Understanding the Office: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Activities, Posture, Social Interactions, Mood, and Work Performance at the Workplace
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Protocol
2.3. Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Response Rates
3.2. Posture
3.3. Activities
3.4. Activities and Social Interactions
3.5. Pain and Activities
3.6. Mood and Work Performance
3.7. Mood and Activity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Survey Question | Response Options |
---|---|
Are you at work? | Yes |
No | |
What posture are you in? | Sitting |
Standing | |
Walking | |
Lying | |
Other | |
Are you experiencing any musculoskeletal pain right now? | No Pain |
I am experiencing pain | |
What are you currently doing? | In a meeting |
Working at my desk | |
Working away from my desk | |
Eating | |
In transit | |
On a break | |
Other | |
Physical activity | |
Working remotely | |
How many people are you doing this with? | Alone |
With 1 other person | |
With 2–5 other persons | |
With 6+ other persons | |
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being not at all and 10 being extremely, please rate the following emotions at this moment: |
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Organization | Sector | Number of Participants | Gender |
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A | Service | 25 | 9% female |
B | Private consultancy | 19 | 62% female |
C | University faculty | 20 | 55% female |
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Engelen, L.; Held, F. Understanding the Office: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Activities, Posture, Social Interactions, Mood, and Work Performance at the Workplace. Buildings 2019, 9, 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings9020054
Engelen L, Held F. Understanding the Office: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Activities, Posture, Social Interactions, Mood, and Work Performance at the Workplace. Buildings. 2019; 9(2):54. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings9020054
Chicago/Turabian StyleEngelen, Lina, and Fabian Held. 2019. "Understanding the Office: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Activities, Posture, Social Interactions, Mood, and Work Performance at the Workplace" Buildings 9, no. 2: 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings9020054