Telecommuting-related health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea: a national population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telecommuting has expanded greatly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the advent of remote working from home, there has been an ongoing controversy about the positive or negative health-related impact of telecommuting. This study aimed to investigate change in the occupational health risk in South Korean workers involved in telecommuting during the pandemic period compared to daily commuters.

Methods

A population-based cross-sectional study of South Korean workers using the secondary data from the 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey (2020-2021) was designed. A total of 12,354 white-collar wage employees were selected as the study sample. Telecommuting, depression, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, headache-eye strain, absenteeism, and presenteeis

SUBMITTER: Ryoo SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10034878 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature