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Working From Home, Work-Life Balance, and Depression/Anxiety Among Korean Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A
Ho-Yeon Kim1, Yun-Chul Hong, Nami Lee
1From the Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Dr Kim); Department of Human Systems Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Dr Hong, Dr N. Lee); Public Healthcare Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Dr N. Lee, Dr D-W. Lee); Human Rights Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Dr N. Lee); Department of Big Data Medical Convergence, Eulji University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea (Dr Park); Research Institute for Public Healthcare, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (Dr K-S. Lee); and Yeongeon Student Support Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Dr Yun).
Objective:
We aimed to investigate the association between working from home (WFH), depression/anxiety, and work-family conflict (WFC) among Korean workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
We surveyed a total of 1074 workers online. Depression and anxiety were measured using the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Mediating effects of WFC on the relationship between WFH and depression/anxiety were examined.
Results:
The WFH group had higher depression and anxiety scores than the daily commuting group. As WFC increased, the CES-D and BAI scores also increased. A possible mediating effect of WFC on the relationship between WFH and high CES-D and BAI scores was found.
Conclusion:
We observed a significant difference in depression/anxiety between WFH and daily commute workers, which was mediated by WFC, especially for young, child-growing, and precarious workers.
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