Source avec lien : Occupational Medicine, (kqab011), . 10.1093/occmed/kqab011
Des rapports transversaux émergents montrent que la pandémie de COVID-19 et les restrictions sociales qui y sont liées ont un impact négatif sur les comportements liés au mode de vie et la santé mentale des populations en général. Nous avons ajouté un suivi après l’achèvement d’un essai clinique parmi les employés de bureau pour mesurer longitudinalement le comportement sédentaire, l’activité physique, le sommeil, l’alimentation, l’humeur, la qualité de vie et la santé liée au travail en utilisant des questionnaires et des enquêtes validés. Nous avons comparé les résultats évalués avant et pendant les restrictions COVID-19 en matière de logement à domicile.
Emerging cross-sectional reports find that the COVID-19 pandemic and related social restrictions negatively affect lifestyle behaviours and mental health in general populations.To study the longitudinal impact of COVID-19 on work practices, lifestyle and well-being among desk workers during shelter-at-home restrictions.We added follow-up after completion of a clinical trial among desk workers to longitudinally measure sedentary behaviour, physical activity, sleep, diet, mood, quality of life and work-related health using validated questionnaires and surveys. We compared outcomes assessed before and during COVID-19 shelter-at-home restrictions. We assessed whether changes in outcomes differed by remote working status (always, changed to or never remote) using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).Participants (N = 112; 69% female; mean (SD) age = 45.4 (12.3) years; follow-up = 13.5 (6.8) months) had substantial changes to work practices, including 72% changing to remote work. Deleterious changes from before to during shelter-at-home included: 1.3 (3.5)-h increase in non-workday sedentary behaviour; 0.7 (2.8)-point worsening of sleep quality; 8.5 (21.2)-point increase in mood disturbance; reductions in five of eight quality of life subscales; 0.5 (1.1)-point decrease in work-related health (P < 0.05). Other outcomes, including diet, physical activity and workday sedentary behaviour, remained stable (P ≥ 0.05). Workers who were remote before and during the pandemic had greater increases in non-workday sedentary behaviour and stress, with greater declines in physical functioning. Wake time was delayed overall by 41 (61) min, and more so in workers who changed to remote.Employers should consider supporting healthy lifestyle and well-being among desk workers during pandemic-related social restrictions, regardless of remote working status. Lisez l’article