Health and job-related factors associated with work ability in older working populations of Korea.
Occup Med (Lond)
; 73(9): 568-574, 2023 12 30.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Knowledge about determinants of workability is crucial for designing interventions to increase the participation of older employees in the workforce and maintain or increase their productivity levels at work.AIMS:
This study explored the impact of health conditions and job characteristics on poor work ability.METHODS:
This study used data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) from 2014 to 2020, which is a nationally representative population-based panel study of Korean citizens aged ≥45 years. The KLoSA survey assessed subjective work ability using work ability score. The participants were asked if they had been diagnosed with any underlying diseases by a physician. The job characteristics were assessed in terms of working conditions and satisfaction. Generalized estimating equations were used to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals for workers' health-related variables and job characteristics associated with poor work ability.RESULTS:
The results showed that workers' health-related factors were associated with poor work ability; poor vision (ORâ =â 1.52) and bad hearing ability (ORâ =â 2.37); low gripping strength (ORâ =â 2.29); poor self-rated health (ORâ =â 3.77) and various diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer, chronic lung disease, liver disease, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, mental illness, arthritis, prostate disease, gastrointestinal disease and disc disease. Additionally, high physical work demands (ORâ =â 1.51) and low job satisfaction (ORâ =â 4.23) were highly correlated with poor work ability.CONCLUSIONS:
The findings addressing poor work abilities caused by individuals' health- and job-related factors can help prioritize worker health management and the development of more effective human capital investment strategies at the workplace.
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Assunto principal:
Avaliação da Capacidade de Trabalho
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Local de Trabalho
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article