According to the Tokyo Medical University, Professor Shimura and his colleagues were among the employees of 2019 tertiary industries such as IT, government agencies, and finance who had the same job in 2020 before the spread of the new coronavirus infection and in 3 after the spread of the infection. , Analyzed 23 people who did not work from home in 2019 and investigated the impact of remote work.

　In 2020, 53.9% of the surveyed people introduced telecommuting, 22.8% once or twice a week, 1% 2-23.3 times a week, and 3% full remote 4 times a week.People who worked from home for a long time tended to have less stress at work and to secure sleep time on weekdays.The research team analyzes that the introduction of telecommuting reduced the stress response by 7.8 to 5 times.

　On the other hand, it was also found that with full remote, there is a 1.4 times higher probability that labor productivity will decline due to physical and mental disorders.Instructors Shimura and his colleagues believe that it is necessary to introduce telecommuting at an appropriate frequency as a measure for mental health in the workplace, and to improve the work load and support around them in order to continue working from home.

　Work from home is spreading in Japan due to the spread of the new corona infection, but until now there have been many unclear points about the impact on mental health and productivity.

Paper information:[Frontiers in Psychology] Remote Work Decreases Psychological and Physical Stress Responses, but Full-Remote Work Increases Presenteeism