Work environment and disability pension – an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population
Aims: To investigate the associations between work environment indicators and health- related work disability. Methods: A health survey of 5,749 working 40–42-year-old Norwegians from Nordland County were linked to a national register for disability pension during a follow-up of over 18 years. The r...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1403494813486965 2024-09-15T18:20:33+00:00 Work environment and disability pension – an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population Støver, Morten Pape, Kristine Johnsen, Roar Fleten, Nils Sund, Erik R. Ose, Solveig Osborg Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494813486965 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1403494813486965 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1403494813486965 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Scandinavian Journal of Public Health volume 41, issue 6, page 587-596 ISSN 1403-4948 1651-1905 journal-article 2013 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494813486965 2024-08-27T04:23:41Z Aims: To investigate the associations between work environment indicators and health- related work disability. Methods: A health survey of 5,749 working 40–42-year-old Norwegians from Nordland County were linked to a national register for disability pension during a follow-up of over 18 years. The risk for disability pension following various self-reported physical and psychosocial work environmental exposures (individual and cumulative) were estimated using Cox regression analysis. Results: Both cumulative physical and psychosocial work environmental exposures were associated with an increased risk for disability pension, although this association was attenuated for most variables after adjusting for health and education. An increase in five poor psychosocial work environmental exposures was associated with a 22% increased risk for disability (adjusted hazard ratio, aHR, 1.22, 95% CI 1.04–1.44), whereas a similar increase in five poor physical work environmental exposures was associated with a 29% increased risk (aHR, 1.29, 95% CI 1.16-1.44). There were no indications of statistical interaction between either sex or education and work exposures. Conclusions: People who report a poor work environment are at a higher risk for subsequent work disability. This finding suggests that improving working conditions may be an area of intervention in order to reduce the number of people who leave the labour market with a disability pension. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nordland Nordland Nordland SAGE Publications Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 41 6 587 596 |
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Aims: To investigate the associations between work environment indicators and health- related work disability. Methods: A health survey of 5,749 working 40–42-year-old Norwegians from Nordland County were linked to a national register for disability pension during a follow-up of over 18 years. The risk for disability pension following various self-reported physical and psychosocial work environmental exposures (individual and cumulative) were estimated using Cox regression analysis. Results: Both cumulative physical and psychosocial work environmental exposures were associated with an increased risk for disability pension, although this association was attenuated for most variables after adjusting for health and education. An increase in five poor psychosocial work environmental exposures was associated with a 22% increased risk for disability (adjusted hazard ratio, aHR, 1.22, 95% CI 1.04–1.44), whereas a similar increase in five poor physical work environmental exposures was associated with a 29% increased risk (aHR, 1.29, 95% CI 1.16-1.44). There were no indications of statistical interaction between either sex or education and work exposures. Conclusions: People who report a poor work environment are at a higher risk for subsequent work disability. This finding suggests that improving working conditions may be an area of intervention in order to reduce the number of people who leave the labour market with a disability pension. |
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Støver, Morten Pape, Kristine Johnsen, Roar Fleten, Nils Sund, Erik R. Ose, Solveig Osborg Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon Work environment and disability pension – an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population |
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Støver, Morten Pape, Kristine Johnsen, Roar Fleten, Nils Sund, Erik R. Ose, Solveig Osborg Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon |
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Work environment and disability pension – an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population |
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Work environment and disability pension – an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population |
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