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Research to investigate so-called "Zoom fatigue" has found that up until a certain duration, video meetings are now less exhausting than in-person meetings.

The study, which replicated experience sampling conducted during the pandemic, involved 125 employees who worked at least 20 hours a week. These employees regularly attended work meetings, including at least one video meeting per week.

During their workday, employees received three daily surveys. If they'd participated in a meeting between surveys, they answered questions about: whether the meeting was in-person or virtual; the extent to which they participated in the meeting; how fatigued or alert they were; and how "emotionally exhausted" they currently felt.

After controlling for the level of exhaustion from the previous measurement point, the researchers found no significant relationship between a meeting's medium of communication and employees' exhaustion levels...