Hybrid office work in women and men: do directly measured physical behaviors differ between days working from home and days working at the office?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We investigated and compared temporal sitting patterns among male and female hybrid office workers when working at the office (WAO), working from home (WFH), and for non-working days (NWD).

Methods

We analyzed data collected in 2020 among 165 hybrid office workers, carrying thigh-worn accelerometers for 938 days in total. Day type (WAO, WFH, or NWD) and time in bed were identified using diaries. Time awake was exhaustively classified as non-sitting time and time sitting in short, moderate, and long bouts. Effects of day type and gender on the 24-h compositions of physical behaviors were analyzed using multilevel linear mixed models.

Results

During workdays (both WAO and WFH), workers spent less time in bed and more time sitting, particularly in moderate and

SUBMITTER: Wahlstrom V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683849 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature