Skip to content
akaturk Academic measurement

Article detail · 2021 · article

Working From Home During a Pandemic: Investigation of the Impact of COVID-19 on Employee Health and Productivity

YÖKSİS OpenAlex Top 1%
Year2021
Citations92OpenAlex
Citations73Semantic Scholar · 8 influential
Percentile%99.6
FWCI27.211.00 = world average
Scopus (SJR)Q2
WoS (JCR)Q3

Data source split

  • YÖKSİSYÖKSİS article record
  • YÖKSİS venueJournal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • Catalog match (ISSN)Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • OpenAlexOpenAlex enrichment (abstract, citations, topics)
  • Semantic Scholarcitation count (not merged with OpenAlex)

Abstract

OpenAlex English

OBJECTIVE: To determine ergonomic problems when working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to musculoskeletal pain, sleep conditions, physical activity, resting, equipment, and productivity. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, office workers who switched to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic participated in an online survey (n = 194). The data were interpreted using descriptive and multivariate regression analysis. RESULTS: A significant increase in back pain was revealed (P < 0.001). Significant weight gain was observed (P < 0.001) connected to a decrease in physical activity and an increase in the consumption of junk food. Despite the negative health impact, participants self-reported an increase in productivity. CONCLUSION: The self-reported productivity was higher during the working from home, but a declining trend in employee health can be observed including low back pain and weight gain.

Topics

Citations

OpenAlex cited_by_count. Not a WoS or Scopus citation count; those sources have no separate column here.

92citationsOpenAlex · cited_by_count (cache / database)

1 publications in the local catalog that cite this work (OpenAlex reference match; not the full global list).

  1. 2022 Rethinking the influence of the Intelligent Building Systems on productivity, health, and well-being for enhancing the quality of life during mandatory working from home: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemicCitations 3 · OpenAlex

Authors

4
  1. MEHMET AKİF GÜLER 1
  2. ÖMER KUTAY GÜLER 2
  3. MERYEM GÜNEŞER GÜLEÇ 3
  4. ELİF ÖZDOĞLAR KÜTAHYA DUMLUPINAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ 4