Meaning of being a critical patient for covid-19 from the Heideggerian perspective: Experiences of health workers in Lima, 2020

• Autores: Tello Delgado, María Paulina, Ubillus Arriola, Gloría, Chipana Espinoza, Laura Beatriz, Bustamante López , Alicia Graciela, López Peláez , Nancy Sadit, Cácerez Álvarez, Nirva Miryam
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistasusat:article/952
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.usat.edu.pe/index.php/cietna/article/view/952
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Covid-19, experiences, health workers, assistance, protection, job burnout; Covid-19, experiencias, trabajadores de la salud, asistencia, protección, agotamiento laboral.

Objective: to interpret the meaning of being a critical patient due to covid-19 from the Heideggerian perspective: experiences of health workers. Lima-2020. Methodology: Hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative research. Sample: Six informants selected for convenience, inclusion criteria and snowball technique. The data was collected through an in-depth open virtual interview; which were transcribed in Word as they were manifested; validated by contrasting responses by the informants themselves. The analysis was carried out in two methodological moments: Vague and medium pre-analysis from which the units of meaning emanated, the second methodological moment hermeneutical analysis. Main Results: six propositions: I. Care as social co-responsibility. II. Fear of death and the meaning of life, III. Care/Self-care Vs. Physical distancing: Suffering and loneliness, IV. Conflicting feelings and emotional pain, V. Family support, solidarity and gratitude, VI. Post covid-19 body awareness. Overall Conclusion: the TSA at the beginning of the pandemic transited between love and fear, between authenticity and inauthenticity. Defeating covid-19, for some means having been left with sequelae that limit their quality of life, while for others it means pain in the soul and feelings of guilt.