Effects of Social Isolation Measures Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Occupational Balance, Participation, and Activities’ Satisfaction in the Spanish Population
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Data Collection
2.3.1. Outcome Measures
Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ)
Questions about Satisfaction and Performance of an Activities
Questions on the Modification of Routine and Habits
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Descriptive Data |
---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 134 (44.7%) |
Female | 166 (55.3%) |
Age (years) | |
Median (IQR) | 39 (56–23) |
Age range | |
18–30 years of age | 143 (47.7%) |
31–64 years of age | 118 (39.3%) |
65 years of age or more | 37 (12.3%) |
Missing data | 2 (0.7%) |
Region of residence | |
North | 65 (21.7%) |
Center | 213 (71%) |
South | 19 (6.3%) |
Missing data | 3 (1%) |
OBQ-E | |||
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Median (IQR) | Statistic Value | p | |
Whole sample | −10.789 | 0.001 | |
before pandemic | 45 (51–39) | ||
during pandemic | 35 (43.75–26) | ||
Sex | |||
before pandemic | |||
Man | 44 (50–37) | 9272.000 a | 0.023 |
Woman | 46 (52–40) | ||
during pandemic | |||
Man | 35 (43–24.75) | 8907.000 a | 0.33 |
Woman | 36 (44.25–26.75) | ||
Range of age | |||
before pandemic | |||
18–30 years of age | 43 (50–37) | 28.396 b | 0 |
31–64 years of age | 46 (52–40) | ||
65 years of age or more | 50 (57–46) | ||
during pandemic | |||
18–30 years of age | 32 (40–24) | 20.511 b | 0 |
31–64 years of age | 39 (47–26) | ||
65 years of age or more | 42 (49.5–36) | ||
Region of residence | |||
before pandemic | |||
North | 48 (53–43) | 6.756 b | 0.034 |
Center | 44 (51–38) | ||
South | 45 (50–37) | ||
during pandemic | |||
North | 38.5 (47.75–26) | 2.047 b | 0.359 |
Center | 35 (43–26) | ||
South | 35 (39.5–24) |
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Rodríguez-Rivas, C.; Camacho-Montaño, L.R.; García-Bravo, C.; García-de-Miguel, M.; Pérez-de-Heredia-Torres, M.; Huertas-Hoyas, E. Effects of Social Isolation Measures Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Occupational Balance, Participation, and Activities’ Satisfaction in the Spanish Population. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 6497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116497
Rodríguez-Rivas C, Camacho-Montaño LR, García-Bravo C, García-de-Miguel M, Pérez-de-Heredia-Torres M, Huertas-Hoyas E. Effects of Social Isolation Measures Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Occupational Balance, Participation, and Activities’ Satisfaction in the Spanish Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(11):6497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116497
Chicago/Turabian StyleRodríguez-Rivas, Cristina, Lucia Rocío Camacho-Montaño, Cristina García-Bravo, María García-de-Miguel, Marta Pérez-de-Heredia-Torres, and Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas. 2022. "Effects of Social Isolation Measures Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Occupational Balance, Participation, and Activities’ Satisfaction in the Spanish Population" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 11: 6497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116497