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Can a Healthy Lifestyle Prevent Disability Pension among Female Healthcare Workers with Good and Poor Self-Rated Health? Prospective Cohort Study with 11-Year Register Follow-Up

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  • Álvaro Morera

    (Exercise Intervention for Health Research Group (EXINH-RG), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Joaquín Calatayud

    (Exercise Intervention for Health Research Group (EXINH-RG), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Rubén López-Bueno

    (Exercise Intervention for Health Research Group (EXINH-RG), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Department of Physical Medicine and Nursing, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain)

  • José Casaña

    (Exercise Intervention for Health Research Group (EXINH-RG), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Jonas Vinstrup

    (National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Rúni Bláfoss

    (National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Research Unit for Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark)

  • Thomas Clausen

    (National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Lars Louis Andersen

    (National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark)

Abstract

Background: Our purpose was to investigate whether healthy lifestyle habits prevent disability pension among female healthcare workers. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study with an 11-year register follow-up in which 8159 female healthcare workers from Denmark completed a questionnaire concerning self-rated health, work environment, leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), smoking, and body mass index (BMI). Data on disability benefit payments were obtained from the Danish Register for Evaluation of Marginalization during an 11-year follow-up. Potential confounders included age, occupational education, psychosocial work factors, and physical exertion during work. Results: Among workers in good health at baseline, smoking, obesity, and low levels of LTPA were risk factors for disability pension during 11-year follow-up. Among workers with poor health, only low levels of physical activity were a risk factor for disability pension. Conclusions: This underscores the importance of a healthy lifestyle, specially being physically active, for preventing premature exit from the labor market in female healthcare workers.

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  • Álvaro Morera & Joaquín Calatayud & Rubén López-Bueno & José Casaña & Jonas Vinstrup & Rúni Bláfoss & Thomas Clausen & Lars Louis Andersen, 2022. "Can a Healthy Lifestyle Prevent Disability Pension among Female Healthcare Workers with Good and Poor Self-Rated Health? Prospective Cohort Study with 11-Year Register Follow-Up," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-9, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:17:p:10631-:d:898045
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    1. Mikko Laaksonen, 2021. "Work Resumption after a Fixed-Term Disability Pension: Changes over Time during a Period of Decreasing Incidence of Disability Retirement," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-13, April.
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