Observational Study
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World J Clin Cases. Jul 26, 2023; 11(21): 5097-5107
Published online Jul 26, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i21.5097
Time usage analysis and satisfaction comparison by occupational area according to the sex of single-parent families
Woo-Hyuk Jang, Jong-Sik Jang, Jin-Hyuk Bang
Woo-Hyuk Jang, Jong-Sik Jang, Jin-Hyuk Bang, Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Kangwon National University, Samcheok-si 25949, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Author contributions: Jang WH was the guarantor and designed the study; Bang JH participated in the acquisition, analysis, interpretation of the data, and drafted the initial manuscript; Jang WH and Jang JS revised the article critically for important intellectual content; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Kangwon National Institutional Review Board (Approval No. KWNUIRB-2021-07-002).
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare having no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: All data are available on reasonable request from the corresponding author.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Jin-Hyuk Bang, Master's Student, Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Kangwon National University, 346 Hwangjo-gil, Dogye-eup, Samcheok-si 25949, Gangwon-do, South Korea. lyote@naver.com
Received: March 17, 2023
Peer-review started: March 17, 2023
First decision: May 12, 2023
Revised: March 23, 2023
Accepted: July 3, 2023
Article in press: July 3, 2023
Published online: July 26, 2023
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Based on the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework-4, it was possible to find out the time use of single-parent family parents by dividing the occupational area. In addition, by examining the difference in time use according to sex, we felt the need to find an approach to solve the problem.