Associations of SF-36 mental health functioning and work and family related factors with intentions to retire early among employees

Harkonmäki, Karoliina; Rahkonen, Ossi; Martikainen, Pekka; Silventoinen, Karri; Lahelma, Eero

doi:10.1136/oem.2005.022293

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“…One study indicated that older employees with longer time horizons and longer expectations of life have a preference to extend working life [136]. In addition, early dissatisfaction, been bought up in a problem family, dropping out of school or poor mental health earlier in life result in a greater risk for early retirement [132,137].…”

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Conceptualisation of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life – a review

Nilsson

2016

Scand J Public Health

196

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2 Conceptualization of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life -a reviewAim: The aim of this study was to explore and understand the complexity of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life. Method: Discourse analysis of documents was used in an integrative review including 128 articles. Result: Four different conceptualization of ageing are shown affect older workers' ability to extend their working life: i) Biological ageing people's health in relation to their physical and mental work environment, their pace of work and recuperation needs; ii) chronological ageing statutory retirement age and policies and economic incentives devised for older workers by society, union and organisations/enterprises; iii) social ageing inclusion in different social groups, the attitude of managers, organisations and family members, the leisure activities and surrounding environment; and iv) mental/cognitive ageing self-crediting, motivating and meaningful activities, competence and skills in working life. Conclusion: Societies today focus mostly on chronological ageing and are looking to increase the retirement age with regard to statutory pension systems, e.g. beyond 65 years of age. The inter-relationships between chronological, mental, biological and social ageing and the nine areas identified as being important to older workers in these respects need to be considered when aiming to provide a sustainable working life for the increasing numbers of older workers in modern society.The theoretical model developed is a contribution to the critical debate that can be applied by societies, employers and managers in order to provide older workers with an inclusive and sustainable extended working life. Keywords:Ageing, older workers, retirement, health, economic, physical and mental work environment, working hours and rest, age management, competence and skills, motivation and work satisfaction, family and leisure pursuits. IntroductionThe ageing population is an important public health area and is widely seen as one of the most significant threats to global wealth because of the potentially profound social, economic and political implications and the strains it imposes on the robustness of welfare systems [1,2]. The number of people aged 60 and above is currently 3 increasing by more than two million per year in the Western world, roughly twice the rate observed until about four years ago. Life expectancy at birth today is over 80 years in 33 countries, up from 19 countries in 2005 [3].The challenges and opportunities posed by this demographic shift are of special interest for sustainable societies and require the implementation of policies to help people stay healthy and active in ageing, as well as in working life.Societies, organisations and businesses have to understand, manage and care for ageing workers in their extended working life. The main demographic factor that distinguishes older workers from other employees is obviously their age. Previous research has mostly ...

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Section: Motivation and Work Satisfactionmentioning

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Conceptualisation of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life – a review

Nilsson

2016

Scand J Public Health

196

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“…Although the literature on the subject of retirement intention specifically is relatively limited, it has been shown repeatedly that adverse psychosocial workloads are associated with an increased wish for early retirement [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. In order to identify which occupational psychosocial factors may be the most important in motivating people to continue working or the opposite, at least two conditions may play a major role: health status and economic necessity.…”

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Job satisfaction and intention to quit the job

Suadicani

Bonde

Olesen

et al. 2013

Occupational Medicine

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Background Negative psychosocial work conditions may influence the motivation of employees to adhere to their job. AimsTo elucidate the perception of psychosocial work conditions among Danish hospital employees who would quit their job if economically possible and those who would not. MethodsA cross-sectional questionnaire study of hospital employees. The questionnaire gave information on elements of the psychosocial work environment (job demands, job influence, job support, management quality, exposure to bullying), general health status, sick-leave during the preceding year, life style (leisure time physical activity, alcohol intake and smoking habits), age, sex and profession. ResultsThere were 1809 participants with a response rate of 65%. About a quarter (26%) reported that they would quit their job if economically possible; this rose to 40% among the 17% who considered their health mediocre or bad. In a final logistic regression model, six factors were identified as independently associated with the wish to quit or not: self-assessed health status, meaningfulness of the job, quality of collaboration among colleagues, age, trustworthiness of closest superior(s) and exposure to bullying. Based on these factors it was possible to identify groups with fewer than 15% wishing to quit, and similarly, groups where 50% or more would quit if this was economically possible.Conclusions Psychosocial work conditions, in particular meaningfulness of the job, were independently associated with intention to quit the job if economically possible and relevant within different job categories.

