Working population health metrics

Working life expectancy in good and poor self-perceived health among Dutch workers aged 55–65 years with a chronic disease over the period 1992–2016

“…In 2004, Nurminen et al introduced the WLE measure to investigate the number of years that municipal workers worked in different states of work ability 11. Nurminen  et al argued that the WLE measure, which represents duration of occupancy in a given state of work ability, should be preferred above other measures as an indicator of population health in the context of occupational health 11.…”

Work ability—a comprehensive concept for occupational health research and prevention

“…Since the basic supplements presenting longitudinal studies in the 1990s (1, 2), interesting articles providing new information on work ability with respect to the following themes has been published by the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health: physical and psychological prerequisites in relation to work ability among office workers (25), work conditions and socioeconomic inequalities in work ability (26), worklife expectancies and the state of work ability (27), work-related factors and individual characteristics of work ability among Dutch construction workers (28), physical-activity programs to reduce musculoskeletal symptoms among office workers (29), and worksite interventions involving physical exercise and reduced workhours (30). My devoted wish is that new, high-quality articles on work ability will appear frequently in this journal also in the future.…”

Multistate worklife expectancies

“…The worklife expectancies and related expected sojourn times in the specified work-health states are readily interpretable by epidemiologists and other professionals working in health fields. [For other summary measures of population health, such as health gaps, see Nurminen (47). ]…”