Associations of psychosocial and physical work demands with all-cause mortality: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The findings regarding mortality risk attributable to psychosocial and physical work demands are inconsistent. Pooled estimates using participant-level data from multiple cohort studies may provide more conclusive evidence.

Methods

Four prospective cohort studies conducted in England, Finland, France, and the USA were used (age 36-62 years; n = 41 760). We studied 34 903 and 36 076 individuals who had baseline (1981-2005) information on self-reported psychosocial and physical work demands, respectively. All-cause mortality until the year 2018 was ascertained through linkage to national registers, National Death Index, and company databases. We investigated the associations of psychosocial and physical demands with all-cause mortality separately for females and mal

SUBMITTER: Tanjung K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12042656 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature