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Reclaiming health: a qualitative, explorative study of long covid recovery journeys involving mind-body approaches.

2026-02-23 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveThis study explored the recovery experiences of individuals who report having (largely) recovered from long covid and who attributed their improvement to mind-body approaches. Design, setting and participantsWe conducted an explorative qualitative study using purposive recruitment through social media and snowball sampling. Eighteen adult women (aged 37-62 years), who self-identified as having had long covid and having substantially recovered through mind-body approaches participated i...

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