Work Ability and Job Survival: Four-Year Follow-Up.

ABSTRACT: Employees with impaired work ability might be at higher risk of remaining shorter in the job than those with adequate work ability. The aim of the study was to establish whether work ability plays a role in job survival. Four-year follow-up (2008-2012) study of 1037 employees of a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. Work ability was categorized as "adequate" or "impaired". Employment status at the end of follow-up was categorized as active, resignation or dismissal. Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox proportional-hazards model. About 78.9% of the participants had adequate and 21.1% impaired work ability. Job survival was longer for the participants with adequate work ability independently from the type of job termination (p < 0.001). The odds of job termin

SUBMITTER: Martinez MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747402 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature