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The current study examines whether changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in working environments from on-site to remote work (or vice versa) are associated with changes in anxiety and depressive symptoms among Israeli employees with different demographic characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We administered three consecutive online surveys between January and November 2021 among 2389 Israelis who work. We conducted panel regression models with individual fixed effects using anxiety and depressive symptoms as outcomes and remote work as exposure, while accounting for sociodemographic variables. We repeated this analysis among subgroups defined by demographic characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Symptoms of anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7) and depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) decreased from 4.27 and 5.98 in January to 3.35 and 4.57 in November 2021, respectively. Increased risk for anxiety and depressive symptoms were significantly associated with remote work. These associations were significant among non-partnered adults and among adults with no children, but not among partnered adults and those with children. Remote work was significantly associated with anxiety among men and with depression among women.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Remote work is associated with anxiety and depression and these associations vary across different sociodemographic groups.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjph-2023-000133","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,21]],"date-time":"2023-09-21T12:35:35Z","timestamp":1695299735000},"page":"e000133","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Examining associations between remote work and anxiety and depression: a longitudinal survey study in Israel"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"1","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-6114-0069","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mika Ruchama","family":"Moran","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oren","family":"Heller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Social Policy Institute, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yung","family":"Chun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Social Policy Institute, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yaniv","family":"Shlomo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Social Policy Institute, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michal","family":"Grinstein-Weiss","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Social Policy Institute, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025083110120590000_1.1.e000133.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Salari N , Hosseinian-Far A , Jalali R , et al . 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