Table 2.
Study Description
| Author (year) | Primary outcomes | Study population (n = sample size) | Country | Study type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed et al. (2020) | Work attendance during the first 3 days after onset of acute respiratory illness | People with access to remote working (n = 198)People without access (n = 1,164) | United States | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Astell-Burt, & Feng (2021) | Respite, connection, and exercise and exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic |
General population (n = 3,043) | Australia | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Bennett et al. (2021) | Prevalence and nature of video conferencing fatigue | Remote workers (n = 55) | United States | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Björndell & Premberg (2021) | Physicians’ experiences of video consultation with new patients visiting a publicly owned virtual primary care clinic | Primary care physician remote workers (n = 10) | Sweden | Cross-sectional, interviews |
| Chang et al. (2021) | Relationship between proactive coping, future time orientation, and perceived work productivity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic | Remote workers (n = 778) | Taiwan and United States | Longitudinal, field experiment |
| Cheng & Zang (2021) | Relationship between COVID-19 task setbacks and exhaustion; influence of task interdependence | Fulltime teleworkers due to the pandemic lockdown (n = 1,022) | United States | Longitudinal, diary |
| Darouei & Pluut (2021) | Influence of working from home on experiences of time pressure, work–family conflict, and work-related employee well-being | Professional workers (n = 34) | The Netherlands | Longitudinal, survey |
| Dhont et al. (2020) | Impact of social isolation and working from home and to guide future work. | Remote workers physicians (n = 43) | Italy | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Edwards et al. (2021) | PM2.5 exposure after lockdown | Embassy workers (n = 4) | Nepal | Cross-sectional, air monitors |
| Estrada-Muñoz et al. (2021) | Levels of technostress | Teachers (n = 3,006) | Chile | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Fischer et al. (2020) | Impact of telework on risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection | Case patients (n = 153); Control (n = 161) | United States | Longitudinal, case-control |
| Fukushima et al. (2021) | Comparison of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) levels during work time between those who work from home (WFH) and at workplaces (no WFH), and by WFH subgroups. | General population (n = 1,239) | Japan | Cross-sectional, surveys |
| Giovanis & Ozdamar (2022) | Impact of WFH on the individuals’ perception about their future financial situation and their mental well-being | General population (n = approx. 30,000) | Turkey | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Grech et al. (2022) | Increase of back pain complaints has increased from pre-COVID-19 to during the COVID-19 period | General population (n = 388) | Malta | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Hallman et al. (2021) | Extent to which the 24-hour allocation of time to different physical behaviors changes between days working at the office (WAO) and days WFH in office workers during the pandemic. | Workers working remotely and in office (n = 27) | Sweden | Longitudinal, accelerometer, and diary |
| Hoffman (2021) | Impact of companion animals on well-being for those teleworking | Individuals who only had dogs (n = 90), who only had cats (n = 90), who had both dogs and cats (n = 50), and who had neither dogs nor cats (n = 150) | United States | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Houle et al. (2021) | Telecommuting and individual associated factors related to headache and neck pain occurrence in telecommuters over a 5-day follow-up. | Telecommuters (n = 162) | Canada | Longitudinal, emails, surveys |
| Ng et al. (2021) | Effect of work overload (workload and techno overload), on behavioral stress, | Remote workers (n = 530) | Italy | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Izdebski & Mazur (2021) | Relationship between occupational activity and mental health during the first COVID-19 lockdown | General population (n = 3,000) | Poland | Cross-sectional, social media data |
| Kawashima et al. (2021) | Relationship between telework implementation and the presence of a fever (body temperature higher than 37.5 °C) within 1 month as a surrogate indicator of COVID-19 infection | Social networking service users general population (n = 270,000) | Japan | Cross-sectional, social media data |
| Kenny (2020) | Prevalence, incidence, characteristics, and impact of self-perceived dysphonia and vocal tract discomfort in those working from home during COVID-19 | Remote workers (n = 1,575) | Ireland | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Kumar et al. (2020) | Perceived stress scores (PSS) and COVID-19-related stress (COVID-SS) scores to evaluate general and COVID-19-induced stress | Academic staff (n = 9) | United States | Cross-sectional, case study |
| Lafferty et al. (2022) | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment and care-giving responsibilities | Family carers (n = 16) | Ireland | Cross-sectional, interviews |
| Larrea-Araujo et al. (2021) | Ergonomic risk factors for teleworking | Researchers (n = 204) | Equador | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Limbers et al. (2020) | Associations between parenting stress, quality of life, and physical activity | Full-time working mothers (n = 200) | United States | Cross-sectional, survey |
| McDowell et al. (2020) | Associations of changing COVID-19-related employment conditions with physical activity and sedentary behavior | General population (n = 2,303) | Ireland | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Oksanen et al. (2021) | Potential stress effects of social media communication (SMC) at work | General employees before COVID crisis (n = 1,308) and general employees during COVID crisis (n = 1,081) | Finland | longitudinal, social media data |
| Reizer et al. (2021) | Links between conditions of uncertainty with psychological distress during the coronavirus 2019 lockdown. | Married parents working from home (n = 186) | Israel | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Rohwer et al. (2020) | Insights into job demands and resources in virtual teamwork | Virtual team members (n = 46) | Germany | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Shklarski et al. (2021) | Significant challenges and specific adaptations to this experience of providing remote therapy from home during the COVID-19 pandemic | Remote working therapists (n = 92) | United States | Cross-sectional, survey, and interviews |
| Shockley et al. (2021) | Impact of camera on videoconferencing fatigue | Remote working healthcare workers (n = 103) | United States | Longitudinal, field experiments |
| Tušl et al. (2021) | Actual and perceived overall impact of the COVID-19 crisis on work and private life, and the consequences for mental well-being (MWB), and self-rated health (SRH) | German and Swiss employees’ general population (n = 2,118) | German and Switzerland | Cross-sectional, survey |
| van Niekerk & van Gent (2021) | Mental health and well-being | University staff members (n = 280) | South Africa | Cross-sectional, survey |
| Wang et al. (2020) | Challenges experienced by remote workers at this time | Remote workers (n = 561) | China | Cross-sectional, interviews, and survey |