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Workers in open-plan offices are more active and less stressed than those with desks in cubicles or private offices, research suggests. This could be because they make the effort to find privacy to talk away from their desk, the researchers said. The US study used chest sensors to track movement and heart rate in hundreds of people in different buildings over three days.
The potential health benefits should not be ignored, they said.
But they said the study was observational only and factors like location of stairs and lifts could be at play too.
The University of Arizona study, published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine, claims to be the first to measure activity and stress in office workers, rather than asking them in a survey.
It said office workers tended to be a sedentary group compared to other workers, making them more likely to have health issues, including heart problems, tiredness and low mood.
Being less active during working hours has also been linked to greater feelings of stress. In the study of 231 office workers in government buildings in the US, those in open-plan offices - with no partitions between desks - clocked up 32% more physical activity than workers in private offices and 20% more than those in cubicles.
And those who were more active had 14% lower levels of stress outside the office compared to those who were less active.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45247799
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday August 21 2018, @08:12PM (4 children)
People here can work remotely, from home. I can definitely understand why some people do depending on what part of the US they are in or how far the office is from home.
I don't do that. I like keeping my home at home and work (and SN*) at the office.
* at least between commits or completing JIRA issues.
Then there is also the fact that I have a grueling 10 minute commute with 5 traffic lights. So it's easy to go to work and come home.
It once was a 7 minute commute with 3 traffic lights, until the city improved the road as traffic increased over the years.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday August 21 2018, @08:46PM (2 children)
You should check because you may have died and gone to heaven.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 22 2018, @12:41PM (1 child)
The other possibility is that I have been involuntarily committed. But that has not happened, so far as I am able to determine.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday August 22 2018, @07:33PM
I'll ask the nurse.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Wednesday August 22 2018, @02:00AM
I certainly understand that. Right now, I work out of a home office because I'm independent and there's no reason for me to take on the expense of renting out an office.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.