Examining gender differentials in the association of low control work with cognitive performance in older workers

Autor: Ford, Katherine J, Batty, G David, Leist, Anja K
Přispěvatelé: Fonds National de la Recherche - FnR [sponsor], European Commission - EC [sponsor], Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) > PEARL Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI) [research center]
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Aging
Longitudinal study
Public health
health care sciences & services [D22] [Human health sciences]
Job control
Santé publique
services médicaux & soins de santé [D22] [Sciences de la santé humaine]
Occupational safety and health
Developmental psychology
memory
Sociologie & sciences sociales [H10] [Sciences sociales & comportementales
psychologie]
03 medical and health sciences
Cognition
0302 clinical medicine
gender
Humans
Verbal fluency test
AcademicSubjects/MED00860
AcademicSubjects/SOC01210
Longitudinal Studies
030212 general & internal medicine
Gender role
Workplace
Aged
job strain
Recall
Job strain
Work and Health
verbal fluency
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
psychosocial work conditions
030210 environmental & occupational health
Europe
Sociology & social sciences [H10] [Social & behavioral sciences
psychology]
8. Economic growth
SHARE
Observational study
Female
Occupational stress
Psychology
Psychosocial
AcademicSubjects/SOC02610
Zdroj: European Journal of Public Health
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/803239
PubMed Central
OpenAIRE
Open Repository and Bibliography-Luxembourg
UnpayWall
ORCID
Microsoft Academic Graph
The European Journal of Public Health
ISSN: 1464-360X
1101-1262
Popis: Background Limited workplace control, an important dimension of job strain, can reduce occupational opportunities for problem solving and learning. Women may have fewer professional resources to mitigate effects of low control, while conversely, gender-role norms may moderate the influence of occupational psychosocial risk factors. We therefore examined whether the links between control and cognitive function were similarly gendered. Methods This observational, longitudinal study included respondents of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe who were aged 50–64 years at entry, employed and provided at least two measurements of control and cognition (n = 6697). Relationships between control and cognition, quantified with standardized scores from verbal fluency, immediate and delayed word recall tests, were explored using linear fixed-effect and random-effect models with gender interactions. Results Consistent trends of improved verbal fluency performance with high control were evident across analyses, equal to producing around three-quarters of a word more under high control conditions, with an effect size ∼0.1 SD units (fully adjusted models, range 0.077–0.104 SD), although associations with recall tests were inconsistent. We did not find evidence of clear gender differences in control–cognition relationships for any of the cognitive domains. Conclusions The cognitive health of older European workers may benefit from improved workplace control irrespective of gender. Possible sources of bias that could explain the lack of gender differences are discussed, particularly gender differences in labour force participation, response behaviour in job control ratings and implications of gender-role norms on the importance of occupational risk factors.
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