Relationships between the degree of participation constraints and the degree of impact on quality of life, subjective health, and overall life among non-native speakers attending English-as-second-language-schools in lockdown areas due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States

Abstract

To determine the relationship between the degree of participation limitation in each occupational area and the degree of negative impact on quality of life(QOL), subjective health, and overall life, a questionnaire survey was administered to non-native speakers attending an English as second language schools in an area that was in lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States. The degree of participation limitation was found to be in the order of leisure, direct social interaction, learning, community activities, and work. With learn- ing participation limitation significantly correlated with QOL, mental health, routine, and occupational balance, housework with QOL, and direct social interaction with physical health, all of which were moderately significant. The study deepened our understanding of the situation of participation constraints of non-native speakers due to the lockdown. The results suggest that the variety of occupational forms, meanings, and functions, the role of the person who performs the occupation, and whether the occupational area is related to the occupation that the person would like to do in the future are related.