Health behaviours and psychosocial working conditions as predictors of disability pension due to different diagnoses: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate whether the clustering of different health behaviours (i.e. physical activity, tobacco use and alcohol consumption) influences the associations between psychosocial working conditions and disability pension due to different diagnoses.

Methods

A population-based sample of 24,987 Swedish twins born before 1958 were followed from national registers for disability pension until 2013. Baseline survey data in 1998-2003 were used to assess health behaviours and psychosocial Job Exposure Matrix for job control, job demands and social support. Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Results

During follow-up, 1252 disability pensions due to musculoskeletal disorders (5%), 601 due to

SUBMITTER: Ropponen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7541297 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature