Disability pensions related to heavy physical workload: a cohort study of middle-aged and older workers in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the study was to examine the associations between heavy physical workload among middle-aged and older workers and disability pension due to any diagnosis, as well as musculoskeletal, psychiatric, cardiovascular or respiratory diagnoses. The population-based design made it possible to examine dose-response and potential gender differences in the associations.

Methods

About 1.8 million men and women aged 44-63 years and registered as living in Sweden in 2005 were followed regarding disability pension during 2006-2016, until ages 55-65 years. Mean values of physical workload and job control, estimated through gender-specific job-exposure matrices (JEMs), were assigned to individuals through their occupational titles in 2005. Exposure values were ranked sep

SUBMITTER: Falkstedt D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8490214 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature