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...
Published in: | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
SAGE Publications
2013
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2472473 https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494813486965 |
id |
ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2472473 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2472473 2023-05-15T17:24:40+02:00 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 Reidar Ose, Solveig Osborg Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2472473 https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494813486965 eng eng SAGE Publications http://sjp.sagepub.com/content/41/6/587.full.pdf+html Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2013, 41 (6), 587-596. urn:issn:1403-4948 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2472473 https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494813486965 cristin:1034014 587-596 41 Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 6 Journal article Peer reviewed 2013 ftntnutrondheimi https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494813486965 2019-09-17T06:53:22Z 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. acceptedVersion © 2013 the Nordic Societies of Public Health. This is the authors' accepted and refereed manuscript to the article. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nordland Nordland Nordland NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 41 6 587 596 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
op_collection_id |
ftntnutrondheimi |
language |
English |
description |
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. acceptedVersion © 2013 the Nordic Societies of Public Health. This is the authors' accepted and refereed manuscript to the article. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Støver, Morten Pape, Kristine Johnsen, Roar Fleten, Nils Sund, Erik Reidar Ose, Solveig Osborg Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon |
spellingShingle |
Støver, Morten Pape, Kristine Johnsen, Roar Fleten, Nils Sund, Erik Reidar Ose, Solveig Osborg Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon Work environment and disability pension - an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population |
author_facet |
Støver, Morten Pape, Kristine Johnsen, Roar Fleten, Nils Sund, Erik Reidar Ose, Solveig Osborg Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon |
author_sort |
Støver, Morten |
title |
Work environment and disability pension - an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population |
title_short |
Work environment and disability pension - an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population |
title_full |
Work environment and disability pension - an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population |
title_fullStr |
Work environment and disability pension - an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population |
title_full_unstemmed |
Work environment and disability pension - an 18-year follow-up study in a Norwegian working population |
title_sort |
work environment and disability pension - an 18-year follow-up study in a norwegian working population |
publisher |
SAGE Publications |
publishDate |
2013 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2472473 https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494813486965 |
genre |
Nordland Nordland Nordland |
genre_facet |
Nordland Nordland Nordland |
op_source |
587-596 41 Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 6 |
op_relation |
http://sjp.sagepub.com/content/41/6/587.full.pdf+html Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2013, 41 (6), 587-596. urn:issn:1403-4948 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2472473 https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494813486965 cristin:1034014 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494813486965 |
container_title |
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health |
container_volume |
41 |
container_issue |
6 |
container_start_page |
587 |
op_container_end_page |
596 |
_version_ |
1766115780801331200 |