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Cognitive Ability in Midlife and Labor Market Participation Among Older Workers: Prospective Cohort Study With Register Follow-up.
Sundstrup, Emil; Hansen, Åse M; Mortensen, Erik L; Poulsen, Otto M; Clausen, Thomas; Rugulies, Reiner; Møller, Anne; Andersen, Lars L.
Affiliation
  • Sundstrup E; National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Hansen ÅM; National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Mortensen EL; Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Poulsen OM; Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Clausen T; Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Rugulies R; National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Møller A; National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Andersen LL; National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Saf Health Work ; 11(3): 291-300, 2020 Sep.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32995054
BACKGROUND: The study aimed to determine the association of individual cognitive ability in late midlife with labor market participation among older workers. METHODS: This prospective cohort study estimates the risk of long-term sickness absence, disability pension, early retirement, and unemployment from scores on the Intelligenz-Struktur-Test 2000R by combining data from 5076 workers from the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank with a register on social transfer payments. Analyses were stepwise adjusted for age, gender, physical and psychosocial work environment, health behaviors, occupational social class, education, and chronic diseases. RESULTS: In the fully adjusted model, low cognitive ability (≥1 standard deviation below the mean for each gender) and high cognitive ability (≥1 standard deviation above the mean for each gender) were not associated with risk of any of the four labor market outcomes. CONCLUSION: Individual cognitive ability in late midlife was not associated with risk of long-term sickness absence, disability pension, early retirement, and unemployment in the fully adjusted model. Thus, no direct effect of individual cognitive ability in late midlife was observed on the risk of permanently or temporarily leaving the labor market.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Saf Health Work Year: 2020 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Denmark Country of publication: Korea (South)

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Saf Health Work Year: 2020 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Denmark Country of publication: Korea (South)