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Methods in Experimental Work Break Research: A Scoping Review

  • The number of studies on work breaks and the importance of this subject is growing rapidly, with research showing that work breaks increase employees’ wellbeing and performance and workplace safety. However, comparing the results of work break research is difficult since the study designs and methods are heterogeneous and there is no standard theoretical model for work breaks. Based on a systematic literature search, this scoping review included a total of 93 studies on experimental work break research conducted over the last 30 years. This scoping review provides a first structured evaluation regarding the underlying theoretical framework, the variables investigated, and the measurement methods applied. Studies using a combination of measurement methods from the categories “self-report measures,” “performance measures,” and “physiological measures” are most common and to be preferred in work break research. This overview supplies important information for ergonomics researchers allowing them to design work break studies with a more structured and stronger theory-based approach. A standard theoretical model for work breaks is needed in order to further increase the comparability of studies in the field of experimental work break research in the future.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author:André Scholz, Johannes Wendsche, Argang Ghadiri, Usha Singh, Theo Peters, Stefan Schneider
Parent Title (English):International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume:16
Issue:20
Article Number:3844
ISSN:1661-7827
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-46382
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203844
PMID:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31614598
Publisher:MDPI
Place of publication:Basel
Publishing Institution:Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Date of first publication:2019/10/11
Copyright:© 2019 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
Keyword:experimental design; pause; performance measure; physiological measure; rest break; self-report measure; work break
Departments, institutes and facilities:Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC):1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Open access funding:Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg / Graduierteninstitut
Entry in this database:2019/10/16
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International