Abstract
Life satisfaction is one of the main dimensions of well-being related to psychological factors, being essential for a person to adjust to difficult circumstances. The restrictive measures adopted to minimize the diffusion of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could alter the subjective dimension of well-being, so the objective of this study was to determine the factors related to life satisfaction of the Spanish population during forced home confinement derived from the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was designed, based on an online survey, and disseminated through the main social networks, which included the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and sociodemographic and COVID-19-related variables. The possible relationships between the different variables were studied using univariate and multivariable regression analyses. A total of 3261 subjects participated in the study. Factors associated with greater personal life satisfaction were fewer days of home confinement (β = (−0.088); p ≤ 0.001), the perception of having received enough information (β = 0.076; p ≤ 0.001), having private access to the outside (β = 0.066; p ≤ 0.001), being employed (β = 0.063; p ≤ 0.001), being male (β = 0.057; p = 0.001) and not having been isolated (β = 0.043; p = 0.013). The results of this study provide novel information about the profiles of people related to greater well-being and life satisfaction during forced social distancing and home confinement, but more studies are needed to help to understand and complement these findings.
Highlights
In December 2019, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome associated with a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified for the first time in the Chinese city ofWuhan
The main objective was to determine the factors related to life satisfaction of the Spanish population during forced home confinement derived from the COVID-19 pandemic
A cross-sectional study was designed, whose study population consisted of all people aged over 18 years residing in Spain during the forced home confinement phase produced as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
In December 2019, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome associated with a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified for the first time in the Chinese city ofWuhan. (COVID-19), attracted the attention of the Health Authorities for its unpredictable, rapid and exponential spreading, with a high mortality rate [1]. This new disease has posed serious challenges to global health [2], forcing the World Health Organization (WHO) to recognize it as the sixth public health emergency of international importance on 30 January 2020 and declare the situation a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 [3]. The implementation of a mandatory quarantine period along with other public health measures has proven effective in slowing down the transmission of the virus. These measures imply a radical change in the lifestyle of the person and can lead to a perception of restricted freedom and increase the prevalence of risk behaviors for health [5,6,7,8,9]
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