The Remote Approach in a Qualitative Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Perspective Considering the Researcher's Life Experiences and the Trustworthiness.

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised a wide range of challenges for qualitative researchers, especially when most of the world was facing isolation during the first wave in 2020. The scientific literature rapidly raised discussion regarding data collection adaptation for remote inquiry and ethical dilem...

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Published in:Qualitative Health Research Vol. 35; no. 12; pp. 1271 - 1283
Main Authors: Freitas-Jesus, Juliana Vasconcellos, Sánchez, Odette Del Risco, Surita, Fernanda Garanhani
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Published: Sage Publications Inc. Oct2025
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          Freitas-Jesus, Juliana Vasconcellos
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        affil: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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          Qualitative Studies
          Remote Consultation
          COVID-19 Pandemic
          Research Personnel Psychosocial Factors
          Researcher-Subject Relations
          Life Experiences
          Trust
          Psychoanalytic Theory
          Reflexivity (Research)
          Expectant Mothers
          Emergency Service
          Research Methodology
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          Hypothesis
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          Attitude of Health Personnel
      ab: The COVID-19 pandemic has raised a wide range of challenges for qualitative researchers, especially when most of the world was facing isolation during the first wave in 2020. The scientific literature rapidly raised discussion regarding data collection adaptation for remote inquiry and ethical dilemmas. However, it is still necessary to discuss the implications of running qualitative studies as a researcher immersed in a global emergency, precisely when the researchers themselves are involved in this context. To what extent, or in what way, can being fully immersed in this context influence all phases of the research? What is the role of reflexivity in this context? We proposed a new discussion based on the study we performed remotely in 2020, among infected pregnant women, using concepts of the Freudian feeling of uncanny to explore the life experience of the researcher. We also considered the concept of the discourse of the master from Jacques Lacan to debate the researchers' position during the pandemic and to bring practical implications.
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