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“…A versão reduzida de 36 itens tem sido amplamente utilizada na avaliação da qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde em populações com ou sem doença (e.g. Atlantis, Chow, Kirby, & Singh, 2004;Harkonmaki, Rahkonen, Martikainen, Silventoinen, & Lahelma, 2006;Ilburg, Rasmussen, & Avlund, 2006;Myles, Viira, & Hunt, 2006). Numa iniciativa alargada de adaptação do instrumento foi criado o Projecto International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) no qual participaram catorze países (Ware & Gandek, 1998 Em Portugal, este instrumento foi aplicado numa amostra de 930 mulheres grávidas e no puerpério (Ferreira 2000b) e numa amostra não representativa da população portuguesa constituída por 2358 indivíduos "saudáveis" e "com doença crónica", com idades entre os 16 e os 95 anos (Ribeiro, 2005).…”

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Actividade física e qualidade de vida na gravidez

Tendais

Figueiredo

Mota

2012

Análise Psicológica

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Pouco se conhece acerca da actividade física e qualidade de vida da mulher na gravidez. Este estudo teve como objectivos 1) comparar os padrões de actividade física antes e durante a gravidez, 2) avaliar a percepção da qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde durante os primeiros seis meses de gestação, e 3) comparar a percepção da qualidade de vida nas mulheres activas e insuficientemente activas considerando as recomendações de saúde pública. Método: Estudo longitudinal com 59 grávidas selecionadas em consultórios médicos privados. Às 10-15 semanas foi recolhida informação socio-demográfica e médica, bem como informação sobre a actividade física três meses antes da concepção. Medidas de auto-relato foram administradas entre as 10-15 semanas e as 19-24 semanas de gestação para avaliar o tempo de actividade física (QAFG) (no trabalho, lazer, deslocações) e a qualidade de vida (SF-36). Resultados: A prevalência de actividade física recomendada é menor durante do que antes da gravidez (16.7% e 17.5% nos 1.º e 2.º trimestres, respectivamente vs.47.4% antes da gravidez). Com a gravidez, não se verificaram alterações no tempo médio em diferentes tipos de actividade física, mas a actividade física no lazer registou uma diminuição significativa no 1.º trimestre face ao período anterior à concepção. Em comparação com uma amostra normativa de mulheres portuguesas, as grávidas apresentam, nos dois primeiros trimestres de gestação, uma percepção de qualidade da vida mais positiva na generalidade das dimensões do SF-36. No 2.º trimestre, o nível de limitação é significativamente maior nas dimensões físicas, à excepção da Dor Corporal, e nos resultados sumários do Componentes Físico e Mental. As mulheres que no 1.º trimestre atingem os níveis recomendados de actividade física no lazer (≥150 minutos por semana) apresentam melhor estado de saúde geral e estados de humor mais positivos do que as menos activas. Conclusão: A actividade física no lazer, embora diminua após a concepção, tem um impacto positivo na percepção do estado saúde geral e estados de humor da grávida, o que sugere a sua importância para a saúde da mulher também durante este período da vida.

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Associations of SF-36 mental health functioning and work and family related factors with intentions to retire early among employees

Abstract: These findings highlight not only the importance of low mental health and unfavourable working conditions but also the simultaneous impact of conflicts between work and family to employees' intentions to retire early.

Cited by 46 publications

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Conceptualisation of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life – a review

Conceptualisation of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life – a review

Job satisfaction and intention to quit the job

Actividade física e qualidade de vida na gravidez

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