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Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Environ Res Public Health
. 2020 Aug 27;17(17):E6237.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176237.
COVID-19 Home Confinement Negatively Impacts Social Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Worldwide Multicenter Study
Achraf Ammar[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Hamdi Chtourou[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Omar Boukhris[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Khaled Trabelsi[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Liwa Masmoudi[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Michael Brach[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Bassem Bouaziz[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Ellen Bentlage[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Daniella How[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Mona Ahmed[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Patrick Mueller[SUP] 8 9 [/SUP], Notger Mueller[SUP] 8 9 [/SUP], Hsen Hsouna[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Asma Aloui[SUP] 3 10 [/SUP], Omar Hammouda[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos[SUP] 11 12 [/SUP], Annemarie Braakman-Jansen[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Christian Wrede[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Sophia Bastoni[SUP] 13 14 [/SUP], Carlos Soares Pernambuco[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Leonardo Mataruna[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Morteza Taheri[SUP] 17 [/SUP], Khadijeh Irandoust[SUP] 17 [/SUP], A?men Khacharem[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Nicola L Bragazzi[SUP] 19 20 [/SUP], Jana Strahler[SUP] 21 [/SUP], Jad Adrian Washif[SUP] 22 [/SUP], Albina Andreeva[SUP] 23 [/SUP], Samira C Khoshnami[SUP] 24 [/SUP], Evangelia Samara[SUP] 25 [/SUP], Vasiliki Zisi[SUP] 26 [/SUP], Parasanth Sankar[SUP] 27 [/SUP], Waseem N Ahmed[SUP] 28 [/SUP], Mohamed Romdhani[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jan Delhey[SUP] 29 [/SUP], Stephen J Bailey[SUP] 30 [/SUP], Nicholas T Bott[SUP] 31 [/SUP], Faiez Gargouri[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Lotfi Chaari[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Hadj Batatia[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Gamal Mohamed Ali[SUP] 33 [/SUP], Osama Abdelkarim[SUP] 33 34 [/SUP], Mohamed Jarraya[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kais El Abed[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Nizar Souissi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Lisette Van Gemert-Pijnen[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Bryan L Riemann[SUP] 35 [/SUP], Laurel Riemann[SUP] 36 [/SUP], Wassim Moalla[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jonathan G?mez-Raja[SUP] 37 [/SUP], Monique Epstein[SUP] 38 [/SUP], Robbert Sanderman[SUP] 39 [/SUP], Sebastian Schulz[SUP] 40 [/SUP], Achim Jerg[SUP] 40 [/SUP], Ramzi Al-Horani[SUP] 41 [/SUP], Taiysir Mansi[SUP] 42 [/SUP], Mohamed Jmail[SUP] 43 [/SUP], Fernando Barbosa[SUP] 44 [/SUP], Fernando Ferreira-Santos[SUP] 45 [/SUP], Boštjan Šimunič[SUP] 46 [/SUP], Rado Pišot[SUP] 46 [/SUP], Saša Pišot[SUP] 46 [/SUP], Andrea Gaggioli[SUP] 14 47 [/SUP], Piotr Zmijewski[SUP] 48 [/SUP], Christian Apfelbacher[SUP] 49 [/SUP], J?rgen Steinacker[SUP] 40 [/SUP], Helmi Ben Saad[SUP] 50 [/SUP], Jordan M Glenn[SUP] 51 [/SUP], Karim Chamari[SUP] 52 [/SUP], Tarak Driss[SUP] 53 [/SUP], Anita Hoekelmann[SUP] 1 [/SUP], On Behalf Of The Eclb-Covid Consortium[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; life satisfaction; pandemic; public health; social participation.
. 2020 Aug 27;17(17):E6237.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176237.
COVID-19 Home Confinement Negatively Impacts Social Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Worldwide Multicenter Study
Achraf Ammar[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Hamdi Chtourou[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Omar Boukhris[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Khaled Trabelsi[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Liwa Masmoudi[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Michael Brach[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Bassem Bouaziz[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Ellen Bentlage[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Daniella How[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Mona Ahmed[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Patrick Mueller[SUP] 8 9 [/SUP], Notger Mueller[SUP] 8 9 [/SUP], Hsen Hsouna[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Asma Aloui[SUP] 3 10 [/SUP], Omar Hammouda[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos[SUP] 11 12 [/SUP], Annemarie Braakman-Jansen[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Christian Wrede[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Sophia Bastoni[SUP] 13 14 [/SUP], Carlos Soares Pernambuco[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Leonardo Mataruna[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Morteza Taheri[SUP] 17 [/SUP], Khadijeh Irandoust[SUP] 17 [/SUP], A?men Khacharem[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Nicola L Bragazzi[SUP] 19 20 [/SUP], Jana Strahler[SUP] 21 [/SUP], Jad Adrian Washif[SUP] 22 [/SUP], Albina Andreeva[SUP] 23 [/SUP], Samira C Khoshnami[SUP] 24 [/SUP], Evangelia Samara[SUP] 25 [/SUP], Vasiliki Zisi[SUP] 26 [/SUP], Parasanth Sankar[SUP] 27 [/SUP], Waseem N Ahmed[SUP] 28 [/SUP], Mohamed Romdhani[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jan Delhey[SUP] 29 [/SUP], Stephen J Bailey[SUP] 30 [/SUP], Nicholas T Bott[SUP] 31 [/SUP], Faiez Gargouri[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Lotfi Chaari[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Hadj Batatia[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Gamal Mohamed Ali[SUP] 33 [/SUP], Osama Abdelkarim[SUP] 33 34 [/SUP], Mohamed Jarraya[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kais El Abed[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Nizar Souissi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Lisette Van Gemert-Pijnen[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Bryan L Riemann[SUP] 35 [/SUP], Laurel Riemann[SUP] 36 [/SUP], Wassim Moalla[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jonathan G?mez-Raja[SUP] 37 [/SUP], Monique Epstein[SUP] 38 [/SUP], Robbert Sanderman[SUP] 39 [/SUP], Sebastian Schulz[SUP] 40 [/SUP], Achim Jerg[SUP] 40 [/SUP], Ramzi Al-Horani[SUP] 41 [/SUP], Taiysir Mansi[SUP] 42 [/SUP], Mohamed Jmail[SUP] 43 [/SUP], Fernando Barbosa[SUP] 44 [/SUP], Fernando Ferreira-Santos[SUP] 45 [/SUP], Boštjan Šimunič[SUP] 46 [/SUP], Rado Pišot[SUP] 46 [/SUP], Saša Pišot[SUP] 46 [/SUP], Andrea Gaggioli[SUP] 14 47 [/SUP], Piotr Zmijewski[SUP] 48 [/SUP], Christian Apfelbacher[SUP] 49 [/SUP], J?rgen Steinacker[SUP] 40 [/SUP], Helmi Ben Saad[SUP] 50 [/SUP], Jordan M Glenn[SUP] 51 [/SUP], Karim Chamari[SUP] 52 [/SUP], Tarak Driss[SUP] 53 [/SUP], Anita Hoekelmann[SUP] 1 [/SUP], On Behalf Of The Eclb-Covid Consortium[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 32867287
- DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17176237
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; life satisfaction; pandemic; public health; social participation.