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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The Effect of Social Isolation Types on Quality of Life during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aisha Alhofaian, Ruba Alharazi, Marym Alaamri, Samah Mahmoud Sofar, Afnan Tunsi, Mona Mohamed Elhady, Hayfa Almutary, Lujain Sallam, Shuruq Asiri

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Aisha AlhofaianMedical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 4929, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7370-0062
Ruba AlharaziMedical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 4929, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia.
Marym AlaamriMedical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 4929, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia.
Samah Mahmoud SofarMedical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5595-378X
Afnan TunsiMedical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 4929, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7005-642X
Mona Mohamed ElhadyEmergency and Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Hayfa AlmutaryMedical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 4929, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9650-9068
Lujain SallamMedical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 4929, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3766-9520
Shuruq AsiriCritical Care Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 4929, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1124-3249
King Abdulaziz University · SAAlexandria University · EGMansoura University · EG

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Abstract

COVID-19 has caused a global pandemic that has spread rapidly to six continents, with over 2.5 million deaths from December 2019 to March 2021. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is still growing worldwide, and quarantines have been recommended to prevent the disease's spread. However, quarantines affect people's quality of life (QOL). The aim of this study is to assess the effect of social isolation-quarantine-on QOL during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional, descriptive design was used in the present study. We obtained data from an online survey conducted in Saudi Arabia. We included a convenience sample of 775 participants in the study. Most of the participants were female (67%), with a mean age of 46 years ranging from 18 to 75 years. Many participants were government employees (n = 308, 39.7%) and had a bachelor's degree or greater (n = 513, 66.2%). Most of the participants (n = 629, 81%) were free from any chronic disease. Nearly 88% of participants were partially isolated socially owing to COVID-19. Concerning QOL, the means of both the Physical Health Composite Scale and the Mental Health Composite Scale SF-12 scores were 44.7 and 34.6, respectively. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that partially socially isolated participants appeared to have significantly better physical health statuses (M = 44.96, SD = 5.90) than completely socially isolated participants (M = 42.87 ± 7.26). There was no significant social isolation effect on mental health status (t (773) = 2.5,

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COVID-19PandemicsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeSARS-CoV-2Saudi ArabiaSocial IsolationCOVID-19 pandemicquality of lifeSaudi Arabiasocial isolation

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