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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2018

Within-person fluctuations in wellbeing and task-specific work ability.

Julitta S Boschman, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Judith K Sluiter

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Julitta S BoschmanCoronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Karen NieuwenhuijsenCoronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. k.nieuwenhuijsen@amc.nl.
Judith K SluiterCoronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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purposeTo research within-person fluctuations in occupational health, work ability and wellbeing, we need new measurement strategies. We studied absolute agreement for weekly measurements of task-specific work ability and relationships between wellbeing, work demands and personal factors and task-specific work ability over time.

methodsForty-eight Dutch academic researchers answered questions during 12 consecutive weeks. Physical and mental work demands, indicators of wellbeing and task-specific work ability in each week were measured. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) for absolute agreement between task-specific work ability measures were calculated. For application in individual workers, an ICC > 0.90 was regarded as suitable. Multilevel models were used to relate both time-invariant and time-varying predictors to task-specific work ability.

resultsMultiple measurements increased the reliability. Absolute agreement, however, did not reach the optimal level, except for the task 'ability to conduct data analyses' which had an ICC value of 0.95 (95% CI 0.91-0.98). Individuals' leisure time physical activity (p = 0.03) and relational (p = 0.02) and social (p = 0.02) wellbeing were related to their average task-specific work ability. Weekly physical demands (p = 0.01) and personal (p = 0.04) and general wellbeing (p = 0.03) were related to weekly fluctuations in work ability.

conclusionsWe demonstrated intra-individual variability in repeated assessments of task-specific work ability, pointing to the need for multiple measurements when characterizing work ability. The finding that some time-invariant and time-varying predictors can be related to the estimate of aspects of task-specific work ability and its fluctuations is helpful in understanding the dynamics of this concept.

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AdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMotor ActivityOccupational HealthQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSocial WelfareSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultEpidemiologyMultilevel AnalysisOccupational health

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