Occupational Exposures Associated with Life Expectancy without and with Disability

Bibliographic Data

ID15460569
AuthorsAstrid de Wind (0000-0002-3574-9906, Radboud University Nijmegen, corresponding author), Ranu Sewdas (0000-0002-8774-0823, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Emiel O Hoogendijk (0000-0001-9660-5108, Amsterdam University Medical Centers), Allard J van der Beek (0000-0002-4672-9062, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Dorly J H Deeg (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Dorly Deeg (0000-0003-1131-6855, Amsterdam University Medical Centers), Cécile R L Boot (0000-0001-5021-9957, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue17
Pages6377-6377
Publication date2020-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17176377
PMID32882992
OpenAlexW3082644899
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited27

Policies to extend working lives often do not take into account potentially important health inequalities arising from differences in occupational exposures. Little is known about which occupational exposures are associated with these inequalities. This study aims to examine differences in life expectancy without and with disability by occupational exposures. Longitudinal data (1992-2016) on disability and physical and psychosocial work demands and resources of 2513 (former) workers aged ≥55 years participating in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam were used. Gender specific life expectancies without and with disability by occupational exposures were calculated using multistate survival models. Women aged 55 years with high physical work demands had a lower life expectancy without disability than those with low exposure (1.02-1.57 years), whereas there was no difference for men. Men and women with high psychosocial work demands and resources had a longer life expectancy without disability than those with low exposure (1.19-2.14 years). Life expectancy with disability did not significantly differ across occupational exposures. Workers with higher psychosocial demands and resources and lower physical demands can expect to live more disability-free years. Information on occupational exposure helps to identify workers at risk for lower life expectancy, especially without disability, who may need specific support regarding their work environment

Environmental health · Expectancy theory · Life expectancy · Longitudinal study · Occupational safety and health · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology · Gerontology