Work-ability assessment in young adults with disabilities applying for disability benefits

Predictors of Depression and Musculoskeletal Disorder Related Work Disability Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Aging Employees

“…23 Furthermore, the number of comorbid conditions has shown to correlate with insurance physicians' assessments of young people's work disability. 24,25 Also congruent with previous research, 3,26 our findings on work disability followed a clear socioeconomic gradient. However, a novel finding was that socioeconomic work disability differences were stronger among younger age groups.…”

“…Our aim was to investigate the sociodemographic, health-related, and work-related psychosocial predictors of work disability in three different age groups: young (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34), middle-aged (35-50) and ageing (>50 years) employees. To avoid problems related to selfreporting, we used measures of psychosocial factors aggregated at the work-unit level.…”

“…The p-values for interaction terms are presented in OnlineSupplementary Table 1, which shows significant interactions of age with sex, education, chronic disease, and job control. Factors associated with all-cause, depressive and musculoskeletal disorder-related sickness absence among young(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34), middle-aged (35-50) and aging (>50) employees.…”

Predictors of work participation of young adults with mild intellectual disabilities

“…The SSI is responsible for all work-ability assessments under social security regulations and provides a disability benefit to young adults with any disability who are not able to earn minimum wage level independently. For a detailed description of the work ability assessment in the Netherlands, see Holwerda, Groothoff, de Boer, van der Klink, and Brouwer (2012). Participants eligible for the present study were recruited using registry data from the local SSI offices in the three northern regions in the Netherlands (Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe).…”

Expectations from Different Perspectives on Future Work Outcome of Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

“…The level of work ability is determined by estimating the claimants' chances to be able to find and retain work independently, earning at least minimum wage level, and by assessing their need for assistance and support to find and maintain work. For a detailed description of the work ability assessment in the Netherlands, see Holwerda et al [50]. Recruitment started at January 1st 2009 and ended at 31st December 2009.…”