Health effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.

<h4>Background</h4>Telework 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 d...

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Autores principales:	Qian Niu, Tomohisa Nagata, Naoto Fukutani, Masato Tezuka, Kanako Shimoura, Momoko Nagai-Tanima, Tomoki Aoyama
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a444a66ba5404697ae2c564c6131ca572021-11-25T05:54:12ZHealth effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0256530https://doaj.org/article/a444a66ba5404697ae2c564c6131ca572021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256530https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Telework 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.<h4>Method</h4>This 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.<h4>Results</h4>The 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.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Health issues associated with teleworking should be given adequate attention.Qian NiuTomohisa NagataNaoto FukutaniMasato TezukaKanako ShimouraMomoko Nagai-TanimaTomoki AoyamaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0256530 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Qian Niu Tomohisa Nagata Naoto Fukutani Masato Tezuka Kanako Shimoura Momoko Nagai-Tanima Tomoki Aoyama Health effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.
description	<h4>Background</h4>Telework 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.<h4>Method</h4>This 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.<h4>Results</h4>The 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.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Health issues associated with teleworking should be given adequate attention.
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author	Qian Niu Tomohisa Nagata Naoto Fukutani Masato Tezuka Kanako Shimoura Momoko Nagai-Tanima Tomoki Aoyama
author_facet	Qian Niu Tomohisa Nagata Naoto Fukutani Masato Tezuka Kanako Shimoura Momoko Nagai-Tanima Tomoki Aoyama
author_sort	Qian Niu
title	Health effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.
title_short	Health effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.
title_full	Health effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.
title_fullStr	Health effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.
title_full_unstemmed	Health effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.
title_sort	health effects of immediate telework introduction during the covid-19 era in japan: a cross-sectional study.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/a444a66ba5404697ae2c564c6131ca57
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Health effects of immediate telework introduction during the COVID-19 era in Japan: A cross-sectional study.

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