The medium-term perceived impact of work from home on life and work domains of knowledge workers during Covid-19 pandemic

A survey at the National Research Council of Italy

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ID22090255
AutoresAntonella Bodini (0000-0002-3419-3184, National Research Council), Carlo Giacomo Leo (0000-0002-1357-4578, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica), Antonella Rissotto (National Research Council, autor de correspondencia), Pierpaolo Mincarone (0000-0002-8452-5642, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies), Stanislao Fusco (National Research Council), Sergio Garbarino (0000-0002-8508-552X, University of Genoa), Roberto Guarino (0000-0002-0127-6557, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica), Saverio Sabina (0000-0002-5337-2356, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica), Egeria Scoditti (0000-0003-2753-8487, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica), Maria Rosaria Tumolo (0000-0002-8396-4731, University of Salento), Giuseppe Ponzini (Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies)
Año2023
Volumen11
Páginas1151009-1151009
Fecha de publicación2023-03-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1151009
PMID36969653
OpenAlexW4323859711
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas51

Objective The study aimed to investigate perceptions and determinants of the overall impact on life and work domains among a community of knowledge workers after 18 months of forced work from home due to the pandemic. Methods A cross-sectional study with a retrospective assessment was conducted early in 2022 at the National Research Council of Italy. Five single-item questions explored the perceived impact on life domain while a 7-item scale the impact on the work domain. Bivariate analyses and multivariate regressions were used to evaluate the associations between impacts and some key factors defined by 29 ad hoc closed questions. Results More than 95% of the 748 respondents reported a perceived change in at least one item of the life domain. For each of these items, although a large group of subjects has reported that working from home had no impact (from 27 to 55%), in the rest of the sample the positive evaluation (from 30 to 60%) clearly prevailed over the negative one. Overall, most of the subjects (64%) rated the impact on the work experience positively. Relationship with colleagues and participation in the work context were the items where the greatest number of negative rates was concentrated (27 and 25%, respectively). On the other hand, positive perceptions prevailed over both negative perceptions and lack of impact perceptions on the subjects of organizational flexibility and quality of work. The frequency of work-room sharing, home-work commute time and changes in sedentary lifestyle, have been identified as common explanatory factors of perceived impacts on both domains. Conclusion Overall, respondents reported positive rather than negative perceived impacts of forced work from home in both their lives and work. The obtained results suggest that policies to promote the physical and mental health of employees, strengthen inclusion and maintain a sense of community are necessary to improve workers' health and prevent the effects of perceived isolation on research activities

Disease · Geography · Pandemic · Perception · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Gerontology