"I thought I was going to die": Experiences of COVID-19 patients managed at home in Uganda.

Susan NakirekaDavid MukunyaCrescent TumuhaiseRonald OlumEdith NamulemaAgnes NapyoQuraish SerwanjaProssie Merab IngabireAsad MuyindaFelix BongominMilton MusabaVivian MutakiRitah NantalePhillip AkunguruRozen AinembabaziDerrick NomujuniWilliam OlwitAisha NakawundeSpecioza NyiramugishaPamela Mwa AolJoseph RujumbaIan MunabiSarah Kiguli

Published in: PloS one (2023)

COVID-19 home-based care was associated with fear, anxiety, loneliness, depression, economic loss and stigma. Policymakers should consider various home-based follow-up strategies and strengthen counselling of COVID-19 patients at all stages of care.

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