ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Impact of Working from Home on Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study of Canadian Worker's Mental Health during the Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Remote workers' life quality and stress during COVID-19: a systematic review.European journal of public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term sickness absences due to mental disorders in public servants: a retrospective observational study.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Educational differences in mental health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: the mediating role of pandemic-induced psychosocial stress.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- When home becomes the office: navigating challenges and embracing possibilities in telework in Sweden during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Job demands and resources perceived by hybrid working employees in German public administration: a qualitative study.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2024Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of burnout among working adults in Southeast Asia: results from a public health assessment.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Working from home and mental well-being at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
- Exploring hybrid telework: A bibliometric analysis.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Exploring Radiologists' Burnout in the COVID-19 Era: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Benefits of Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Undiagnosed Workers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a considerable expansion in the way work settings are structured, with a continuum emerging between working fully in-person and from home. The pandemic has also exacerbated many risk factors for poor mental health in the workplace, especially in public-facing jobs. Therefore, we sought to test the potential relationship between work setting and self-rated mental health. To do so, we modeled the association of work setting (only working from home, only in-person, hybrid) on self-rated mental health (Excellent/Very Good/Good vs. Fair/Poor) in an online survey of Canadian workers during the third wave of COVID-19. The mediating effects of vaccination, masking, and distancing were explored due to the potential effect of COVID-19-related stress on mental health among those working in-person. Among 1576 workers, most reported hybrid work (77.2%). Most also reported good self-rated mental health (80.7%). Exclusive work from home (aOR: 2.79, 95%CI: 1.90, 4.07) and exclusive in-person work (aOR: 2.79, 95%CI: 1.83, 4.26) were associated with poorer self-rated mental health than hybrid work. Vaccine status mediated only a small proportion of this relationship (7%), while masking and physical distancing were not mediators. We conclude that hybrid work arrangements were associated with positive self-rated mental health. Compliance with vaccination, masking, and distancing recommendations did not meaningfully mediate this relationship.
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