Selected issues related to health promotion during a pandemic

ABSTRACT

Health promotion during a pandemic is also one of the special tasks not only in the practice of a family doctor, which also results from changes in the lifestyle of patients. Since the start of coronavirus pandemic working from home, called home-office gained popularity not only amongst big corporations. Unfortunately not all the occupations has an option to do their job related responsibilities at their own personal desk. It would sound difficult to keep self-discipline while being able to watch TV without sudden consequences, but the results show that home workers do very well. The most important thing for the employer, which is productivity, increased in COVID-19 times. It can be caused by lack of disturbing noises and uncomfortable surroundings that could lead to stress. Allowing employees to do their jobs from home reduced the time spent every day on getting ready to work. For example for many people morning commute has become the thing of the past. Another positive aspect of home-office is workers time flexibility. While at home some people can plan their day in their own way. Some jobs in this situation have no arranged daily working hours, the only obligation is to do the task until the deadline. Maybe there are more advantages than disadvantages of working from home, but the negative sites can overcome the positives and have negative health effects. After some time one can get bored with their own four walls, or even feel alone and abandoned, which can lead to lowered well-being. In such a new time everybody should keep the balance between social and job-related life, as well as a proper diet and physical activity, for example through gymnastics at home. Communicating this knowledge to patients is important in both medical, in pharmacy counseling and nursing practice.