No evidence for an effect of the first COVID-19 lockdown on work stress conditions in office workers
| العنوان: | No evidence for an effect of the first COVID-19 lockdown on work stress conditions in office workers |
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| المؤلفون: | M. Deforth, Thomas Volken, V. Johnston, A. M. Aegerter, A. Elfering, G. Sjøgaard, M. Melloh, H. Dressel, O. Distler, H. Luomajoki |
| المصدر: | The European Journal of Public Health Aegerter, A M, Deforth, M, Johnston, V, Sjøgaard, G, Luomajoki, H, Volken, T, Distler, O, Dressel, H, Melloh, M & Elfering, A 2021, ' No evidence for an effect of the first COVID-19 lockdown on work stress conditions in office workers ', European Journal of Public Health, vol. 31, no. 3, ckab164.715 . https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.715 Europe PubMed Central |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, Stressor, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physical health, Shutdown, 158: Angewandte Psychologie, Disease cluster, Resources, Work experience, Office workers, law.invention, Job Stress Index, Randomized controlled trial, Work stress, law, Medicine, 10.C. Oral presentations: COVID-19 at the workplace, AcademicSubjects/MED00860, AcademicSubjects/SOC01210, business, AcademicSubjects/SOC02610, Parallel Programme, Demography |
| الوصف: | Background The COVID-19 pandemic has forced around 50 % of employees of Switzerland into a working from home setting during March and April 2020. Working from home appears to change the work experience of office workers considerably. The aim of this analysis was to investigate the effect of the first COVID-19 lockdown on work stress conditions. Methods We based this longitudinal analysis on control group data from an ongoing stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. Office workers from two Swiss organizations, aged 18-65 years, were included. Baseline data from January 2020 (before the COVID-19 pandemic) were compared with follow-up data collected during the fourth and fifth week of the first lockdown (April 2020). Work stress conditions were measured using the Job-Stress-Index (JSI). The JSI indicates the ratio of work-related resources (e.g., appreciation at work) and stressors (e.g., work organisation) on a scale from 0 (stressors < resources) to 100 (stressors > resources). Paired sample t-tests were performed for statistical analysis. Results Data from 75 participants were analysed. Fifty-three participants were female (70.7 %). The mean age was 42.8 years (range from 21.8 to 62.7) at baseline. At baseline, the mean JSI was 47.6 (SD = 5.0), with 77.7 (SD = 12.4) for resources and 22.3 (SD = 10.1) for stressors. At follow-up, the mean JSI was 47.4 SD = 4.5), with 77.5 (SD = 11.7) for resources and 21.4 (SD = 9.6) for stressors. We found no evidence for a difference in JSI (estimate = 0.67, 95 % CI: -0.33 to 0.66, p-value = 0.50), its index of resources (estimate = 0.23, 95 % CI: -1.32 to 1.69, p-value = 0.82) or the index of work stressors (estimate = 1.4, 95 % CI: -0.32 to 2.02, p-value = 0.15) between measurement time points. Conclusions The first COVID-19 lockdown did not result in a difference of work stress conditions among our sample of Swiss office workers. Improved working times and work-life balance may have contributed to this finding. Key messages Improved working times and work-life balance may have contributed to stable task-related stressors and resources in the early phase of the lockdown. Other, non-work-related environmental stressors should be investigated to explain COVID-19-related changes in mental and physical health. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1464-360X 1101-1262 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::f9a0bb7ca0245b60a1a80f3648457ab1 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8574781 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....f9a0bb7ca0245b60a1a80f3648457ab1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 1464360X 11011262 |
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