Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Institute of Social Work, University of Applied Science of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Work. 2022;72(3):839-852. doi: 10.3233/WOR-205239.
In times of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees around the world may be practicing part-time telework at home. Little is known about the working conditions at home and its impact on the employee's occupational health.
This systematic review examines the working conditions at employees' homes, the work-related disorders associated with working from home, organizations' perceptions of ergonomics at home and how they support their teleworkers.
A search of electronic databases (Cochrane Library, Embase, Medline, Google Scholar, Open Grey, Pedro, PsychInfo, PubPsych, Scopus and Web of Science) was performed. Twelve studies were included in this review.
The findings highlight the lack of ergonomic working conditions for home-based teleworkers. Furthermore, the results underline organizations' lack of awareness regarding home-based policies, ergonomics programs and the health-related consequences associated with the absence of ergonomic support.
These findings suggest that home-based teleworkers have increased health risks. This assumption is substantiated by the fact that most of the included studies reported teleworkers who have experienced musculoskeletal issues. These results underline the necessity for implementing ergonomic design recommendations, especially for working at home. Further research is needed to understand the impact of ergonomics programs and workplace design for working at home.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，世界各地的员工可能在家兼职远程办公。对于员工在家的工作条件及其对员工职业健康的影响知之甚少。
本系统评价研究了员工在家的工作条件、与在家工作相关的工作障碍、组织对家庭工效学的看法以及他们如何支持远程办公者。
对电子数据库（Cochrane 图书馆、Embase、Medline、Google Scholar、Open Grey、Pedro、PsychInfo、PubPsych、Scopus 和 Web of Science）进行了检索。本综述纳入了 12 项研究。
研究结果强调了远程办公者在家工作时缺乏工效学工作条件。此外，研究结果还强调了组织对家庭政策、工效学计划以及与缺乏工效学支持相关的健康后果缺乏认识。
这些发现表明，在家远程办公的员工健康风险增加。这一假设得到了大多数纳入研究报告的远程办公者经历肌肉骨骼问题的事实的支持。这些结果强调了实施工效学设计建议的必要性，特别是在家工作时。需要进一步研究以了解家庭工作的人体工程学计划和工作场所设计的影响。
