Trial reportPloS one2021
Health effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.
Trial report in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- Teleworking Effects on Mental Health-A Systematic Review and a Research Agenda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- The relationship between homeworking during COVID-19 and both, mental health, and productivity: a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Consequences of COVID-19 on Employees in Remote Working: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities An Evidence-Based Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Returning to Work after the COVID-19 Pandemic Earthquake: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The work-family interface and the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Telework-related health outcomes in Japan and globally: Implications for avatar-based work standards.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2026Review
- Work Disability and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Teleworkers: A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effects of a mobile health intervention on health-related outcomes in Japanese office workers: a pilot study.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2024Article
- Organizational and occupational health issues with working remotely during the pandemic: a scoping review of remote work and health.Journal of occupational health · 2024Article
- Working from home and mental well-being at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
- Relationship between Telework Jetlag and Perceived Psychological Distress among Japanese Hybrid Workers.Clocks & sleep · 2023Article
- Home as a new physical workplace: a causal model for understanding the inextricable link between home environment, work productivity, and well-being.Industrial health · 2023Article
- Changes in lifestyle-related behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a questionnaire survey for examinees who underwent an annual health check-up.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Article
- Juggling during Lockdown: Balancing Telework and Family Life in Pandemic Times and Its Perceived Consequences for the Health and Wellbeing of Working Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The double-edged sword effect of telecommuting on employees' work engagement: evidence from China during COVID-19.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Formal and informal help-seeking intentions/behaviors among students and workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2023Article
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- Effects of telework on anxiety and depression across the United States during the covid-19 crisis.PloS one · 2023Article
- Telework Conditions, Ergonomic and Psychosocial Risks, and Musculoskeletal Problems in the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Article
- A Comparison of Working Conditions and Workers' Perceptions among On-Site, Telework, and Hybrid Workers in Ecuador during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTelework has been widely discussed in several fields; however, there is a lack of research on the health aspects of teleworking. The current study was conducted to determine the health effects of teleworking during an emergency statement as evidence for future policy development.
methodThis was a cross-sectional study in which we administered an online questionnaire to 5,214 general workers (response rate = 36.4%) from June 2020 to August 2020. Based on working methods during the pandemic, workers were categorized into the office group (n = 86) and telework group (n = 1597), and we characterized their demographics, changes in lifestyle, telework status, physical symptoms, and mental health.
resultsThe results showed that the workers' residence, marital status, management positions, and employee status affected the choice of the work method. During the emergency, teleworkers experienced more changes in their habits than office workers. In terms of exercise habits, 67.0% of the individuals belonging to the office-telework (OT) group exercised less. Approximately half of the teleworkers were satisfied with their telework, and those in the OT group were less satisfied with their telework than those in the telework-telework (TT) group, and they reported an increase in both working hours and meeting hours. Work-family conflict was more pronounced in the TT group than in the two other groups. Only 13.2% of individuals did not experience any stress in the past 30 days, and all three groups showed varying degrees of anxiety and depressive tendencies. In addition, all teleworkers experienced adverse physical symptoms before and after the emergency.
conclusionHealth issues associated with teleworking should be given adequate attention.
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