Longitudinal Associations of Job Demand-Control Characteristics With Objective and Subjective Cognitive Outcomes in Older Workers: The Health and Retirement Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The job demand-control (JDC) psychosocial work model has demonstrated effects on objective cognitive performance, but its association with subjective memory is still poorly understood. We examined longitudinal associations of JDC characteristics with objective (general cognitive function/episodic memory) and subjective (perceived memory) cognition.

Methods

Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data, 3497 workers aged 50+ were followed from 2006-2008 to 2018. Self-reported job demand and job control were dichotomized and later combined into quadrants reflecting high/low job strain and active/passive jobs. Analyses used covariate-adjusted generalized estimating equations.

Results

High job control was significantly positively associated with general cogn

SUBMITTER: Guardiano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12606402 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature