JMIRxMed JMIRx Med JMIRx Med 2563-6316 JMIR Publications Toronto, Canada v2i4e34607 10.2196/34607 Peer-Review Report Peer-Review Report Peer Review of “Influence of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Physical and Psychosocial Well-being and Work Productivity of Remote Workers: Cross-sectional Correlational Study” Meinert Edward Anonymous Oct-Dec 2021 1 12 2021 2 4 e34607 1 11 2021 1 11 2021 ©Reviewer Anonymous. Originally published in JMIRx Med (https://med.jmirx.org), 01.12.2021. 2021

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This is a peer-review report submitted for the paper “Influence of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Physical and Psychosocial Well-being and Work Productivity of Remote Workers: Cross-sectional Correlational Study”.

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Review Round 1 General Comments

This paper [3] is about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers.

 Major Comments

The authors stated, “The COVID-19 pandemic has had catastrophic effects on global economies, with significant reductions in commercial and business activities projected, as well as increasing un- and under-employment with associated loss of income.” Please discuss the following study on how COVID-19 lockdown affects occupation:

Dang AK, Le XTT, Le HT, Tran BX, Do TTT, Phan HTB, Nguyen TT, Pham QT, Ta NTK, Nguyen QT, Duong QV, Hoang MT, Pham HQ, Nguyen TH, Vu LG, Latkin CA, Ho CSH, Ho RCM. Evidence of COVID-19 impacts on occupations during the first Vietnamese national lockdown. Ann Glob Health. 2020;86(1):112. doi:10.5334/aogh.2976

This study mainly talked about how workers cope. Under the Discussion section, please refer to the following study that mentions the approach adopted by the workplace to help workers to cope during the pandemic:

Tan W, Hao F, McIntyre RS, Jiang L, Jiang X, Zhang L, Zhao X, Zou Y, Hu Y, Luo X, Zhang Z, Lai A, Ho R, Tran B, Ho C, Tam W. Is returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic stressful? A study on immediate mental health status and psychoneuroimmunity prevention measures of Chinese workforce. Brain Behav Immun. 2020;87:84-92. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.055

 Citation manipulation COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) 2021-11-01 https://publicationethics.org/citation-manipulation-discussion-document How does JMIR Publications adhere to the COPE/OASPA/WAME "Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing"? JMIR Publications Knowledge Base and Help Center 2021-11-01 https://tinyurl.com/bb6epdc5- Tronco Hernández YA Parente F Faghy MA Roscoe CMP Maratos FA Influence of the COVID-19 lockdown on the physical and psychosocial well-being and work productivity of remote workers: cross-sectional correlational study JMIRx Med 2021 10.2196/30708