Mediational Occupational Risk Factors Pertaining to Work Ability According to Age, Gender and Professional Job Type.

ABSTRACT: The predictive value of work ability for several health and occupational outcomes is well known. Maintaining the ability to work of all employees has become an important topic in research although some evidence suggests that some groups of workers need greater attention than others. Healthcare workers (x¯ = 54.46 ± 5.64 years) attending routine occupational health checkups completed their work ability, occupational risk and sociodemographic measures. An analysis examined whether work ability differed according to gender, age and professional category. Mediation of these relationships by occupational risk variables, such as work-family conflict, was examined. Females and older adults had worse work ability than their counterparts. Professional group was not independently associated. Gender-

SUBMITTER: Mateo-Rodriguez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908393 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature