Abstract
Background: Work From Home is an alternative form of new work management procedures with the concept of employees being able to do their work from home. Covid-19 has changed our lives and the way we work. Many companies, organizations and institutions have implemented changes in work procedures that allow employees to work from their homes. With the abrupt change from workspace to WFH came the challenge of blurred lines between work and personal life. This has given an impact to the psychological health of the workers who need to juggle between work and family. However, not everyone faced these difficulties, as few had taken this as an opportunity in balancing the work-life balance. This systematic review aims to look at the types of occupational psychological risk during working from home and to discuss the factors associated with it.
Method: A search was undertaken in three databases, Scopus, PubMed and Google Scholar from their inception up to 01 April 2021. The inclusion criteria are published papers with analysing the psychological risk of mental health impact during WFH and analysing factors of psychological health during WFH.
Results: The database search identified 1964 papers of which 9 met the inclusion criteria. Four studies mentioned positive psychological risks and another five studies revealed negative psychological risks toward work from home. Factors associated with psychological risk were found to be time to manage home-work balance, social support/ social isolation, space factor, organizational factor, workload and lifestyle adaptation.
Conclusions: This review identified Those who have WFH have the risk of developing psychological stress. This review reported that WFH has both positive and negative impacts. Factors associated with psychological risk during WFH were gender, work-life balance, social interaction, space, organizational factors, workload and lifestyle. These factors contributing to psychological risks need to be accommodated to achieve a substantial work life balance of working from home by the stakeholders and organizational level.
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- https://apcph.cphm.my/events/oral-session-8-ballroom-B/
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-O-63,
title = {Work From Home and Mental Health during the Pandemic: A Systematic Review},
author = {Nur Hidayah Shamsudin and Nuridayu Ariffin and Ungku Izmin Farah Ungku Halmie and Ahmad Azuhairi Ariffin},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-O-63.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/events/oral-session-8-ballroom-B/},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-01},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Background: Work From Home is an alternative form of new work management procedures with the concept of employees being able to do their work from home. Covid-19 has changed our lives and the way we work. Many companies, organizations and institutions have implemented changes in work procedures that allow employees to work from their homes. With the abrupt change from workspace to WFH came the challenge of blurred lines between work and personal life. This has given an impact to the psychological health of the workers who need to juggle between work and family. However, not everyone faced these difficulties, as few had taken this as an opportunity in balancing the work-life balance. This systematic review aims to look at the types of occupational psychological risk during working from home and to discuss the factors associated with it.
Method: A search was undertaken in three databases, Scopus, PubMed and Google Scholar from their inception up to 01 April 2021. The inclusion criteria are published papers with analysing the psychological risk of mental health impact during WFH and analysing factors of psychological health during WFH.
Results: The database search identified 1964 papers of which 9 met the inclusion criteria. Four studies mentioned positive psychological risks and another five studies revealed negative psychological risks toward work from home. Factors associated with psychological risk were found to be time to manage home-work balance, social support/ social isolation, space factor, organizational factor, workload and lifestyle adaptation.
Conclusions: This review identified Those who have WFH have the risk of developing psychological stress. This review reported that WFH has both positive and negative impacts. Factors associated with psychological risk during WFH were gender, work-life balance, social interaction, space, organizational factors, workload and lifestyle. These factors contributing to psychological risks need to be accommodated to achieve a substantial work life balance of working from home by the stakeholders and organizational level.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: ATM; UPM; KKM},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}