the occupational level, quality of social support at the family level, feelings of abandonment, anxiety and separation, and at the psychological level, psychological capital erosion and depression One of the central and common categories of women with coronary heart disease in this study.
 

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