Job stress and loneliness among desk workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: focus on remote working
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Ethics Field Sample Permit: We conducted a cross-sectional study about COVID-19 among the working-age population in Japan on December 22–26, 2020, under the CORoNaWork (Collaborative Online Research on the Novel-coronavirus and Work) Project [14].
IRB: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and it was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (Approval number: R2-079).Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Statistical significance was defined as P <0.05. … SciScore for 10.1101/2021.05.31.21258062: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics Field Sample Permit: We conducted a cross-sectional study about COVID-19 among the working-age population in Japan on December 22–26, 2020, under the CORoNaWork (Collaborative Online Research on the Novel-coronavirus and Work) Project [14].
IRB: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and it was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (Approval number: R2-079).Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Statistical significance was defined as P <0.05. Stata/SE□16.1 (StataCorp, College Station, TX, USA) was used for the statistical analysis. StataCorpsuggested: (Stata, RRID:SCR_012763)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:However, there are several limitations in our study. First, the present study was conducted over the Internet, and the generalization of the results is thus unclear. However, to increase the external validity and reduce bias as much as possible, we defined the target population according to sex, job type, and region on the basis of COVID-19 incidence rate data. In addition, remote workers were the target population in this study; these individuals use the Internet daily, and some extent of generalizability is therefore guaranteed. Second, although there are several measurements of loneliness [27], in the present study, the presence of loneliness was assessed through a single question. However, this approach follows previous research that used a single item to measure loneliness [27]. Third, the causal relationship between remote work and the presence of loneliness is unknown because this was a cross-sectional study. Concerns have been raised about the existence of reverse causality in this relationship because, for example, certain workers might not choose to work remotely because they wish to avoid loneliness. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, workers were not likely to be able to decide the frequency of telecommuting on their own, and the possibility of reverse causality is therefore probably low. In conclusion, among remote workers in Japan, we found that support from co-workers and support from supervisors were strongly associated with loneliness, and frequency of re...
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