Working from home during lockdown: the association between rest breaks and well-being

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Table 1. Demographic characteristics and the means and standard deviations of the study variables.

	n = 382
	Mean	SD or (%)
Age (in years)	37.22	12.91
Gender
Female	226	(59.0%)
Male	156	(40.7%)
Musculoskeletal pain symptoms
Lower back	2.44	1.02
Elbow/forearms	2.45	1.26
Hand/wrist	2.42	1.26
Hips//legs/feet	2.44	1.18
Headache	2.41	1.08
Neck/shoulder	2.52	1.06
Post-work recovery symptoms
Mental fatigue	2.49	1.19
Physical fatigue	2.89	1.35
Psychological detachment	2.98	.85
Rest (adequate)	2.66	1.17
Poor sleep	2.44	1.08
Covariates
Hours worked per week	41.33	8.17
Job autonomy	2.98	.88
Job stress	2.35	.98

Table 2. Crude estimate and adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of work break frequency (low, medium, and high) on musculoskeletal pain symptoms.

	Lower back	Elbow/forearms	Hand/wrist	Hips/legs/feet	Headache	Neck/shoulder
Crude OR (95% CI)
High	1	1	1	1	1	1
Medium	1.11 (.60–2.06)	1.25 (.75–2.10)	1.30 (.78–2.19)	1.29 (.76–2.21)	1.89 (1.06–3.35)	1.28 (.71–2.28)
Low	1.07 (.51–2.22)	1.48 (.81–2.72)	1.61 (.88–2.95)	1.22 (.63–2.38)	2.14 (1.09–4.22)	.94 (.45–1.98)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
High	1	1	1	1	1	1
Medium	1.20 (.62–2.30)	1.15 (.67–1.99)	1.41 (.82–2.45)	1.23 (.70–2.17)	1.91 (1.04–3.53)	1.38 (.75–2.54)
Low	1.26 (.58–2.71)	1.31 (.68–2.53)	1.89 (.98–3.67)	1.15 (.57–2.33)	2.33 (1.09–4.98)	1.05 (.48–2.31)

Adjusted for age, gender, hours worked per week, job autonomy, and stress.

Table 3. Crude estimate and adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of work break frequency (low, medium, and high) on recovery from work symptoms.

	Mental fatigue	Physical fatigue	Psychological detachment	Rest (adequate)	Poor sleep
Crude OR (95% CI)
High	1	1	1	1	1
Medium	2.90 (1.48–5.68)	1.80 (.90–3.61)	2.01 (1.16–3.47)	2.89 (1.66–5.03)	1.76 (.98–3.17)
Low	6.17 (2.47–15.4)	2.80 (1.13–6.88)	2.46 (1.28–4.71)	3.34 (1.68–6.64)	2.35 (1.20–4.58)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
High	1	1	1	1	1
Medium	2.20 (.94–5.17)	.65 (.25–1.67)	1.31 (.69–2.48)	2.54 (1.41–4.54)	1.66 (.88–3.13)
Low	5.62 (1.70–18.6)	.74 (.20–2.72)	1.82 (.88–3.74)	3.22 (1.54–6.70)	3.22 (1.52–6.80)

Adjusted for age, gender, hours worked per week, job autonomy and stress.