Effects of Social Isolation Measures Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Occupational Balance, Participation, and Activities’ Satisfaction in the Spanish Population

Cristina Rodríguez-Rivas, Lucia Rocío Camacho-Montaño, Cristina García-Bravo, María García- de-Miguel, Marta Pérez- de-Heredia-Torres and Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas
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Cristina Rodríguez-Rivas: Hospital Fundación Instituto San José, 28054 Madrid, Spain
Lucia Rocío Camacho-Montaño: Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Madrid, Spain
Cristina García-Bravo: Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Madrid, Spain
María García- de-Miguel: Centro Integral de Atención Neurorrehabilitadora, Grupo 5, 50017 Zaragoza, Spain
Marta Pérez- de-Heredia-Torres: Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Madrid, Spain
Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas: Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic caused a lot of social and health chaos. Our main aim in this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on occupational balance in the Spanish population, one year post the beginning of the pandemic compared with the pre-pandemic period. Data were collected among the Spanish population over 18 years of age by the Occupational Balance Questionnaire online survey; questions about satisfaction and performance of activities, and on the modification of routine and habits were asked. A total of 300 participants were included; 55.3% were female, with a mean age of 41.39 years. Significantly greater occupational imbalance was found in 1-year-post-confinement period of pandemic, as well as an increase in the difficulty of performance and a decrease in satisfaction with it. A greater number of the sample had modified their routines ( p < 0.01), lost habits ( p < 0.01), and did not resume habits ( p < 0.01). In the analysis by age groups, differences were found in the variables related to habits and occupational balance. The social restriction measures negatively impacted occupational balance in the Spanish population. There was a decrease in occupational participation, increased difficulty in performance, decreased satisfaction in occupational performance, and modification of habits and routines.

Keywords: activities of daily living; COVID-19; health; occupational balance; pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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