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

Carless, David and Ormerod, Jane and Douglas, Kitrina and Kan, Denise and Meach, Rachel and Hayes, Lawrence D. and Hilliard, Natalie and Ingram, Joanne and Mair, Jacqueline L. and Mclaughlin, Marie and Sanal-Hayes, Nilihan E. M. and Sculthorpe, Nicholas F. (2024) “You Think You’re Going to Get Better” : A Creative-Relational Inquiry Into Long Covid and Physical Activity. Qualitative Inquiry. ISSN 1077-8004

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.