“…The most common occupational health problems that occurred while working from home are as follows: the top three most prevalent physical health problems were weight gain, neck and shoulder pain, and back pain. The most prevalent psychosocial health problem is cabin fever, characterized by distressing and claustrophobic irritability, or restlessness experienced when working and staying at home all week [ 12 ], ambiguity between work and daily life, and anxiety from work.…”
Background
Social distancing by working-from-home is an effective measure to decrease the spread of COVID-19. However, this new work pattern could also affect the well-being of workers. Therefore, the aim of the study was to study the magnitude of occupational health problems and lifestyle changes among workers who have only recently started working from home.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted using online self-administered questionnaires during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the Bangkok metropolitan area, Thailand. The participants were from any organization that allowed working from home. The demographic data including the analysis of the characteristics of working from home, the occurrence of occupational health problems, and the lifestyle changes caused by working from home were analyzed.
Results
A total of 869 workers were included as study participants. The highest prevalence of physical health problems among all workers was identified to be weight gain at a rate of 40.97% (95% confidence interval = 37.69–44.24), and the highest prevalence of psychosocial problems was identified to be cabin fever at a rate of 31.28% (95% confidence interval = 26.66–35.90%) among full-time working-from-home workers. The health effects that were significantly related to the intensity of working from home (
p
for trends <0.05), either positively or negatively, included body weight changes, ergonomic problems, indoor environmental problems, and psychosocial problems. Meanwhile, the lifestyle changes related to work intensity included eating pattern, sleep habits, and exercise.
Conclusions
Working from home can affect workers' well-being in various aspects. Hence, occupational health providers must prepare for risk prevention and health promotion in this “new normal” working life pattern and for future pandemics.
“…The most common occupational health problems that occurred while working from home are as follows: the top three most prevalent physical health problems were weight gain, neck and shoulder pain, and back pain. The most prevalent psychosocial health problem is cabin fever, characterized by distressing and claustrophobic irritability, or restlessness experienced when working and staying at home all week [ 12 ], ambiguity between work and daily life, and anxiety from work.…”
Background
Social distancing by working-from-home is an effective measure to decrease the spread of COVID-19. However, this new work pattern could also affect the well-being of workers. Therefore, the aim of the study was to study the magnitude of occupational health problems and lifestyle changes among workers who have only recently started working from home.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted using online self-administered questionnaires during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the Bangkok metropolitan area, Thailand. The participants were from any organization that allowed working from home. The demographic data including the analysis of the characteristics of working from home, the occurrence of occupational health problems, and the lifestyle changes caused by working from home were analyzed.
Results
A total of 869 workers were included as study participants. The highest prevalence of physical health problems among all workers was identified to be weight gain at a rate of 40.97% (95% confidence interval = 37.69–44.24), and the highest prevalence of psychosocial problems was identified to be cabin fever at a rate of 31.28% (95% confidence interval = 26.66–35.90%) among full-time working-from-home workers. The health effects that were significantly related to the intensity of working from home (
p
for trends <0.05), either positively or negatively, included body weight changes, ergonomic problems, indoor environmental problems, and psychosocial problems. Meanwhile, the lifestyle changes related to work intensity included eating pattern, sleep habits, and exercise.
Conclusions
Working from home can affect workers' well-being in various aspects. Hence, occupational health providers must prepare for risk prevention and health promotion in this “new normal” working life pattern and for future pandemics.
“…They say they feel “oppressed” by the narrow social circles and seek to get away from the people who make it their business to familiarise themselves with the minutiae of their lives. This state of mind is similar to cabin fever, which is characterised by the boredom and extreme irritability of living in a remote, or northern, area for a long time and with the same small number of people (Christensen, ; Rosenblatt, Anderson, & Johnson, ). The place is too small.…”
Section: At the End Of The Road: Paradoxes In The Ways Of Dwellingmentioning
Pulled by employment, Nordic exoticism, the desire to live "far" North or for other reasons, many Southerners choose to move to remote northern indigenous and nonindigenous communities in Québec (Canada). To better understand mobility and migration to northern peripheral regions, this article examines the paradoxical ways of dwelling of new residents who have settled in Eastern Minganie (North Shore, Québec), located about 1,300 km from Montreal, the province's metropolis. These migrants consist mainly of professionals in the fields of education, health, and social services. Research results point to four paradoxes related to mobility, remoteness, nordicity, rootedness, and otherness. They reveal both push and pull factors that nuance the idea of geographic remoteness as nothing more than a constraint on territorial development and local dynamism. Moreover, this article argues that mobility must be accepted, recognised, and even encouraged because, despite the paradoxes it raises, mobility remains essential to the vitality of Nordic peripheral areas.to re-examine the idea that remoteness is simply a constraint or limitation. Indeed, it is the paradoxes that have given form to the present article, exploring the roles played by mobility, proximity, nordicity, otherness, and rootedness in the migration experience of the neo-Mingan population. 