Impacto ocupacional por cuarentena obligatoria: el caso de la región de Magallanes y Antártica Chilena

• Main Authors: Flores Águila, Melissa Andrea, Verdugo Huenumán, Wilson A., Vásquez Oyarzun, Carolina A., Mandiola Godoy, Daniela, Hichins Arismendi, Melissa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Covid-19; Aislamiento Social; Equilibrio Ocupacional; Adaptación Ocupacional; Social Isolation; Occupacional Balance; Occupational Adaptation; Magallanes; Antártica
• Online Access: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7688739

Objective: To describe the occupational behavior in a time of pandemic, especially during compulsory social solation, and to identify its impact on the occupational balance of the population under study. Methods: Qualitative research with a descriptive exploratory design. Semi-structured interviews were carried out among people of different age ranges sub-divided into childhood, youth, adults and the elderly, all inhabitants of the city of Punta Arenas, who were in mandatory total quarantine during the months of April and May 2020. Results: Two main categories were identified being the first one: occupational adaptation / satisfaction and well-being, from which the following subcategories were generated: occupational exploration, occupational balance, occupational choice, efficacy, quality of life and learning. The second category was called occupational imbalance / dissatisfaction or absence of well-being, which included subcategories such as: type and number of occupations, disruption of performance patterns, occupational deprivation, underemployment, over-employment. Conclusions: Faced with the confinement situation in a pandemic, people can have an adaptive or maladaptive response depending on their personal, contextual, social and emotional resources. Occupational therapy can provide strategies to improve the quality of life of people in health crisis like the one we are l¡ving today. Objetivos: describir el comportamiento ocupacional en tiempos de pandemia, específicamente durante el aislamiento social obligatorio, e identificar su impacto en el equilibrio ocupacional de la población estudiada. Métodos: investigación de tipo cualitativa, con un diseño descriptivo exploratorio, se realizó entrevistas semiestructuradas a personas de diversos rangos etarios subdivididos en infancia, jóvenes, personas adultas y personas mayores, todas habitantes de la ciudad de Punta Arenas que estuvieron en cuarentena total obligatoria en los meses de abril y mayo de 2020. Resultados: se identificaron dos grandes ...