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The effect of the 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak on social relationships: A cross-sectional study in Jordan

BACKGROUND: Social relationships refer to the existing associations between family members, friends, neighbours, co-workers, and other associates. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing has been imposed by the curfew program in Jordan. AIM: To evaluate the effects of social distancing on th...

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Autores principales: Naser, Abdallah Y, Al-Hadithi, Hadeel T, Dahmash, Eman Zmaily, Alwafi, Hassan, Alwan, Salwan Salah, Abdullah, Zainab Ali
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8811319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33103566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764020966631
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author Naser, Abdallah Y
Al-Hadithi, Hadeel T
Dahmash, Eman Zmaily
Alwafi, Hassan
Alwan, Salwan Salah
Abdullah, Zainab Ali
author_facet Naser, Abdallah Y
Al-Hadithi, Hadeel T
Dahmash, Eman Zmaily
Alwafi, Hassan
Alwan, Salwan Salah
Abdullah, Zainab Ali
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description BACKGROUND: Social relationships refer to the existing associations between family members, friends, neighbours, co-workers, and other associates. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing has been imposed by the curfew program in Jordan. AIM: To evaluate the effects of social distancing on the social relationships of the Jordanian population. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using an online survey was conducted in Jordan between the 6th and the 30th of May, 2020. Our questionnaire was constructed to explore the population’s perception of the quarantine period, how it is affecting their relationship with others, and the characteristics of their social relationships and communication with various population categories, including family members and work colleagues. Multiple linear regression was used to identify predictors of better social relationships and communication. RESULTS: A total of 4,301 participants were involved in this study. The average score of the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on social relationships among the whole study population was 5.68 (SD: 2.33) out of 10 (equal to 56.8%), which indicates the marginal strength of the social relationships. Around 31.6% of the participants reported that their social relationships were affected to a high degree by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants who were aged 36–45 were positively affected in terms of their social relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively affecting social relationships, which could ultimately lead to negative health implications. Decision-makers are advised to provide educational campaigns that improve the sociological health of the general population.
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spelling pubmed-88113192022-02-04 The effect of the 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak on social relationships: A cross-sectional study in Jordan Naser, Abdallah Y Al-Hadithi, Hadeel T Dahmash, Eman Zmaily Alwafi, Hassan Alwan, Salwan Salah Abdullah, Zainab Ali Int J Soc Psychiatry Original Articles BACKGROUND: Social relationships refer to the existing associations between family members, friends, neighbours, co-workers, and other associates. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing has been imposed by the curfew program in Jordan. AIM: To evaluate the effects of social distancing on the social relationships of the Jordanian population. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using an online survey was conducted in Jordan between the 6th and the 30th of May, 2020. Our questionnaire was constructed to explore the population’s perception of the quarantine period, how it is affecting their relationship with others, and the characteristics of their social relationships and communication with various population categories, including family members and work colleagues. Multiple linear regression was used to identify predictors of better social relationships and communication. RESULTS: A total of 4,301 participants were involved in this study. The average score of the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on social relationships among the whole study population was 5.68 (SD: 2.33) out of 10 (equal to 56.8%), which indicates the marginal strength of the social relationships. Around 31.6% of the participants reported that their social relationships were affected to a high degree by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants who were aged 36–45 were positively affected in terms of their social relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively affecting social relationships, which could ultimately lead to negative health implications. Decision-makers are advised to provide educational campaigns that improve the sociological health of the general population. SAGE Publications 2020-10-25 2021-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8811319/ /pubmed/33103566 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764020966631 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Naser, Abdallah Y
Al-Hadithi, Hadeel T
Dahmash, Eman Zmaily
Alwafi, Hassan
Alwan, Salwan Salah
Abdullah, Zainab Ali
The effect of the 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak on social relationships: A cross-sectional study in Jordan
title The effect of the 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak on social relationships: A cross-sectional study in Jordan
title_full The effect of the 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak on social relationships: A cross-sectional study in Jordan
title_fullStr The effect of the 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak on social relationships: A cross-sectional study in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed The effect of the 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak on social relationships: A cross-sectional study in Jordan
title_short The effect of the 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak on social relationships: A cross-sectional study in Jordan
title_sort effect of the 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak on social relationships: a cross-sectional study in jordan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8811319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33103566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764020966631
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