Table 2

Frequency and amount of WREC and working hours on working from office and working from home

OverallWorking mostly from officeWorking mostly from homeP value
n (workdays from 98 participants)430229201
Frequency of WREC during non-working hours, % (n)*
 Total42.8 (184)35.4 (81)51.2 (103)<0.01
 Telephone13.5 (58)9.2 (21)18.4 (37)0.01
 Mail25.6 (110)19.7 (45)32.3 (65)<0.01
 Application with read receipts22.3 (96)19.7 (45)25.4 (51)0.16
 Application without read receipts12.1 (52)8.3 (19)16.4 (33)0.01
 Video10.2 (44)5.7 (13)15.4 (31)<0.01
Amount of WREC per one time (min), mean (SD)†
 Total30.0 (60.4)19.0 (46.3)42.6 (71.2)<0.01
 Telephone3.6 (12.5)2.7 (10.9)4.7 (14.1)<0.01
 Mail9.3 (24.7)6.1 (19.7)13.0 (29.0)<0.01
 Application with read receipts5.9 (17.2)4.3 (14.8)7.7 (19.5)0.29
 Application without read receipts4.1 (15.5)2.5 (12.3)5.8 (18.3)<0.01
 Video7.2 (27.6)3.5 (19.7)11.5 (33.9)<0.01
Working hours (hours), mean (SD)‡9.8 (1.6)9.8 (1.6)9.8 (1.6)0.88
  • *Fisher’s exact test.

  • †Generalised linear mixed model analysis.

  • ‡Linear mixed model analysis.

  • WREC, work-related electronic communications.