SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Impact of "Home Office" Work on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.
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- 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
- Sedentary behaviors and physical activity of the working population measured by accelerometry: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity and sleep among healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention to promote physical activity among Japanese remote workers: a pilot open-label randomized controlled trial.Journal of occupational health · 2024Trial
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- Shaping Workspaces, Shaping Lives: Health Implications of Working From Home for Employees With Tertiary Education in Switzerland.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- Teleworking as the main risk factor for sedentary behavior: the COVISTRESS international study.PloS one · 2026Observational
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- A digital intervention to reduce home-office workers' sedentary behaviour: protocol for the evaluation of the Click2Move programme, a cluster randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Physical activity: the key to life satisfaction - correlations between physical activity, sedentary lifestyle, and life satisfaction among young adults before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Changes in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome before and after the COVID-19 pandemic according to household income levels.Korean journal of family medicine · 2025Article
- Psychological Responses to Home-Working Practices: A Network Analysis of Relationships with Health Behaviour and Wellbeing.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
In 2020, as part of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world enacted a wide variety of regulations and laws to contain the incidence of infection. One of these measures was the relocation of work to the home office. The objective of this review was to analyze the influence of the home office in correlation with regulations on sedentary and activity behavior. A search was conducted on various electronic databases from November 2019 to January 2022, using the search terms physical activity (PA), COVID-19, and working from home. The primary outcomes were changes in PA and sedentary behavior (SB). Secondary outcomes included pain, mood, and parenting stress. The risk of bias was assessed using the (NHLBI) Quality Assessment Tool. For the review, 21 articles met the inclusion criteria (total n = 1268). There was a significant increase in SB (+16%) and a decrease in PA (-17%), Light PA (-26%), and moderate to vigorous PA (-20%). There was also an increase in pain and parenting stress and a decrease in well-being. Due to our significant results, programs that promote movement should be created. Future studies should explore how an increase of PA and a reduction of SB in the home office could be achieved.
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