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Additionally, we considered the two respite interventions as resources possibly buffering the effects of elevated situational job demands. Ten-minute break exercises were conducted during lunch breaks via Zoom live-stream, and data on those days were compared with data on days on which participants spent their breaks as usual. Our sample of 34 office workers provided data for work days in the home office and 68 on site at the company.
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Multilevel path models revealed positive total associations of both respite interventions with the mood dimension of calmness. Activity breaks additionally showed a positive association with the energetic arousal dimension of mood, while relaxation breaks were positively related to objectively measured cognitive performance.
Interestingly, activity breaks moderated the relationships of job demands with calmness and valence, indicating their function as a stress-buffering resource. There were no significant associations between the two respite interventions and back pain. Possible advantages and disadvantages of the live-streaming format are discussed.
Keywords: Physical activity breaks, Relaxation breaks, Recovery after break, Ambulatory attention, Within-subject field study. Compared to numbers reported in surveys in and , the number of office workers feeling overwhelmed by quantitative job demands has increased BAuA, During the COVID crisis, many office jobs shifted to the home office, which added further challenges related to, for example, poor ergonomic conditions at home Bouziri et al.
