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Table 3 Coding of participants’ experiences

From: Psychological distress among Iranian health-care providers exposed to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a qualitative study

Codes

Subcategories

Categories

Main theme

work overload, wearing protective clothing, ambiguity about the disease, quarantine, fear of more outbreaks, fear of being at work, sleep problems, fear of more mortality

Nature of illness

Occupational demands

Psychological distress

Injustice

Economic problems

Management’s problem shortages

Organizational demands

  

Stigma

Media

Ignoring quarantine

Social demands

  

Problem-oriented coping, compassion satisfaction, spirituality, personality traits

Personal supports

Supportive Resources

 

teamwork, family and friend’s supports

appreciation of nurses

Social supports