The relationship between telework from home and employee health: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globalization and technological progress have made telework arrangements such as telework from home (TWFH) well-established in modern economies. TWFH was rapidly and widely implemented to reduce virus spread during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and will probably be widespread also post-pandemic. How such work arrangements affect employee health is largely unknown. Main objective of this review was to assess the evidence on the relationship between TWFH and employee health.

Methods

We conducted electronic searches in MEDLINE, Embase, Amed, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Scopus for peer-reviewed, original research with quantitative design published from January 2010 to February 2021. Our aim was to assess the evidence for associations between TWFH and health-r

SUBMITTER: Lunde LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8741267 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature