Long working hours and risk of 50 health conditions and mortality outcomes: a multicohort study in four European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies on the association between long working hours and health have captured only a narrow range of outcomes (mainly cardiometabolic diseases and depression) and no outcome-wide studies on this topic are available. To achieve wider scope of potential harm, we examined long working hours as a risk factor for a wide range of disease and mortality endpoints.

Methods

The data of this multicohort study were from two population cohorts from Finland (primary analysis, n=59 599) and nine cohorts (replication analysis, n=44 262) from Sweden, Denmark, and the UK, all part of the Individual-participant Meta-analysis in Working Populations (IPD-Work) consortium. Baseline-assessed long working hours (≥55 hours per week) were compared to standard working hours (35-40 h). Outc

SUBMITTER: Ervasti J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8642716 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature