ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2021
Working at Home: The Impacts of COVID 19 on Health, Family-Work-Life Conflict, Gender, and Parental Responsibilities.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 129 citations in OpenAlex.
- The relationship of flexible working arrangements on work-family conflict, work-life balance and organizational commitment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Remote workers' life quality and stress during COVID-19: a systematic review.European journal of public health · 2025Pooled it
- Internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic mixed studies review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
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- Assessing the antecedents behind after-hours work in teleworkers: a scoping review.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Pandemic Shadows: Unmasking Gender Disparities in Academic Productivity and Work-Family Conflict.Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie · 2026Article
- Work-life conflict, coaching, and workplace harassment as determinants of employee well-being.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Ambient temperature and the variability between neighbouring days impacts in-patient hospitalizations in the United Kingdom.Communications medicine · 2026Article
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- Sleep as the Hidden Cost of mWork: Unpacking the Roles of Job Stress, Gender, and Number of Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of balancing family, work, and academics among female graduate nursing students in a lower-middle-income country.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Work Disability and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Teleworkers: A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- "We're all in the same storm, but not all of us are in the same boat": qualitative exploration of UK response-focused civil servants experiences of working from home during COVID-19.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Factors related to self-rated health in teleworkers raising children: focusing on gender differences.Environmental and occupational health practice · 2025Article
- Breast Cancer Survivors' Diet and Physical Activity Preferences and Barriers: How COVID-19 Changed the Intervention Landscape.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Paternal Parenting Experience: A Scoping Review.Journal of family nursing · 2024Article
- The changing dynamics of work from home and its association with sleep disturbance through work-family conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of occupational health · 2024Article
- Understanding South Korean women workers' career transition experiences: using the career decision tree model.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 4 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the impact of working at home on general health, pain, stress, and work-family and family-work conflict, and differences based on gender and parental responsibilities.
methodsA convenience sample of 658 adults completed an online questionnaire. Regression modeling examined the effects and interactions of gender and parental responsibility on general health, musculoskeletal discomfort/pain frequency and severity, stress, and work-family and family-work conflict.
resultsWomen reported more pain and discomfort, regardless of the presence of children, than men with children. Women with children experienced increased stress compared with men with children. Women without children experienced less work-family conflict, and those without children experienced less family-work conflict than men with children.
conclusionsThe impact on pain, stress, and work-family and family-work conflict, due to mandated working at home, is gendered and influenced by parental responsibilities.
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