2 | THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: WAYS OF DWELLING OF NEW RESIDENTS OF THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY Geographical remoteness and the mobility and migration it brings about are perforce behind the socioterritorial changes experienced by Nordic peripheral communities. Individuals and families leave, return, or stay for a variety of reasons: contractual obligations, changes in the seasons, territorial development policies, or socioeconomic conditions. From the regular or temporary mobility of fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) workers, to the more permanent migrations towards established communities, the arrival of neo-Northerners brings new dynamics in host communities. Due to their vulnerability caused among other things by their pressing needs in the areas of education, health, and social services, remote and Nordic populations invest considerable efforts to attract,
“…(Guessoum et al, 2020) Cabin fever mengacu pada iritabilitas claustrophobic atau kegelisahan yang dialami ketika seseorang, atau kelompok, terjebak di lokasi yang terisolasi atau di tempat terbatas untuk waktu yang lama. (Rosenblatt et al, 1984;Tonks, 2008) Seseorang dapat mengalami Cabin fever dalam situasi seperti diisolasi dalam sebuah ruangan atau daerah yang cukup lama dengan akses komunikasi yang minimal seperti di penjara, panti, atau daerah terpencil. Seseorang yang mengalami Cabin fever mungkin mengalami kantuk atau sulit tidur, memiliki rasa tidak percaya pada siapa pun yang bersama mereka, atau memiliki keinginan untuk pergi ke luar bahkan dalam kondisi buruk seperti cuaca buruk atau jarak pandang terbatas.…”
Section: Pendahuluan Latar Belakangunclassified
“…Seseorang yang mengalami Cabin fever mungkin mengalami kantuk atau sulit tidur, memiliki rasa tidak percaya pada siapa pun yang bersama mereka, atau memiliki keinginan untuk pergi ke luar bahkan dalam kondisi buruk seperti cuaca buruk atau jarak pandang terbatas. (Rosenblatt et al, 1984;Tonks, 2008) Permasalahan muncul yaitu tidak adanya kuesioner baku untuk mendeteksi perubahan psikologis akibat terkurung dalam sebuah ruangan yang cukup lama atau alat uji penapisan dalam mendeteksi dini Cabin fever Phenomenon. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian inovasi baru untuk membentuk kuesioner Cabin Fever Phenomenon yang dimulai dengan menguji validitas internal dan kehandalan dari kuesioner ini untuk digunakan di Indonesia.…”
Outbreaks and isolation due to at home due to COVID-19 outbreaks may have many psychological consequences on human life. Psychological consequences that are not detected early can cause problems in the future that can disrupt the lives of families and sufferers, therefore the need for screening tests that are accurate and reliable in detecting the appearance of psychiatric symptoms during isolation.The survey research was carried out virtually via Google Form This method was chosen because of the condition of Large Scale Social Restrictions due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, which made it impossible to conduct face-to-face interviews. The sample of this research is all of the productive age community with exclusion criteria in the form of incomplete data or unwilling to join the research. This research is a preliminary study of a series of validity and reliability test processes. Internal validity test analysis using the Pearson Product Moment method with the interpretation of the questions is said to be valid if the correlation rho (r) ≥ 0.3. Analysis of reliability testing using the Cronbach α test method with reliable interpretation if the minimum value of Cronbach α is 0.6. 281 respondents who met the inclusion criteria. The results of testing with Pearson Product Moment or Pearson Correlation obtained the value of rho (r) in all questions is above 0.3. The reliability test results using the Cronbach α test are 0.935 with the Cronbach's Alpha if Item Deleted value on each grain below the Cronbach α value. Cabin Fever Phenomenon (CFP) Indonesian Version is proven to have good validity and excellent reliability to detect the appearance of psychiatric symptoms during isolation. Further validity testing is needed such as an external validity test Keywords: Cabin Fever Phenomenon; COVID-19; psychiatry; validity and reliability ABSTRAKWabah dan isolasi akibat dirumah akibat dari wabah COVID-19 mungkin memiliki banyak konsekuensi pada kehidupan manusia dari segi psikologis. Konsekuensi psikologi yang tidak terdeteksi dini dapat menyebabkan permasalahan dikemudian hari yang dapat mengganggu kehidupan keluarga dan penderitanya, Oleh karena itu perlu adanya alat uji penapisan yang akurat serta handal dalam mendeteksi munculnya gejala psikiatri selama masa isolasi. Penelitian survei yang dilaksanakan di secara virtual melalui google form. Metode ini dipilih karena kondisi Pembatasan Sosial Skala Besar (PSBB) akibat Pandemik Covid-19 yang tidak memungkinkan untuk melakukan wawancara secara tatap muka. Sampel penelitian ini adalah seluruh masyarakat usia produktif dengan kriteria eksklusi berupa data yang tidak lengkap atau tidak bersedia mengikuti penelitian. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pendahuluan dari serangkaian proses uji kesahihan dan kehandalan. Analisa uji kesahihan internal menggunakan metode Pearson Product Moment dengan interpretasi bulir pertanyaan dikatakan sahih jika korelasi rho (r) ≥ 0,3. Analisa uji kehandalan menggunakan metode pengujian Cronbach α dengan interpretasi handal bila nilai minimum Cronbach α sebesar 0,6. 281 responden yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi. Hasil pengujian dengan Pearson Product Moment atau Pearson Correlation didapatkan nilai rho (r) pada seluruh bulir pertanyaan adalah diatas 0,3 . Hasil uji kehandalan menggunakan uji Cronbach α adalah 0,935 dengan nilai Cronbach’s Alpha if Item Deleted pada masing-masing bulir dibawah nilai Cronbach α. Cabin Fever Phenomenon (CFP) Versi Indonesia terbukti memiliki kesahihan yang baik serta kehandalan yang sangat baik untuk mendeteksi munculnya gejala psikiatri selama masa isolasi. Perlu dilakukan uji kesahihan lanjutan seperti uji kesahihan eksternal.
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