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TExplaining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Angiography Sector from the Perspective of Healthcare Workers: A Qualitative Study
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KHadije Nasiryani    , Seyed Shahabadin Azizadini , Najme Zamani , Ebrahim Salmani , Seyede Elham Fazljoo * |
| Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , efazljoo@gmail.com |
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Background & aim: The Covid-19 pandemic has faced the world with a crisis in the health system, and the angiography sector has not been spared from these effects. Understanding the experiences and perceptions of staff in the angiography department aims to uncover and analyze the experiences, challenges, adapted strategies, and organizational implications in the angiography department during the pandemic to provide a deep understanding of the factors facilitating or limiting the provision of safe and efficient services in the face of future health crises. The present study aimed to explain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the angiography department from the perspective of healthcare system staff.
Methods: The current study was a qualitative type of contractual content analysis. Participants were purposively selected from cardiologists and other staff of the angiography department of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd. Data collection was conducted through eight semi-structured interviews until saturation was achieved. The average duration of each interview was approximately 28 minutes. Qualitative data analysis was performed based on the method proposed by Granheim and Landman using MAXQDA software version 2018.
Results: Based on the qualitative analysis of the data, from the challenges created during the Covid-19 pandemic in the angiography department, seven subcategories and two main themes were extracted. The main theme of employee transformation, including the subclasses feeling of inconsistency in the appreciation of nursing services, less provision of protective equipment, dissatisfaction with the sudden change in the workplace and the main theme of patients and the path of change, including the subclasses, was the reduction of patients' visits for angiography, the complication of the hospitalization process for angiography, the change of the angiography process of Covid-19 patients and the increase in compliance with health protocols.
Conclusion: This study, with in-depth qualitative analysis, showed that Covid-19 occurred with changes in the angiography department both internally and in human experiences (staff and patients). Furthermore, it significantly affected internal processes and interactions. Therefore, it is recommended that healthcare centers prepare for future crises based on evidence and experiences from the Covid-19 pandemic. |
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| Keywords: Covid-19, Angiography, Health Workers, Challenges, Experiences |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/05/5 | Accepted: 2025/09/8 | Published: 2025/09/8
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