The 2019 corona virus disease (COVID-19) has wreaked havoc on countries, communities and households. Its effect on individuals and their families, although enormous, has not been adequately explored. We thus present a report on the illness experiences of three families in Ghana who had at least one member diagnosed with COVID-19. We interviewed them and recorded their commonest fears, such as death, stigmatisation and collapse of family business. Respondents had a fair idea about symptoms of COVID-19, mode of transmission and safety precautions. Family separation and loss of income were some of the adverse effects expressed. Majority of them were hopeful that family members with COVID-19 would recover and be reunited. The biopsychosocial impact of COVID-19 is tremendous and family physicians and other primary care workers have an essential role to play in addressing this.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, family, Ghana, biopsychosocial, illness experience, 【초록키워드】 primary care, Transmission, death, Community, Virus Disease, adverse effect, individual, symptoms of COVID-19, physician, precautions, respondent, expressed, recorded, diagnosed with COVID-19, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 Case report, 2019 coronavirus disease,