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- Title
The Role of Religion and Spirituality to Cope with COVID-19 Infections Among People of Lower Socioeconomic Status in Pakistan: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.
- Authors
Safdar, Muhammad Rizwan; Akram, Muhammad; Ahmad, Akhlaq; Ayaz, Adeela Arshad
- Abstract
Religion and spirituality have been key coping mechanisms of Pakistani Muslims amidst natural calamities such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to identify and explore the role of religion and spirituality in the recovery of COVID-19 patients in lower socioeconomics. The data for this qualitative research study were collected from 13 people in Pakistan who survived COVID-19 infection during the wave of the Omicron variant. The participants of this study referenced four key themes about their story of getting infected by COVID-19 and recovering from it and referenced religion and spirituality as an overarching aspect of that story. The patients who recovered believed that COVID-19 was a punishment from God for sinful humanity, which was unavoidable. Amidst such a belief, the studied patients tried to avoid hospitalization but prayed to God for mercy, forgiveness, and help in their recovery. A few who took medical treatment also established and/or strengthened their spiritual connections seeking quick recovery from the infection. The participants of this study believed that their religion or spirituality played a medicinal role in their recovery from COVID-19 infection.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; RESEARCH; PRAYER; GRIEF; SPIRITUALITY; COVID-19; HERBAL medicine; QUACKS &; quackery; CONVALESCENCE; RESEARCH methodology; INTERVIEWING; MEDICAL care; SOCIOECONOMIC status; QUALITATIVE research; SELF medication; SOCIAL classes; SOUND recordings; HOSPITAL care; PSYCHOLOGY &; religion; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; JUDGMENT sampling; THEMATIC analysis; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Journal of Religion & Health, 2023, Vol 62, Issue 4, p2916
- ISSN
0022-4197
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10943-023-01781-z