Poor health, physical workload and occupational social class as determinants of health-related job loss: results from a prospective cohort study in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aims of the present study were to assess the association and interactions of physical workload and poor health with health-related job loss (HRJL) among older workers, and the association and interactions of occupational social class and poor health with HRJL.

Methods

Data were used from an existing prospective cohort study, Health and Employment after Fifty, where employed or self-employed workers aged 50-64 years (n=4909) were followed-up between 2014 and 2016. Associations between potential determinants (self-perceived health status, physical workload and occupational social class) and 2-year HRJL were examined by Cox regression analyses. To study whether physical workload or occupational social class moderates the influence of poor health on HRJL, additive

SUBMITTER: Sewdas R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6629425 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature