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Working from home, work-time control and mental health: Results from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil)
This cross-sectional study investigated the association between work-time control (WTC), independently and in combination with hours worked (HW), and four mental health outcomes among 2,318 participants of the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) who worked from home during the COVID-19...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9574257/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36262442 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993317 |
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author | Griep, Rosane Harter Almeida, Maria da Conceição C. Barreto, Sandhi Maria Brunoni, André R. Duncan, Bruce B. Giatti, Luana Mill, José Geraldo Molina, Maria del Carmen B. Moreno, Arlinda B. Patrão, Ana Luisa Schmidt, Maria Inês da Fonseca, Maria de Jesus Mendes |
author_facet | Griep, Rosane Harter Almeida, Maria da Conceição C. Barreto, Sandhi Maria Brunoni, André R. Duncan, Bruce B. Giatti, Luana Mill, José Geraldo Molina, Maria del Carmen B. Moreno, Arlinda B. Patrão, Ana Luisa Schmidt, Maria Inês da Fonseca, Maria de Jesus Mendes |
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description | This cross-sectional study investigated the association between work-time control (WTC), independently and in combination with hours worked (HW), and four mental health outcomes among 2,318 participants of the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) who worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. WTC was assessed by the WTC Scale, and mental health outcomes included depression, anxiety, stress (measured by the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, DASS-21), and self-rated mental health. Logistic regression models were used to determine odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Among women, long HW were associated with stress (OR = 1.56; 95% CI = 1.11–2.20) and poor self-rated mental health (OR = 1.64; 95% CI = 1.13–2.38), whereas they were protective against anxiety among men (OR = 0.59; 95% CI = 0.37–0.93). In both sexes, weak WTC was associated with all mental health outcomes. Among women, the long HW/weak WTC combination was associated with all mental health outcomes, and short HW/weak WTC was associated with anxiety and stress. Among men, long HW/strong WTC was protective against depression and stress, while short HW/strong WTC and short HW/weak WTC was associated with all mental health outcomes. In both sexes, weak WTC, independently and in combination with HW, was associated with all mental health outcomes. WTC can improve working conditions, protect against mental distress, and fosterwork-life balance for those who work from home. |
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spelling | pubmed-95742572022-10-18 Working from home, work-time control and mental health: Results from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil) Griep, Rosane Harter Almeida, Maria da Conceição C. Barreto, Sandhi Maria Brunoni, André R. Duncan, Bruce B. Giatti, Luana Mill, José Geraldo Molina, Maria del Carmen B. Moreno, Arlinda B. Patrão, Ana Luisa Schmidt, Maria Inês da Fonseca, Maria de Jesus Mendes Front Psychol Psychology This cross-sectional study investigated the association between work-time control (WTC), independently and in combination with hours worked (HW), and four mental health outcomes among 2,318 participants of the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) who worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. WTC was assessed by the WTC Scale, and mental health outcomes included depression, anxiety, stress (measured by the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, DASS-21), and self-rated mental health. Logistic regression models were used to determine odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Among women, long HW were associated with stress (OR = 1.56; 95% CI = 1.11–2.20) and poor self-rated mental health (OR = 1.64; 95% CI = 1.13–2.38), whereas they were protective against anxiety among men (OR = 0.59; 95% CI = 0.37–0.93). In both sexes, weak WTC was associated with all mental health outcomes. Among women, the long HW/weak WTC combination was associated with all mental health outcomes, and short HW/weak WTC was associated with anxiety and stress. Among men, long HW/strong WTC was protective against depression and stress, while short HW/strong WTC and short HW/weak WTC was associated with all mental health outcomes. In both sexes, weak WTC, independently and in combination with HW, was associated with all mental health outcomes. WTC can improve working conditions, protect against mental distress, and fosterwork-life balance for those who work from home. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9574257/ /pubmed/36262442 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993317 Text en Copyright © 2022 Griep, Almeida, Barreto, Brunoni, Duncan, Giatti, Mill, Molina, Moreno, Patrão, Schmidt and Fonseca. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Griep, Rosane Harter Almeida, Maria da Conceição C. Barreto, Sandhi Maria Brunoni, André R. Duncan, Bruce B. Giatti, Luana Mill, José Geraldo Molina, Maria del Carmen B. Moreno, Arlinda B. Patrão, Ana Luisa Schmidt, Maria Inês da Fonseca, Maria de Jesus Mendes Working from home, work-time control and mental health: Results from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil) |
title | Working from home, work-time control and mental health: Results from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil) |
title_full | Working from home, work-time control and mental health: Results from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil) |
title_fullStr | Working from home, work-time control and mental health: Results from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil) |
title_full_unstemmed | Working from home, work-time control and mental health: Results from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil) |
title_short | Working from home, work-time control and mental health: Results from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil) |
title_sort | working from home, work-time control and mental health: results from the brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (elsa-brasil) |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9574257/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36262442 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993317 |
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