From the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Showa Women's University, Tokyo, Japan (R.H.); Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan (R.H., H.K., M.M., S.I.); and Daito Trust Construction Co, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan (Y.N.).
J Occup Environ Med. 2024 May 1;66(5):375-380. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003058. Epub 2024 Feb 5.
The aim of the study is to clarify the longitudinal association between teleworking and physical health changes of Japanese workers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participants were in a certain company who received mandatory health examinations in 2019 and 2020. In June 2020, the participants were asked about frequency of teleworking, which was introduced owing to the COVID-19. Whether physical health differed by the frequency of teleworking was analyzed.
The participants were 3689 workers. Frequency of teleworking were associated with more deleterious changes in diastolic blood pressure, antilipidemic drug use, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase(GOT), Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase(GPT), metabolic syndrome, and insufficient walking time among men. In contrast, no significant changes were observed in women.
Male workers who teleworked more frequently were more likely to experience a deterioration in their physical health within 1-year compared with those who worked at the office.
本研究旨在阐明 COVID-19 大流行前后,日本劳动者远程办公与身体健康变化之间的纵向关联。
参与者来自某家公司,他们在 2019 年和 2020 年均接受了强制性体检。2020 年 6 月,因 COVID-19 的影响,员工被问及远程办公的频率。分析了远程办公的频率是否会导致身体健康状况的差异。
参与者为 3689 名员工。远程办公的频率与男性的舒张压、降脂药使用、低密度脂蛋白(LDL)胆固醇、谷草转氨酶(GOT)、谷丙转氨酶(GPT)、代谢综合征和步行时间不足等方面的更不利变化相关。相比之下,女性没有观察到显著变化。
与在办公室工作的男性相比,男性劳动者远程办公的频率越高,其在 1 年内更有可能出现身体健康状况恶化。