20.500.12556/DKUM-89359 Confronting SARS-CoV-2 infection patients’ experience in the first pandemic wave - cross-sectional study The aim of the study was to investigate the real-life experience of persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Slovenia in the first pandemic wave and how the buffering effect of social and informational support affected negative feelings. We used a self-administrated questionnaire. There were 1182 eligible notified cases with the response rate 64.9%. At least 62% of responders were able to follow the isolation rules, while 21.1% did not or could not organize their living separately from other household members. The main providers during the isolation period were close family members. The most prevalent emotion in our study was worry (70.3%) and fear (37.6%). Worry and fear during the illness were less probable for men than women, but more probable for older patients. Participants with strong emotional support had lower odds of being sad. Those who were exposed to a larger number of sources of information had higher odds of being worried. Those patients who used a higher number of more credible sources of information had higher odds of being afraid during illness. Pets did not play a special role in psychological well-being. The role of the media and public health communications should be explored further to achieve an improved response. COVID-19 first pandemic wave isolation information social support feelings stigma covid-19 prvi val pandemije izolacija informacije socialna podpora čustva stigma true true true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-07-04 14:19:32 2024-07-04 14:28:19 2024-11-15 11:10:56 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Str. 1-11 Št. 19, št. članka 12743 Letn. 19 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2022-09-17 2022-10-02 2022-10-05 159.9:616-036.21 124559363 10.3390/ijerph191912743 1660-4601 Socan-2022-Confronting_SARS-CoV-2_Infection__P.pdf Socan-2022-Confronting_SARS-CoV-2_Infection__P.pdf 1 96B89B9F37A309B6F0B2A57318AB91E7 1a2d7413e13e291d1f3ef4d02975322ed99b37526f14ca2aea4f1c283a0e4262 98a6752b-3a00-11ef-8f49-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=181140 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912743 0 b0c4f61e-39ff-11ef-8f49-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=181137 Fakulteta za varnostne vede 0 0 0