ArticleBMC public health2021
Factors associated with headache and neck pain among telecommuters - a five days follow-up.
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- Musculoskeletal symptoms among teleworkers assessed using validated tools: a systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled 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
- Teleworking and Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of neck-exercise and health promotion on headache outcomes in office workers: secondary analysis of the NEXpro stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Trial
- Work Disability and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Teleworkers: A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Classifying office workers with and without cervicogenic headache or neck and shoulder pain using posture-based deep learning models: a multicenter retrospective study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Social Media Devices' Influence on User Neck Pain during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Collaborating Vertebral-GLCM Extracted Features with a Decision Tree.Journal of imaging · 2023Article
- Telework-related risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Headache-related clinical features in teleworkers and their association with coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Telecommuting and food E-commerce: Socially sustainable practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.Transportation research interdisciplinary perspectives · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe current sanitary crisis brought on by the COVID-19 recently forced a large proportion of workers to adopt telecommuting with limited time to plan transition. Given that several work-related risk factors are associated with headache and neck pain, it seems important to determine those associated with headache and neck pain in telecommuters. The main objective of this study was to identify which telecommuting and individual associated factors are related with headache and neck pain occurrence in telecommuters over a five days follow-up. The second objective was to evaluate the impact of wearing a headset on headache and neck pain intensity in telecommuters.
methodsOne hundred and sixty-two participants in telecommuting situation were recruited. Baseline assessment included sociodemographic data, headache and neck pain-related disability (6-item Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) and Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire (NBQ)), headache and neck pain frequency and intensity as well as questions about the wearing of a headset (headset wearing, headset type and headset wearing hours). A prospective data collection of headache, neck pain and headset wearing was conducted using daily e-mail over a 5-day follow-up. A stepwise multivariate regression model was performed to determine associated factors of headache or neck pain occurrence during the follow-up. A t-test was conducted to assess the impact of headset wearing on headache and neck pain intensity during the follow-up.
resultsRegarding headache, the stepwise multivariate regression model showed that the HIT-6 score was associated with future headache occurrence in telecommuters (OR (95% CI) = 1.094 (1.042-1.148); R
conclusionAlthough several work-related risk factors are associated with headache and neck pain in workers, telecommuting did not present the same risks. Working set-up did not have a significant impact on headache and neck pain as headache-related disability was the only associated factor of future headache episodes and neck-pain related disability was the only associated factor of future neck pain episodes. Also, wearing a headset had no impact on headache and neck pain in telecommuters.
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