Working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak in Sweden: effects on 24-h time-use in office workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered national recommendations encouraging people to work from home (WFH), but the possible impact of WFH on physical behaviors is unknown. This study aimed to determine the extent to which the 24-h allocation of time to different physical behaviors changes between days working at the office (WAO) and days WFH in office workers during the pandemic.

Methods

Data were collected on 27 office workers with full-time employment at a Swedish municipal division during the COVID-19 outbreak in May-July 2020. A thigh-worn accelerometer (Axivity) was used to assess physical behavior (sedentary, stand, move) during seven consecutive days. A diary was used to identify periods of work, leisure and sleep. 24-h compositions of sedentary, standing and

SUBMITTER: Hallman DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968563 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature