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Covid-19 home confinement negatively impacts social participation and life satisfaction: A worldwide multicenter study
2021
Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have enforced numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation, and home confinement. While these measures are imperative to mitigate spreading of COVID-19, the impact of these restrictions on psychosocial health is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey was launched in April 2020 to elucidate the behavioral and lifestyle consequences of COVID-19 restrictions. This report presents the preliminary results from more than one thousand responders on social participation and life satisfaction. Methods: Thirty-five research organizations from Europe, North-Africa, Western Asia, and the Americas promoted the survey through their networks to the general society, in 7 languages (English, German, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, and Slovenian). Questions were presented in a differential format with questions related to responses “before” and “during” confinement conditions. Results: 1047 participations (54% women) from Asia (36%), Africa (40%), Europe (21%), and others (3%) were included in the analysis. Findings revealed psychosocial strain during the enforced COVID-19 home confinement. Large decreases (p < 0.001) in the amount of social activity through family (−58%), friends/neighbors (−44.9%), or entertainment (−46.7%) were triggered by the enforced confinement. These negative effects on social participation were also associated with lower life satisfaction (−30.5%) during the confinement period. Conversely, the social contact score through digital technologies significantly increased (p < 0.001) during the confinement period with more individuals (+24.8%) being socially connected through digital technology. Conclusion: These preliminary findings elucidate the risk of psychosocial strain during the early COVID-19 home confinement period in 2020. Therefore, in order to mitigate the negative psychosocial effects of home confinement, implementation of national strategies focused on promoting social inclusion through a technology-based solution is strongly suggested. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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- 1. Version of Record от 2021-04-27
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Название журнала
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Том
- 17
Выпуск
- 17
Страницы
- 1-17
Ключевые слова
- COVID-19; disease control; health impact; life satisfaction; psychology; public health; social participation; viral disease; adult; Africa; Article; Asia; attitude to health; behavior assessment; coronavirus disease 2019; Europe; family; female; friend; geographic names; home care; home confinement; human; life satisfaction; major clinical study; male; neighborhood; North Africa; population research; questionnaire; scoring system; Short Life Satisfaction Questionnaire; Short Social Participation Questionnaire; social behavior; social participation; Western Asia; Western Hemisphere; Betacoronavirus; clinical trial; Coronavirus infection; multicenter study; pandemic; psychology; satisfaction; virus pneumonia; Europe; North Africa; North America; South America; West Asia; Coronavirus; Africa, Northern; Americas; Asia, Western; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Europe; Female; Humans; Male; Pandemics; Personal Satisfaction; Pneumonia, Viral; Social Participation
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- MDPI AG
Тип документа
- journal article
Тип лицензии Creative Commons
- CC
Правовой статус документа
- Свободная лицензия
Источник
- scopus
