Does a change to an occupation with a lower physical workload reduce the risk of disability pension? A cohort study of employed men and women in Sweden

This study investigated if a change to an occupation with lowerphysical workload was associated with a reduced risk of disabilitypension (DP). A change to lower physical workload was associatedwith a reduced risk of DP. Older workers had the largest decreasedrisk for musculoskeletal DP. Generally, a...

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Published inScandinavian journal of work, environment & health Vol. 48; no. 8; pp. 662 - 671
Main Authors Badarin, Kathryn, Hemmingsson, Tomas, Almroth, Melody, Falkstedt, Daniel, Hillert, Lena, Kjellberg, Katarina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Finland Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health 01.11.2022
Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH)
Subjects
ageing employee
cohort study
disability benefit
disability pension
exposure change
heavy manual job
heavy work
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
musculoskeletal
Original
physical health
physical workload
sweden
work ability
work condition
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Summary:This study investigated if a change to an occupation with lowerphysical workload was associated with a reduced risk of disabilitypension (DP). A change to lower physical workload was associatedwith a reduced risk of DP. Older workers had the largest decreasedrisk for musculoskeletal DP. Generally, a larger reduction in physicalworkload was associated with the greatest reduced risk of DP.
ISSN:0355-3140
1795-990X
1795-990X
DOI:10.5271/sjweh.4053