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The translation was reviewed by Sonia Cal, a professional translator. The authors express their gratitude to Drs. Maria Gutierrez-Aguilo, Maria-Antonia de-Miguel, and the nursing and administrative staff of the Group's medical service for their valuable and active participation in this study.

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Teleworking for Medical Reasons

Publicated to:Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine. 66 (11): e600-e605 - 2024-11-01 66(11), DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003219

Authors: Reinoso-Barbero, Luis; Gieco, Antonella; Lopez-Rios, Adriana; Rodriguez-Diaz, Jose Luis; Gomez-Paredes, Laura; Munoz-Gutierrez, Juan; Perez-Herreras, Cristina; Gomez-Gallego, Felix

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Galicia Occupat Med Teaching Unit, Occupat Med Serv, Galicia, Spain - Author
Hosp Doctor Negrin, Occupat Med Serv, Gran Canaria Isl, Islas Canarias, Spain - Author
Int Univ La Rioja, Fac Hlth Sci, La Rioja, Spain - Author
Rey Juan Carlos Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, Madrid, Spain - Author
Santander Bank Grp, Hlth & Occupat Risk Prevent Serv, C Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena 13, Madrid 28027, Spain - Author
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Abstract

ObjectivesThe aim of the study is to describe the most common medical grounds for requesting or extending teleworking and to examine which requests are typically approved. This study also investigates whether there is a correlation with gender, age, or job location. MethodsA prevalence study of 33,190 Spanish employees found that, last year, 106 teleworking requests were addressed exclusively for medical reasons. ResultsThe most frequent cause was musculoskeletal issues (30%). Of all the requests, 58% were denied; 33% were temporarily approved, primarily for musculoskeletal reasons (P < 0.05); and 8% were indefinitely approved. Requests were predominantly made by women (P < 0.05). Indefinite approvals were more prevalent among male employees (P < 0.05). ConclusionsMusculoskeletal reasons were the primary cause for teleworking applications and for the temporary granting of teleworking. Teleworking appears to be associated with gender and job location.

Keywords
AdultFemaleHumansMaleMedical reasonsMiddle agedMusculoskeletal diseasesOccupational diseasesOccupational healtOccupational healthOccupational medicinePrevalenceSex factorsSpainTelecommutingTeleworkingWorkplaceYoung adult

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 179/408, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-16:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 6.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 6 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Gómez Gallego, Félix).