J Korean Acad Nurs.  2021 Dec;51(6):661-677. 10.4040/jkan.21141.

Types of Perception Toward Quarantine Measures among Patients Infected with COVID-19

• Kim GM
• Lee JU
• Jung HK
• Nam SG
• Sim SH
• Chang SJ

• KMID: 2524054
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.21141

Abstract

Purpose
This study was conducted to identify the types of perception toward quarantine measures at hospitals or community treatment centers among patients infected with COVID-19.
Methods
This study applied Q-methodology. Two hundred and nineteen Q populations were constructed based on related literature and in-depth interviews with 5 adults infected with COVID-19 and who experienced quarantine and hospitalization. Interviews were performed from November 14 to 29, 2020. A total of 45 Q samples were extracted and Q sorting was performed using a 9-point scale for 30 adult subjects who experienced quarantine at hospitals and community treatment centers. The data were analyzed using the PC-QUANL program.
Results
The perception of subjects toward quarantine measures was classified into the following six types: ‘passive acceptance’, ‘social stigma perception’, ‘appreciation of daily life through awareness of the realities of illness’, ‘why me?’, ‘fearful perception’, and ‘positive meaning’.
Conclusion
The perception of quarantine measure among patients with COVID-19 is identified as six types with positive and negative emotional characteristics. This result will contribute to the development of individualized strategies to address psychosocial health problems among patients with infectious diseases.

Keyword

COVID-19; Hospitals; Isolation; Infections; Q-Sort; Quarantine