The Influence of Health Perception on the Work Ability Index Among Municipal Workers in 2015 and 2017

Ribeiro, Camila Almeida Bezerra; Cotrim, Teresa; Reis, Victor Manuel Machado de Ribeiro dos; Guerreiro, Maria João; Candeias, Susana; Janicas, Ana Sofia; Costa, Margarida Quinta e

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“…As far as it is known, this is the first prospective study done in Portugal focused on the characterization of the Work Ability Index and its determinants among municipal workers [9,10]. The collection of data regarding the work ability index over the years provides first-hand knowledge of the determinants of the WAI and its changes, which can be considered one of the major contributions of the study.…”

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“…The WAI was analyzed using the four categories: poor and moderate (unsatisfactory level), and good and excellent, corresponding to the satisfactory level of work ability. The level of good work ability is commonly the most prevalent [7,10,21,22,23,24], so this category was excluded from the logistic regression analysis.…”

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“…In Portugal, little is known about the work ability profiles of municipal workers and their changes during working life [9,10]. Even though the present study started in 2015, it was considered relevant to analyze the impact of individual and work determinants on work ability among Portuguese municipal workers during the final period of the financial crisis in Portugal, and to monitor the changes every two years.…”

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Monitoring Work Ability Index During a Two-Year Period Among Portuguese Municipality Workers

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In Portugal, little is known about the work ability profiles of municipal workers and their changes during working life. In order to characterize and understand the changes in work ability among municipal workers, a prospective study was designed to begin in 2015 in the municipality of Sintra, in the surroundings of Lisbon, and to collect data every two years. The present paper aims at characterizing the changes in the work ability of those workers between 2015 and 2017 and to identify the main predictors. Data collection was based on a questionnaire that encompassed socio-demographic data, the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire II (COPSOQ II), the Nordic questionnaire adapted, and the Work Ability Index (WAI). In this two-year period, the work ability of municipal workers decreased and the main predictive factors were age, lower-back pain, negative health perception, the presence of burnout, and making manual efforts. Still, there were factors that act as positive predictors of an excellent work ability, such as having training in the previous two years, a good sense of community at work, and a favorable meaning of work. In summary, the intervention strategies in the work field should take into consideration the main predictors of work ability that are relevant for each organization.

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“…Individual health capacities related to work ability are represented by good general health (i.e. the absence of a severe long-term activity limitation) (Ribeiro et al 2019), good physical functioning (i.e. good hand-grip strength) (Rentzsch et al 2015), and good cognitive functioning (i.e.…”

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Live longer, retire later? Developments of healthy life expectancies and working life expectancies between age 50–59 and age 60–69 in Europe

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Loichinger

2020

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Europe’s population is ageing. Statutory retirement ages are commonly raised to account for continuous increases in life expectancy. In order to estimate the potential to increase statutory and consequently effective retirement ages further, in this study, we investigate the relationship between partial working life expectancy (WLE) and three health expectancies that represent health aspects important for work ability and employability between ages 50 and 59 as well as 60 and 69 for women and men in Europe. We also explore the association between these four indicators and the highest level of educational attainment. We apply Sullivan’s method to estimate WLE and three selected measures that capture general, physical, and cognitive health status of older adults for 26 European countries since 2004. Over time, WLEs increased significantly in the younger age group for women and in the older age group for both sexes. The expected number of years in good physical health have continuously been higher than any of the other three indicators, while the expected number of years in good cognitive health have shown a noticeable increase over time. The investigation of the relationship between education and each life expectancy confirms the well-established positive correlation between education and economic activity as well as good health. Our results indicate potential to extend working lives beyond current levels. However, significant differences in the expected number of years in good health between persons with different levels of education require policies that account for this heterogeneity.

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The Influence of Health Perception on the Work Ability Index Among Municipal Workers in 2015 and 2017

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Monitoring Work Ability Index During a Two-Year Period Among Portuguese Municipality Workers

Monitoring Work Ability Index During a Two-Year Period Among Portuguese Municipality Workers

Live longer, retire later? Developments of healthy life expectancies and working life expectancies between age 50–59 and age 60–69 in Europe

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