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No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers: Short-term impact of COVID-19
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of working from home on neck pain (NP) among office workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Participants from two Swiss organisations, aged 18–65 years and working from home during the lockdown (n = 69) were included. Baseline data...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019586/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33817763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-021-06829-w |
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author | Aegerter, Andrea M. Deforth, Manja Johnston, Venerina Sjøgaard, Gisela Volken, Thomas Luomajoki, Hannu Dratva, Julia Dressel, Holger Distler, Oliver Elfering, Achim Melloh, Markus |
author_facet | Aegerter, Andrea M. Deforth, Manja Johnston, Venerina Sjøgaard, Gisela Volken, Thomas Luomajoki, Hannu Dratva, Julia Dressel, Holger Distler, Oliver Elfering, Achim Melloh, Markus |
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description | PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of working from home on neck pain (NP) among office workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Participants from two Swiss organisations, aged 18–65 years and working from home during the lockdown (n = 69) were included. Baseline data collected in January 2020 before the lockdown (office work) were compared with follow-up data in April 2020 during lockdown (working from home). The primary outcome of NP was assessed with a measure of intensity and disability. Secondary outcomes were quality of workstation ergonomics, number of work breaks, and time spent working at the computer. Two linear mixed effects models were fitted to the data to estimate the change in NP. RESULTS: No clinically relevant change in the average NP intensity and neck disability was found between measurement time points. Each working hour at the computer increased NP intensity by 0.36 points (95% CI: 0.09 to 0.62) indicating strong evidence. No such effect was found for neck disability. Each work break taken reduced neck disability by 2.30 points (95% CI: − 4.18 to − 0.42, evidence). No such effect was found for NP intensity. There is very strong evidence that workstation ergonomics was poorer at home. CONCLUSION: The number of work breaks and hours spent at the computer seem to have a greater effect on NP than the place of work (office, at home), measurement time point (before COVID-19, during lockdown) or the workstation ergonomics. Further research should investigate the effect of social and psychological factors. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04169646. Registered 15 November 2019—Retrospectively registered, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04169646. |
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spelling | pubmed-80195862021-04-06 No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers: Short-term impact of COVID-19 Aegerter, Andrea M. Deforth, Manja Johnston, Venerina Sjøgaard, Gisela Volken, Thomas Luomajoki, Hannu Dratva, Julia Dressel, Holger Distler, Oliver Elfering, Achim Melloh, Markus Eur Spine J Original Article PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of working from home on neck pain (NP) among office workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Participants from two Swiss organisations, aged 18–65 years and working from home during the lockdown (n = 69) were included. Baseline data collected in January 2020 before the lockdown (office work) were compared with follow-up data in April 2020 during lockdown (working from home). The primary outcome of NP was assessed with a measure of intensity and disability. Secondary outcomes were quality of workstation ergonomics, number of work breaks, and time spent working at the computer. Two linear mixed effects models were fitted to the data to estimate the change in NP. RESULTS: No clinically relevant change in the average NP intensity and neck disability was found between measurement time points. Each working hour at the computer increased NP intensity by 0.36 points (95% CI: 0.09 to 0.62) indicating strong evidence. No such effect was found for neck disability. Each work break taken reduced neck disability by 2.30 points (95% CI: − 4.18 to − 0.42, evidence). No such effect was found for NP intensity. There is very strong evidence that workstation ergonomics was poorer at home. CONCLUSION: The number of work breaks and hours spent at the computer seem to have a greater effect on NP than the place of work (office, at home), measurement time point (before COVID-19, during lockdown) or the workstation ergonomics. Further research should investigate the effect of social and psychological factors. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04169646. Registered 15 November 2019—Retrospectively registered, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04169646. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-04-04 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8019586/ /pubmed/33817763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-021-06829-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Aegerter, Andrea M. Deforth, Manja Johnston, Venerina Sjøgaard, Gisela Volken, Thomas Luomajoki, Hannu Dratva, Julia Dressel, Holger Distler, Oliver Elfering, Achim Melloh, Markus No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers: Short-term impact of COVID-19 |
title | No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers: Short-term impact of COVID-19 |
title_full | No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers: Short-term impact of COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers: Short-term impact of COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers: Short-term impact of COVID-19 |
title_short | No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers: Short-term impact of COVID-19 |
title_sort | no evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among swiss office workers: short-term impact of covid-19 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019586/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33817763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-021-06829-w |
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