Demand-specific work ability, poor health and working conditions in middle-aged full-time employees

TY - JOUR

T1 - Demand-specific work ability, poor health and working conditions in middle-aged full-time employees

AU - Nabe-Nielsen, Kirsten

AU - Thielen, Karsten

AU - Nygaard, Else

AU - Thorsen, Sannie Vester

AU - Diderichsen, Finn

N1 - Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd and The Ergonomics Society. All rights reserved.

PY - 2014/7

Y1 - 2014/7

N2 - We investigated the prevalence of reduced demand-specific work ability, its association with age, gender, education, poor health, and working conditions, and the interaction between poor health and working conditions regarding reduced demand-specific work ability. We used cross-sectional questionnaire data from 3381 full-time employees responding to questions about vocational education, job demands and social support (working conditions), musculoskeletal pain (MSP) and major depression (MD) (poor health) and seven questions about difficulty managing different job demands (reduced demand-specific work ability). Reduced demand-specific work ability varied from 9% to 19% among the 46-year old and from 11% to 21% among the 56-year old. Age was associated with two, gender with four, and education with all measures of reduced demand-specific work ability. MSP was associated with four and MD was associated with six measures of reduced demand-specific work ability. We found no interaction between working conditions and poor health regarding reduced demand-specific work ability.

AB - We investigated the prevalence of reduced demand-specific work ability, its association with age, gender, education, poor health, and working conditions, and the interaction between poor health and working conditions regarding reduced demand-specific work ability. We used cross-sectional questionnaire data from 3381 full-time employees responding to questions about vocational education, job demands and social support (working conditions), musculoskeletal pain (MSP) and major depression (MD) (poor health) and seven questions about difficulty managing different job demands (reduced demand-specific work ability). Reduced demand-specific work ability varied from 9% to 19% among the 46-year old and from 11% to 21% among the 56-year old. Age was associated with two, gender with four, and education with all measures of reduced demand-specific work ability. MSP was associated with four and MD was associated with six measures of reduced demand-specific work ability. We found no interaction between working conditions and poor health regarding reduced demand-specific work ability.

U2 - 10.1016/j.apergo.2014.02.007

DO - 10.1016/j.apergo.2014.02.007

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 24629345

SN - 0003-6870

VL - 45

SP - 1174

EP - 1180

JO - Applied Ergonomics

JF - Applied Ergonomics

IS - 4

ER -