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- Title
Physical and psychosocial working conditions as predictors of 5-year changes in work ability among 2078 employees in Germany.
- Authors
Burr, Hermann; Lange, Stefanie; Freyer, Marion; Formazin, Maren; Rose, Uwe; Nielsen, Martin Lindhardt; Conway, Paul Maurice
- Abstract
Objective: To examine 5-year prospective associations between working conditions and work ability among employees in Germany. Methods: A cohort study (2011/2012–2017), based on a random sample of employees in employments subject to payment of social contributions aged 31–60 years (Study on Mental Health at Work; S-MGA; N = 2,078), included data on physical and quantitative demands, control (influence, possibilities for development, control over working time), relations (role clarity and leadership quality) and work ability (Work Ability Index, WAI; subscale 'subjective work ability and resources'). Data were analysed using linear regression. Results: Physical demands and control were associated with small 5-year changes in work ability (ΔR2 = 1%). Among the subgroup of employees with ≥ 25 sickness days, possibilities for development, control and quality of leadership were associated with changes in work ability (ΔR2 = 8%). Conclusions: The impact of working conditions on long term changes in work ability seems to be negligible. However, in vulnerable subpopulations experiencing poor health, working conditions may be associated to a larger extent to work ability over this time span.
- Subjects
GERMANY; WORK environment; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL work; MENTAL health
- Publication
International Archives of Occupational & Environmental Health, 2022, Vol 95, Issue 1, p153
- ISSN
0340-0131
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00420-021-01716-9