Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) screening stations set up by Iranian Red Crescent Society have been available for 17 d with the aim of identifying and treating people with coronavirus, reducing road trips, and sensitizing people to the problem. This study aims to investigate the challenges of the procedure. A qualitative study was used to find the challenges of the COVID-19 screening centers. Volunteers, branch managers, and headquarter managers of the Iranian Red Crescent Society participated in this study applying snowball sampling. Data were collected by means of in-depth semi-structured telephone interviews in April 2020 after completion of the fever screening plan. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim, always with prior permission of interviewees. The interviews with 20 participants in the plan indicated 6 relevant challenges, including logistics, lack of planning, lack of coordination, legal challenges, mental health, and ethical challenges. The results indicated that, although establishing fever detection centers in Iran was a rapid response to COVID-19, it had significant flaws in the structure and adversely affected volunteers' and staff's health and financial resources. Therefore, well-structured protocols are required for similar responses in the future.
Highlights
MethodsThis study used qualitative study methods, including semi-structured interviews to investigate the challenges of a COVID-19 disease screening plan conducted in Yazd Province, Iran
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is 1 of the worst disasters in the world since World War II.[1]
Six items were found as main challenges faced by the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) in temperature screening stations: logistics, planning, coordination, legal issues, mental health, and ethical issues
Summary
This study used qualitative study methods, including semi-structured interviews to investigate the challenges of a COVID-19 disease screening plan conducted in Yazd Province, Iran. We have applied a checklist for reporting qualitative research (SRQR).[17] The inclusion criterion for the study was active participation in the fever screening plan as an aid worker or as a manager. A total of 24 aid workers and managers participated in the study. The sample comprised 7 branch managers, 8 managers of provincial headquarters, and 9 volunteer aid workers. The details of research methods are enclosed in the Supplementary File 1, including sampling strategy, ethical issues pertaining to human subjects, data collection methods, data collection instruments and strategies, units of study, data processing, data analysis, and techniques to enhance trustworthiness
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