Exploring the Occupational Balance of Young Adults during Social Distancing Measures in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

• Line 26: Initially, I suggest writing two or three sentences that can contextualize the pandemic caused by COVID-19.
• Line 62: “The relationship between occupational balance and health is supported by some studies [30] ...” . I suggest the inclusion of more studies, and not just the reference 30.

Suggestions:

Håkansson, Carita et al. “Occupational balance, work and life satisfaction in working cohabiting parents in Sweden.” Scandinavian journal of public health vol. 47,3 (2019): 366-374. doi:10.1177/1403494819828870

Wagman, Petra et al. “Occupational balance and its association with life satisfaction in men and women with rheumatoid arthritis.” Musculoskeletal care vol. 18,2 (2020): 187-194. doi:10.1002/msc.1454

Park, Sangmi et al. “Effects of occupational balance on subjective health, quality of life, and health-related variables in community-dwelling older adults: A structural equation modeling approach.” PloS one vol. 16,2 e0246887. 11 Feb. 2021, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246887

• Line 76: Present the hypotheses raised by the authors of this study.
• Line 79: Include "both sexes".
• Line 135: Enter the p-value considered statistically.
• Line 124-135: It would be important to present a sample calculation that corresponds to the quantitative of the sample of this study. Including, a reference on which it was based for this calculation.
• Table 2 and 3: In the legend, inform the p value considered statistically.
• Line 225-228: “… cross-sectional nature of the study and the consequent impossibility of determining causality inferences between the variables analyzed. Data was collected through an online self-report survey, which could lead to bias in the recruitment of participants. This fact, together with the use of a convenience sampling, could induce a not necessarily representative of the population sample.” In my opinion, if you do a sample calculation, it will help that this is no longer a limitation.
• Line 237: This is the work force. I find it interesting to highlight more. (The strength).
• Conclusion: “Taking into account people´s occupational health, and more specifically of young adults, could avoid or reduce many of the psychosocial consequences of home confinement and social isolation and contribute to their well-being and quality of life.” given the originality and importance of this work, I think this phrase can be better applied. I suggest rebuilding it, including health promotion strategies and care for these young people, so that they maintain health with quality and without negative symptoms.

 

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Reviewer 2 Report

I believe that the results section needs to be further developed. The results presented in the article are scarce and of little relevance.

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Reviewer 3 Report

113 which wa should read which was

144 Sapain should read Spain

145 – 160: It is not very clear which findings are from Table 2 and Table 3. Revise descriptions according to the findings of Table 2 and 3 and clearly indicate.

In 150 – 153, explanations relating to the data shown in Table 2 are missing. ? Please add.

156 – 160 should be the findings from Table 3. If so, clearly indicate and add a relevant p value in each statement like the previous para.

80.21 % of the study subject out of 965 adults were women. The present study has any suggestion that women suffered more than men under the pandemic and confinement? Should there be a possibility, please state in Discussion.

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