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OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE-OXFORD
卷 71, 期 2, 页码 86-94出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqab011
关键词
Diet; mood; pandemic; physical activity; sedentary behaviour; sleep; work-related health
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 HL147610, R01 HL134809, P30 AG024827]
The study found that the COVID-19 pandemic and related social restrictions have negatively impacted the lifestyle behaviors and mental health of desk workers, with increases in sedentary behavior, worsened sleep quality, increased mood disturbances, and reductions in quality of life and work-related health. Employers are encouraged to support healthy lifestyle and well-being among desk workers during pandemic-related social restrictions, regardless of remote working status.
Background Emerging cross-sectional reports find that the COVID-19 pandemic and related social restrictions negatively affect lifestyle behaviours and mental health in general populations. Aims To study the longitudinal impact of COVID-19 on work practices, lifestyle and well-being among desk workers during shelter-at-home restrictions. Methods We added follow-up after completion of a clinical trial among desk workers to longitudinally measure sedentary behaviour, physical activity, sleep, diet, mood, quality of life and work-related health using validated questionnaires and surveys.We compared outcomes assessed before and during COVID-19 shelter-at-home restrictions. We assessed whether changes in outcomes differed by remote working status (always, changed to or never remote) using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Results Participants (N = 112; 69% female; mean (SD) age = 45.4 (12.3) years; follow-up = 13.5 (6.8) months) had substantial changes to work practices, including 72% changing to remote work. Deleterious changes from before to during shelter-at-home included: 1.3 (3.5)-h increase in nonworkday sedentary behaviour; 0.7 (2.8)-point worsening of sleep quality; 8.5 (21.2)-point increase in mood disturbance; reductions in five of eight quality of life subscales; 0.5 (1.1)-point decrease in work-related health (P < 0.05). Other outcomes, including diet, physical activity and workday sedentary behaviour, remained stable (P = 0.05). Workers who were remote before and during the pandemic had greater increases in non-workday sedentary behaviour and stress, with greater declines in physical functioning. Wake time was delayed overall by 41 (61) min, and more so in workers who changed to remote. Conclusions Employers should consider supporting healthy lifestyle and well-being among desk workers during pandemic-related social restrictions, regardless of remote working status.
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