The moderating role of psychosocial working conditions on the long-term relationship between depressive symptoms and work ability among employees from the Baby Boom generation
| Autor: | Jeannette Weber, Hans Martin Hasselhorn, Peter Angerer, Andreas Müller, D Borchart |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Aging media_common.quotation_subject Job control Work Capacity Evaluation lidA cohort study Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Germany Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Workplace media_common Baby boom Occupational disability business.industry Depression Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Age Factors Social Support Middle Aged 030210 environmental & occupational health Mental health Psychologie Female Original Article business Psychosocial Developed country Cohort study Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Popis: | Objective Mental disorders have been identified as a leading cause for reduced work ability in industrialized countries. Identification of workplace factors that can increase the work ability of employees with depressive symptoms from the Baby Boom generation is, therefore, highly relevant. This study thus aims to investigate whether changes in psychosocial working conditions can moderate the negative association between depressive symptoms and work ability. Methods Two waves with a 3-year time lag of the German lidA cohort study with 3609 participants born in 1959 and 1965 (aged 46 and 52 years at first wave) were analyzed. Self-report data about depressive symptoms at baseline and changes of working conditions from baseline to follow-up were used to calculate main and interaction effects on perceived work ability at follow-up. These analyses were controlled for baseline work ability and working conditions. Results Depressive symptoms were predictive for an unfavorable course of work ability from baseline to follow-up (B = − 0.173, 95% CI = − 0.219 to − 0.128). However, no interaction effect between depressive symptoms and psychosocial working conditions was found. Instead, independent from the level of depressive symptoms, a decrease in quantitative demands (B = − 0.279, 95% CI = − 0.326 to − 0.232) and increases in leadership quality (B = 0.242, 95% CI = 0.192–0.292) and development opportunities (B = 0.177, 95% CI = 0.127–0.277) were related to a more favorable course of work ability. Only small effects were found for social support (B = 0.057, 95% CI = 0.008–0.106) and job control (B = 0.043, 95% CI = − 0.005–0.091). Conclusions The results indicate that the lagged and negative effect of depressive symptoms on work ability was not moderated by changes in psychosocial working conditions. However, the promotion of favorable working conditions may contribute to a positive development of work ability among employees from the Baby Boom generation independently from the level of depressive symptoms. |
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