Effects of Home-Confinement during the COVID-19 Outbreak on Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction and Lifestyle Behaviours

Maamer Slimani^1,2, Hela Znazen³, David Tod⁴, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi⁵

¹Postgraduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Genoa University, Genoa, Italy - ²Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Said, University of Manouba, Tunisia - ³Department of Physical Education and Sport, College of Education, Taif University, P. O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia - ⁴School of Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom - ⁵Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (LIAM), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Introduction: Home-confinement during the COVID-19 outbreak may affect lifestyle behaviours. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of COVID-19 induced home-confinement on lifestyle behaviours and quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction. 

Materials and methods: Participants health-related quality of life and lifestyle behaviours were assessed using the Health-related Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction-Short Form˝ (HLESQ-SF) questionnaire and the Simple Lifestyle Indicator Questionnaire adapted and modified (SLIQ), respectively. Total raw scores and the % maximum of the HLESQ-SF and lifestyle behaviours, specifically, diet, exercise/activity, alcohol, smoking, and stress, with respect to before and during confinement conditions were calculated. 

Results: The data showed that rate of overall life satisfaction and contentment, total raw score, % maximum, and exercise/activity raw score were higher before confinement than during confinement (all, p<0.01). Diet, alcohol, and stress raw scores were higher during confinement than before confinement (all, p<0.05). 

Conclusion: Home-confinement has a negative effect on physical health, work, social relationships, lifestyle behaviours, and overall quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction.