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Occupational changes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Jordan
Somaya H Malkawi1, Nisrin S Alqatarneh2, Asma H Malkawi3
1Occupational Therapy Department/Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Background:
Measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 have disrupted the lives of countless millions of individuals worldwide.
Objective:
To explore the experiences of occupational disruption and changing social roles among Jordanians during COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The specific aim was to explore the changing occupations, routines, roles and coping strategies.
Material And Methods:
This qualitative study used a digital ethnographic approach. Data collection included online observations of Jordanian's posts of comments, photos and videos on six public Facebook pages during the COVID-19 lockdown for the initial 3-week period. In addition, 150 Jordanians participated in an online interview answering four open-ended questions to achieve triangulation. Qualitative analyses included open coding of the photos, videos and text as well as the interviews independently and blindly by the research team.
Results:
Four themes were identified: changing daily occupations; changing family roles; missing pre-lockdown life and coping strategies under lockdown.
Conclusion:
The COVID-19 lockdown restrictions caused direct, significant and immediate changes to Jordanians' occupations, routines and roles; enforcing new obligatory occupations and eliminating desired ones.
Significance:
Knowledge from this study highlight the kinds of strategies and supports during and after lockdowns that need to be considered in future planning of occupational therapy practice in Jordan.
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