"We don't really do doctors." messages from people diagnosed with occupational leptospirosis for medical professionals on infection, hospitalisation, and long-term effects.

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dc.citation.issue9
dc.citation.volume9
dc.contributor.authorPrinsen G
dc.contributor.authorBaker M
dc.contributor.authorBenschop J
dc.contributor.authorCollins-Emerson J
dc.contributor.authorDouwes J
dc.contributor.authorFayaz A
dc.contributor.authorLittlejohn S
dc.contributor.authorNisa S
dc.contributor.authorQuin T
dc.contributor.authorYeung P
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-16T22:58:38Z
dc.date.available2024-06-16T22:58:38Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.description.abstractLeptospirosis is largely an occupational disease for people working with livestock in Aotearoa New Zealand. Introduction of livestock vaccination and use of personal protective equipment has been associated with a reduction in the incidence. However, the incidence of occupational leptospirosis remains high, with significant burdens for affected families and healthcare system. For this article, a subset of thirteen participants from a nationwide leptospirosis case-control study (2019-2021) who were diagnosed with leptospirosis and worked with livestock at the time of illness were invited and agreed to a semi-structured interview. Interviewees reflected on their experiences as messages for medical professionals. The analysis of transcripts reveals widely shared experiences with infection, hospitalisation, and treatment, as well as long-term effects and recovery. Conclusions for medical professionals include that ill workers continue to have their diagnosis of leptospirosis delayed. This delay may contribute to more than half the people ill with leptospirosis hospitalised. Further, medical professionals' communication and relationship with ill people strongly colours the latter's experience, for good or for bad. Moreover, most interviewees experienced a recovery process that took several months of feeling tired, which undermined professional performance and emotional wellbeing.
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dc.edition.editionSeptember 2023
dc.format.paginatione19303-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37674827
dc.identifier.citationPrinsen G, Baker M, Benschop J, Collins-Emerson J, Douwes J, Fayaz A, Littlejohn S, Nisa S, Quin T, Yeung P. (2023). "We don't really do doctors." messages from people diagnosed with occupational leptospirosis for medical professionals on infection, hospitalisation, and long-term effects.. Heliyon. 9. 9. (pp. e19303-).
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19303
dc.identifier.eissn2405-8440
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2405-8440
dc.identifier.numbere19303
dc.identifier.piiS2405-8440(23)06511-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69848
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023065118?
dc.relation.isPartOfHeliyon
dc.rights(c) 2023 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDiagnostic testing
dc.subjectLived experiences
dc.subjectLong-term effects
dc.subjectOccupational leptospirosis
dc.subjectmedical communication
dc.title"We don't really do doctors." messages from people diagnosed with occupational leptospirosis for medical professionals on infection, hospitalisation, and long-term effects.
dc.typeJournal article
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