{"id":4952,"date":"2025-06-19T22:21:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T22:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/covid-19-and-its-influence-on-the-mental-well-being-of-people-with-co-morbidities-a-qualitative-study-at-a-public-healthcare-clinic\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:20:45","slug":"covid-19-and-its-influence-on-the-mental-well-being-of-people-with-co-morbidities-a-qualitative-study-at-a-public-healthcare-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/covid-19-and-its-influence-on-the-mental-well-being-of-people-with-co-morbidities-a-qualitative-study-at-a-public-healthcare-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and Its Influence on the Mental Well-being of People with Co-Morbidities: A Qualitative Study at a Public Healthcare Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>COVID-19 and Its Influence on the Mental Well-being of People with Co-Morbidities: A Qualitative Study at a Public Healthcare Clinic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1475' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1475\/1069' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>People with co-morbidities are at greater risk of disease severity from COVID-19 due to their compromised immunity. COVID-19 and the mitigation measures implemented in South Africa negatively influenced the mental health of people with co-morbidities. The study explored how the mental health of patients with co-morbidities was affected during the pandemic and post the initial waves of COVID-19. Drawing on patients at a public clinic in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and through a qualitative research approach, semi-structured interviews, were held to understand how the mental health well-being of patients was affected. Two groups of 26 participants were recruited using non-probability sampling methods. Sample one comprised participants with co-morbidities but not infected by the virus. Sample two comprised participants with co-morbidities who were infected by SARS-CoV-2 and after three months. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. Six themes were derived from the data and focussed on aspects related to fear and anxiety, loneliness, trauma linked to COVID-19, stress, somatisation, and spirituality. Many people experienced these debilitating emotions and suffered enormous mental health sequelae due to the pandemic, much of which was exacerbated by their co-morbidities.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunil Neerputh (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Raisuyah Bhagwan (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Firoza Haffeejee (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>mental health, co-morbidity, fear, somatisation, post-traumatic stress<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: COVID-19 and Its Influence on the Mental Well-being of People with Co-Morbidities: A Qualitative&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1276,1277,1275,1279,1278],"class_list":["post-4952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-co-morbidity","tag-fear","tag-mental-health","tag-post-traumatic-stress","tag-somatisation","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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