Onsite versus home-office: differences in sleep patterns according to workplace Vor Ort vs. Home-Office: Unterschiede im Schlafverhalten je nach Arbeitsort

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

This study aimed to evaluate the sleep patterns of students and employees working onsite versus those working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic using actigraphy.

Methods

A total of 75 students/employees (onsite: N = 40, home-office: N = 35; age range: 19–56 years; 32% male; 42.7% students, 49.3% employees) were studied between December 2020 and January 2022 using actigraphy, a sleep diary, and an online questionnaire assessing sociodemographics and morningness–eveningness. Independent-sample t-tests, paired-sample tests, and a multivariate general linear model adjusting for age (fixed factors: sex and work environment) were applied.

Results

Overall, onsite workers had significantly earlier rise times (7:05 [SD: 1:11] versus 7:44 [1:0

SUBMITTER: Staller N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10243697 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature