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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.
The complete article is published in the Journal "International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health" (2022).
First Online: 27 June 2021
H. Burr, S. Lange, M. Freyer, M. Formazin, U. Rose, M. L. Nielsen, P. M. Conway:
Physical and psychosocial working conditions as predictors of 5-year changes in work ability among 2078 employees in Germany.
in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, Volume 95, Issue 1 2022. pages 153-168, Project number: F 2460, PDF file, DOI: 10.1007/s00420-021-01716-9
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