The effects of greening in office break rooms on the physical and phycological condition of office workers

Abstract

In recent years, to facilitate communication and reduce stress in office workers, some companies have set up break rooms in their office. On the other hand, there are reports that greening of offices reduce stress in office workers and greening in the break room is considered to be effective for preventing stress. Regarding the greening of break rooms, effective verification of continuous use of these break rooms are necessary, but there are no studies on this so far. Thus, this study aims to understand the effects of resting in a break room with greening. We tried to measure the physical and phycological indicators of office workers over a long term. As a result, it was revealed that resting in greening break rooms improved negative emotions and the evaluation of work/workplace, indicating that resting in greening break rooms is useful for the office worker's phycological conditions.