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The contribution from psychological, social, and organizational work factors to risk of disability retirement: a systematic review with meta-analyses.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Effects of the Labour Inspectorate Authority's regulatory tools on psychosocial and biomechanical work factors in Norwegian home care services: a cluster randomised controlled trial.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Trial
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- 20-Year labor market histories of 66-year-old women and men: a nationwide retrospective cohort study from Sweden.European journal of public health · 2026Article
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- Predictors of Retirement Voluntariness Using Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Data.Journal of aging and health · 2025Article
- Mediating effect of working conditions on the association between education and early labour market exit: a cohort study of Swedish men.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
- Being used for the greater good while fighting on the frontline: care staff's experiences of working with older people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Comprehensive evaluation of the impact of workplace exposures on physician-certified sick leave in the general working population.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Individual work-motive values: determinants and consequences for the appraisal of specific health-related work characteristics.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The meaning of decision latitude in registered nurses' night work.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
- Clarity and adaptability of instructions preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus and its association with individual and organisational factors regarding the psychosocial work environment: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- The Role of Continuing Professional Training or Development in Maintaining Current Employment: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies indicate that psychological, social, and organizational factors at work contribute to health, motivation, absence from work, and functional ability. The objective of the study was to assess the current state of knowledge of the contribution of psychological, social, and organizational factors to disability retirement by a systematic review and meta-analyses.
methodsData sources: A systematic literature search for studies of retirement due to disability in Medline, Embase, and PsychINFO was performed. Reference lists of relevant articles were hand-searched for additional studies. DATA EXTRACTION: Internal validity was assessed independently by two referees with a detailed checklist for sources of bias. Conclusions were drawn based on studies with acceptable quality. DATA SYNTHESIS: We calculated combined effect estimates by means of averaged associations (Risk ratios) across samples, weighting observed associations by the study's sample size. Thirty-nine studies of accepted quality were found, 37 of which from the Nordic countries.
resultsThere was moderate evidence for the role of low control (supported by weighted average RR = 1.40; 95% CI = 1.21-1.61) and moderate evidence for the combination of high demands and low control (although weighted average was RR = 1.45; 95% CI = 0.96-2.19) as predictors of disability retirement. There were no major systematic differences in findings between the highest rated and the lowest rated studies that passed the criterion for adequate quality. There was limited evidence for downsizing, organizational change, lack of employee development and supplementary training, repetitive work tasks, effort-reward imbalance to increase risk of disability pension. Very limited evidence was found for job demands, evening or night work, and low social support from ones superior.
conclusionsPsychological and organizational factors at work contribute to disability retirement with the most robust evidence for the role of work control. We recommend the measurement of specific exposure factors in future studies.
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