Observational studyBMC public health2021
Working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak in Sweden: effects on 24-h time-use in office workers.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of working from home on sedentary behaviour and physical activity compared to onsite work in the working population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison of physical activity and sedentary behavior between telework and office work in a working population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Transitioning to Working from Home Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Significantly Increased Sedentary Behavior and Decreased Physical Activity: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Impact of Remote Working Referenced to the Concept of Work-Life Flow on Physical and Psychological Health.Workplace health & safety · 2023Pooled it
- A Sustainable Lifestyle Intervention Among Office Workers: Cluster Randomized Pilot and Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- Framework for Health-Promoting Environments for Office Workers: Photovoice Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Temporal patterns of everyday movement while working from home: a longitudinal study of step counts in Sweden during COVID-19.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Shaping Workspaces, Shaping Lives: Health Implications of Working From Home for Employees With Tertiary Education in Switzerland.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- The impact of telework allowance and utilization on physiological and perceived stress among Swedish white-collar workers.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Article
- Loneliness and Isolation in the Era of Telework: A Comprehensive Review of Challenges for Organizational Success.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Does accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time differ between manual, in-office, hybrid and remote workers?Occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Comparison of sedentary time, number of steps and sit-to-stand-transitions of desk-based workers in different office environments including working from home: analysis of quantitative accelerometer data from the cross-sectional part of the SITFLEX Study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Article
- The influence of psychosocial factors on productivity when implementing new office designs - a longitudinal explorative study in the Swedish public sector.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Associations of reallocating time between movement behaviours with adiposity and physical fitness among employees: a compositional data analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Advertisements for prescription-free drugs and dietary supplements in the Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung (German Pharmacist Journal).Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Article
- Changes and their effects on working and daily life time use allocation between work-from-home and office work days during the telework period: insights from the survey in Japan.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Article
- Psychological Responses to Home-Working Practices: A Network Analysis of Relationships with Health Behaviour and Wellbeing.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sustainable Lifestyle Among Office Workers (the SOFIA Study): Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Practical Considerations of Workplace Wellbeing Management under Post-Pandemic Work-from-Home Conditions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Drug advertising in the German free-of-charge health magazine Apotheken Umschau (Pharmacy review): a critical analysis.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has triggered national recommendations encouraging people to work from home (WFH), but the possible impact of WFH on physical behaviors is unknown. This study aimed to determine the extent to which the 24-h allocation of time to different physical behaviors changes between days working at the office (WAO) and days WFH in office workers during the pandemic.
methodsData were collected on 27 office workers with full-time employment at a Swedish municipal division during the COVID-19 outbreak in May-July 2020. A thigh-worn accelerometer (Axivity) was used to assess physical behavior (sedentary, stand, move) during seven consecutive days. A diary was used to identify periods of work, leisure and sleep. 24-h compositions of sedentary, standing and moving behaviors during work and non-work time were examined using Compositional data analysis (CoDA), and differences between days WAO and days WFH were determined using repeated measures ANOVA.
resultsDays WFH were associated with more time spent sleeping relative to awake, and the effect size was large (F = 7.4; p = 0.01; η
conclusionDays working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden were associated with longer duration of sleep than days working at the office. This behavioral change may be beneficial to health.
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