Frailty, prefrailty and employment outcomes in Health and Employment After Fifty (HEAF) Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Demographic changes are requiring people to work longer. No previous studies, however, have focused on whether the 'frailty' phenotype (which predicts adverse events in the elderly) is associated with employment difficulties. To provide information, we assessed associations in the Health and Employment After Fifty Study, a population-based cohort of 50-65-year olds.

Methods

Subjects, who were recruited from 24 English general practices, completed a baseline questionnaire on 'prefrailty' and 'frailty' (adapted Fried criteria) and several work outcomes, including health-related job loss (HRJL), prolonged sickness absence (>20 days vs less, past 12 months), having to cut down substantially at work and difficulty coping with work's demands. Associations were assessed

SUBMITTER: Palmer KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474319 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature