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A Study on the relationship between work from home and sleep disturbances among workers: using the 5th working environment survey

제5차 근로환경조사를 통해 조사된 재택근무와 수면장애 간의 연관성 연구

  • Hyun-Jung Kim (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital) ;
  • Seo-Yeon Park (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital) ;
  • Hyung Jin Kwon (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital) ;
  • Yi-Qin Fang (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital) ;
  • Lei Lee (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Severance Hospital)
  • 김현중 (연세대학교 원주세브란스기독병원 구강악안면외과) ;
  • 박서연 (연세대학교 원주세브란스기독병원 구강악안면외과) ;
  • 권형진 (연세대학교 원주세브란스기독병원 구강악안면외과) ;
  • 방일흠 (연세대학교 원주세브란스기독병원 구강악안면외과) ;
  • 이예의 (연세대학교 세브란스병원 내과부)
  • Received : 2023.11.01
  • Accepted : 2023.12.25
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the correlation between working from home and sleep disorders among domestic workers using data from the 5th Working Environment Survey in 2017. Out of the total 30,108 wage workers, 818 employees work from home and 4,090 work in an office. A random sample of 1:5 pairs, considering gender and occupational group, was selected from these employees as the study subjects. The analysis included personal characteristics, occupational characteristics, work-from-home arrangements, and sleep disorders. Age, education, employment status, years in the workforce, weekly working hours, work-life balance, self-perceived health, depression, and anxiety were all adjusted as potential confounding variables. Conditional logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between working from home (independent variable) and sleep disorder (dependent variable). This analysis aimed to analyze the correlation between working from home and sleep disorder. The analysis revealed that working from home was associated with sleep onset latency disorder OR=3.23 (95% CI=2.67~3.91), sleep maintenance disorder OR=3.67 (95% CI=3.02~4.45), and non-restorative sleep OR=3.01 (95% CI=2.46~3.67), which showed a statistically significant relationship with all three types of sleep disorders. Factors influencing the correlation between working from home and sleep disorders included work-life balance, social isolation, and anxiety.

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