Qualitative Research in COVID 19 Pandemic

  • Abdolghani Abdollahi Mohammad
  • Mohammad Reza Firouzkouhi
Keywords: COVID 19, Qualitative research, Quantitative research, Pandemic

Abstract

Introduction: Quantitative research is not suitable for COVID pandemic research because it does not cover the social consequences of qualitative research. COVID 19 is a social event that is important because of the disruption of the natural order of society. To defeat the disease, social interaction is needed, so qualitative research is appropriate to find the challenges and experiences of society. Therefore, due to the inconsistency of people's health behaviors with epidemiological models, people's vulnerability in epidemics, unexpected consequences or surprising results, extracting participants' experiences from medical procedures and revealing flexibility in the face of social problems, the use of qualitative research in this pandemic that will be important.

Published
2021-04-26
Section
Articles