WPŁYW PANDEMII KORONAWIRUSA NA CZĘSTOŚĆ WYSTĘPOWANIA I NASILENIE DOLEGLIWOŚCI CZĘŚCI SZYJNEJ KRĘGOSŁUPA W GRUPIE PRACOWNIKÓW BIUROWYCH PRZENIESIONYCH DO PRACY ZDALNEJ

Introduction
The global coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a growing trend toward shifting office workers to home office.Objective: Objective. Assessment of the impact of remote work on neck pain in administrative and office workers.

Material and methods
We used the Computer-Assisted Web Interviewing (CAWI) questionnaire. In the group of 103 respondents, 55 women and 48 men aged 24 to 52 answered the questions in 14 sections, providing information on lifestyle, physical activity, office and remote conditions and ergonomics, questions based on the Neck Disability Index questionnaire ( NDI) in the assessment of the cervical spine.

Results
There is a risk of experiencing neck pain when switching to remote work. However, in this study, a decrease in the frequency of symptoms and their severity was observed after switching to remote work. The amount of physical activity undertaken by an employee is important in the context of preventing the occurrence of ailments, but neither its decrease nor its increase after switching to remote work significantly influenced the experienced ailments in employees. Ergonomic conditions negatively correlate with the frequency of reported ailments.

Conclusions
Shifting to remote home office may reduce neck pain. More physically active workers experience less often and less severe neck pain.