“You Think You’re Going to Get Better”: A Creative-Relational Inquiry Into Long Covid and Physical Activity

Carless, David; Ormerod, Jane; Douglas, Kitrina; Kan, Denise; Meach, Rachel; D Hayes, Lawrence; Hilliard, Natalie; Ingram, Joanne; Mair, Jacqueline L.; Mclaughlin, Marie; Sanal-Hayes, Nilihan E. M.; Sculthorpe, Nicholas F.

Abstract

This creative-relational inquiry explores the lived experience of people suffering from Long Covid. Responding to calls for a publicly oriented qualitative inquiry, we collaborate across an extended project team to develop and share an accessible and engaging performance text which advocates for and supports those who live precariously as a result of contracting Long Covid. We offer our performance text as a resource to inform and guide personal, professional, public, and policy responses to Long Covid. We propose that creative-relational inquiries such as this beneficially extend understanding beyond what is possible through traditional evidence-based medicine alone.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 21, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Mar 3, 2024
• Publication Date: Mar 3, 2024
• Deposit Date: Apr 30, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 7, 2024
• Journal: Qualitative Inquiry
• Print ISSN: 1077-8004
• Electronic ISSN: 1552-7565
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 344-351
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004241234633
• Keywords: Long Covid, illness narratives, physical activity, evidence-based medicine, performance text, arts-based research
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10778004241234633