COVID-19 Pandemic: Sanitary–Hygienic Aspects of Household Members’ Self-Isolation

Abstract

Self-isolation is a preventive measure that started in January 2020 as a response to the spread of COVID-19, and it has no precedents in human history. During this pandemic, governments forced billions of people to self-isolate for several months, and the sanitary–hygienic assessment of self-isolation became an essential issue. We suggest a definition for sanitary–hygienic self-isolation and then develop methods for assessing how hygienic the isolation of the household members is. The Household Members’' Self-Isolation Index Point Score (HMSI) is determined based on the number of self-isolated household members, the coefficients of household members’ physical activity, the indoor area per household member, the time spent in fresh air, and the number of domestic conflicts during the household members’ self-isolation This is inversely proportional to the calorie intake. HMSI can identify if family household members' isolation is optimal, favorable, or unfavorable. In this paper, we determined an approach to assess the level of the functional reserves, and then we identified the leading health risk factors of the self-isolated household members. The sanitary–hygienic assessment of self-isolation can prevent cardiovascular, alimentary-dependent diseases and pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. Besides, self-isolation accompanies a decrease in physical activity and unbalanced nutrition.