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Abstract
Design: The study adopted a qualitative phenomenological design comprising semi-structed interviews with participants. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis (TA).
Methods: Participants were women with ME/CFS (n=21) recruited through ME/CFS support groups in the UK. All participants were in romantic relationships and lived with their partners.
Results: Data were organised into three themes: (1) Lockdown disrupting routine, (2) Reducing difference and (3) Fear of getting COVID-19. People with ME/CFS found that lockdown disrupted their well-established routines. Although routines were disrupted by partners increased working from home practices, participants found having partners at home helpful. People with ME/CFS believed that the changes induced by the pandemic reduced the differences between themselves and the outside world which, prior to lockdown, had felt prominent. They were fearful of getting COVID-19 as they believed this would make their ME/CFS worse. This meant that for people with ME/CFS, the lifting of the lockdown restrictions was an anxiety provoking time, hence impacting symptoms. People with ME/CFS continued to adhere to government guidelines after national restrictions were eased.
Conclusions: This study outlines the experiences of women with ME/CFS during the COVID-19 lockdown, alongside the long-term impact this has had due to the changes the pandemic imposed. These findings may have implications for those with long COVID.
Original language | English |
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Journal | British Journal of Health Psychology |
Publication status | Accepted/In press - 19 Feb 2024 |
Keywords
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- COVID-19
- lockdown
- pandemic
- relationships
- significant others
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(MCHP) : Manchester Centre for Health Psychology
Peters, S. (PI), Ulph, F. (PI), Arden Armitage, C. (Researcher), Borrelli, B. (Researcher), Bowen, A. (Researcher), Byrne-Davis, L. (Researcher), Edge, D. (Researcher), French, D. (Researcher), Hart, J. (Researcher), Todd, C. (Researcher), Skevington, S. (Researcher), Wearden, A. (Researcher), Cotterill, S. (Researcher), Brooks, J. (Researcher), Brown, L. (Researcher), Bull, E. (Researcher), Cordingley, L. (Researcher), Epton, T. (Researcher), Smith, D. (Researcher), Speer, S. (Researcher), Powell, R. (Researcher), Bartlett, K. (Researcher), Coupe, N. (Researcher), Shepherd, S. (Researcher), Dienes, K. (Researcher), Ghio, D. (Researcher), Hood, A. (Researcher), Lavallee, J. (Researcher), Rowland, C. (Researcher), Benton, J. (Researcher), Goldthorpe, J. (Researcher), McWilliams, L. (Researcher), Keyworth, C. (Researcher), Goulding, R. (Researcher), Loughran, M. (Researcher), Hawkes, R. (Researcher), Kapadi, A. (Researcher), Hurley, R. (Researcher), Leather, J. (Researcher), Musa, C. (Researcher), Angelakis, I. (Researcher), Reid, C. (Researcher), Mountain, D. (PGR student), Hooper, E. (PGR student), Gates, E. (PGR student), Lomas, F. (PGR student), Kaplan, G. (PGR student), Cross, H. (PGR student), Foote, H. (PGR student), Long, H. (PGR student), Reid, H. (PGR student), Sibasa, K. (PGR student), Hozhabrafkan, K. (PGR student), Al Abri, K. (PGR student), Lucas, L. (PGR student), Millard, L. (PGR student), Hulme, L. (PGR student), Dhanwani, M. (PGR student), Sonola-Jones, O. (PGR student), Sfakianaki, R. (PGR student), Broadbent, R. (Researcher), Crone, R. (PGR student), Husni, R. R. (PGR student), Mank, S. (PGR student), Booth, S. (PGR student), Hindmarch, S. (PGR student), Plant, S. (Researcher), Mace, S. (PGR student), Sehmbi, T. (PGR student), Macintyre, V. (PGR student), Vidayanti, V. (PGR student), Peterson, J. (Researcher), Woof, V. (PGR student), El-Khani, A. (Researcher), Devereux-Fitzgerald, A. (Researcher), Chisholm, A. (Researcher), Sawyer, C. (Researcher), Hope, H. (Researcher), Wilkes, J. (Researcher), Birtwell, K. (Researcher), Bakur, K. (PGR student), Stringer, G. (Researcher), Mohd Faudzi, F. N. B. (PGR student), Checketts, M. (Researcher), Tang, M. Y. (Researcher), Coupe, N. (Researcher), Crook, R. (Researcher), Hamnett, C. (Support team), Lyons, S. (Researcher), Longley, V. (Researcher), Hulme, L. (PGR student), Mountain, D. (PGR student), Talbot, H. (PGR student), Lucas, L. (PGR student), Ecob, C. (PGR student), Huggett, C. (PGR student), Hozhabrafkan, K. (PGR student), Hyder, S. (PGR student) & Lee, R. (Researcher)
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