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- Title
Leisure-Time Physical Activity Reduces the Risk of Long-Term Sickness Absence Among Older Healthy Female Eldercare Workers.
- Authors
López-Bueno, Rubén; Clausen, Thomas; Calatayud, Joaquín; Casajús, José A.; Andersen, Lars L.
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>This study aimed to examine the association between leisure-time physical activity (PA) and risk of long-term sickness absence (LTSA).<bold>Design: </bold>Data on LTSA (≥3 consecutive weeks during a 1-year follow-up) were acquired from the Danish Register for Evaluation of Marginalization and linked to a questionnaire via personal identification number.<bold>Setting: </bold>Eldercare workers from 36 Danish municipalities.<bold>Subjects: </bold>Data were retrieved from 4605 healthy Danish female eldercare (i.e., workers assisting senior citizens with daily activities and health) aged 19 to 69 years, who answered a questionnaire on health, and work environment in 2005.<bold>Measures: </bold>Calculated risk of LTSA and its association with self-reported leisure-time PA.<bold>Analysis: </bold>A Cox proportional hazards model was used to calculate adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).<bold>Results: </bold>Eldercare workers showed significantly reduced risk of LTSA when performing moderate (HR = 0.67, 95%CI 0.47-0.96), and vigorous leisure-time PA (HR = 0.45, 95%CI 0.25-0.81) (reference group: sedentary). In subgroup analyses, females over 45 years showed a risk reduction of LTSA for moderate (HR = 0.54, 95%CI 0.32-0.90), and vigorous leisure-time PA (HR = 0.43, 95%CI 0.18-0.99), whereas younger eldercare workers did not show significant risk reductions for either moderate (HR = 0.86, 95%CI 0.51-1.43) or vigorous leisure-time PA (HR = 0.50, 95%CI 0.21-1.16) in the fully adjusted model.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The results indicate that moderate and, particularly, vigorous leisure-time PA reduced risk of LTSA in eldercare workers aged over 45 years.
- Subjects
PERSONAL identification numbers; PHYSICAL activity; ELDER care; OLDER people; PROPORTIONAL hazards models
- Publication
American Journal of Health Promotion, 2021, Vol 35, Issue 7, p973
- ISSN
0890-1171
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0890117121995789