Teleworking as the main risk factor for sedentary behavior: the COVISTRESS international study
Hijrah Nasir, Martine Duclos, Bruno Pereira, David Thivel, Jiao Jiao, Binh Quach, Reza Bagheri, Marek Zak, Ukadike Chris Ugbolue, Julien S. Baker, Alistair Cole, Martial Mermillod, Morteza Charkhabi, The COVISTRESS network, Maëlys Clinchamps, Frederic Dutheil, Jianguo Wang, Jianguo Wang, Jianguo Wan · 2026
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Description
Working from home can mean sitting for most of the day, and sitting too long harms health. Hijrah Nasir and co-authors used a large world survey to test that link in this 2026 study. The survey, called COVISTRESS, collected self-reports from many countries during the pandemic years. Past work had linked home work with more sitting, but no study had weighed all the likely factors together.
The final set held 6,653 people. On average they sat 5.6 hours a day, and about fifteen in a hundred sat for very long stretches. The team fit models that weighed home work beside age, job type, and lifestyle traits. Their title gives the headline result: home work stood out as the main risk factor for heavy sitting. Findings like these can guide breaks and desk setups for remote staff.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hijrah Nasir, Martine Duclos, Bruno Pereira, David Thivel, Jiao Jiao, Binh Quach, Reza Bagheri, Marek Zak, Ukadike Chris Ugbolue, Julien S. Baker, Alistair Cole, Martial Mermillod, Morteza Charkhabi, The COVISTRESS network, Maëlys Clinchamps, Frederic Dutheil, Jianguo Wang, Jianguo Wang, Jianguo Wan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 88 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |