Although the public transport (PT) commute can form a substantial part of the working day, there is a significant gap in our understanding of how it influences health of those who engage in it. The purpose of this systematic review was to therefore generate evidence from 1972 about the extent to which the PT commute (involving train, bus, subway, tram, or metro) impacts on the mental health, physical health and well-being of the working people. We identified 47 studies in English worldwide involving an empirical quantitative focus which met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 23 studies involved over 500 participants. Although initial multi-modal comparisons showed impact on sickness rate, self-rated health complaints, perceived stress level and reduction in sleep, a more homogeneous analysis of rail commuters showed elevation in salivary cortisol, perceived stress, and affective reactions to crowding. Findings also revealed a bias towards use of endogenous self-report measures. On this basis, we argue that it would be of benefit to test theoretical models to account for more objective measures of job and commuting stress. Recommendations were made for flexible working agendas.

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公共交通对上班族健康的影响：系统评价。

尽管公共交通（PT）通勤可以构成工作日的重要部分，但我们对公共交通如何影响其工作人员健康的理解仍然存在很大差距。因此，此系统审查的目的是从1972年起获得有关PT通勤（涉及火车，公共汽车，地铁，电车或地铁）对劳动者的心理健康，身体健康和福祉的影响程度的证据。 。我们在全球范围内确定了47项英语研究，涉及符合纳入标准的经验性量化重点。其中23项研究涉及500多名参与者。尽管最初的多模式比较显示出对疾病发生率，自我评价的健康投诉，感知的压力水平和睡眠减少的影响，但对铁路通勤者进行的更均匀的分析显示唾液皮质醇升高，感觉到的压力，以及对拥挤的情感反应。调查结果还显示，偏向于使用内生自我报告措施。在此基础上，我们认为测试理论模型以说明工作和通勤压力的更为客观的度量将是有益的。为灵活的工作议程提出了建议。