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Lockdown: A chance to strengthen the relationship or to widen the gap for tunisian couples?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

L.S. Meddouri ,
E. Cherif ,
A. Hajri ,
A. Maamri  and
H. Zalila
L.S. Meddouri*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Outpatient Service, Razi Hospital, Manouba, Tunisia
E. Cherif
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Outpatient Service, Razi Hospital, Manouba, Tunisia
A. Hajri
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Outpatient Service, Razi Hospital, Manouba, Tunisia
A. Maamri
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Outpatient Service, Razi Hospital, Manouba, Tunisia
H. Zalila
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Outpatient Service, Razi Hospital, Manouba, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

General lockdown due to the outbreak of Corona virus is a major change in people’s lives. Some mental health professionals consider it as a traumatic event with potentially serious psychiatric repercussions, especially on married couples.

Objectives

Determine the consequences of the lockdown on married couples.

Methods

An online survey conducted on social media during Mai 2020.

Results

A total of 223 married persons filled our survey with 86,1% females. Marriage was traditional in 17%, through mutual friends and acquaintances in 0,4% and after a love story in 84,3%. Families were not consenting to the marriage in 5,4% and 28,7% of participants did not consider that they knew their partner enough prior to marriage. The mean duration of marriage was 2 years and 10 months. Having children was reported in 77,1%. Before the general lockdown, 1,79% described their relationship as “bad” compared to 5,82% during; sharing house chores raised from 56,44% to 68,44%. And taking care of children by both parents during the lockdown raised also from 55% to 67,22%. Frequency of sexual intercourse was the same in 57,4% and lower in 23,8%. The lockdown was an opportunity to discover new things in their partner for 28,4% and 19,7% did not consider the lockdown as a chance to spend more time with their partner.

Conclusions

The lockdown gave us a chance to study the impact of the absence of social life on married couples.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S654 - S655
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