Has your work worked you too hard? Physically demanding work and disability in a sample of the older Irish population

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dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Vera J. C.
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Ivan J.
dc.contributor.authorGreiner, Birgit A.
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-02T08:34:08Z
dc.date.available2016-06-02T08:34:08Z
dc.date.issued2012-04-24
dc.date.updated2015-01-15T15:39:17Z
dc.description.abstractThere is a heightened need for the practitioner to be alert to the determinants of functional limitations and disabilities owing to the ageing workforce. This study investigated the association between work type and disability in older age in both the paid and the previously unexplored, unpaid worker (household labour).Data on demographic factors, physical measurements, work history and functional status were collected on three hundred and fifty seven 57-80-year-olds. Past or present work was identified as either physically demanding or not. Functional limitations and activities of daily living (ADL) disabilities were assessed using validated scales. Logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between the dependent variables and work type (physically demanding work or not physically demanding work).Over half of the sample reported doing physically demanding work. 20 % had complete function (n = 67), 65 % (n = 223) functional limitations and 15 % (n = 53) ADL disability. Physically demanding work was associated with functional limitations [OR 2.52 (1.41, 4.51), p = 0.01] and ADL disability [OR 2.10 (1.06, 4.17), p = 0.03] after adjustment for a measure of obesity and gender. When gender stratified, looking only at females, physically demanding work was associated with ADL disability [OR 2.79 (1.10, 7.07), p = 0.03] adjusted for a measure of obesity and household labour. Physically demanding work was related to functional limitations and ADL disability in older age. This is valuable information to inform practitioners in the treatment of older people with functional limitations and disabilities and in guiding interventions in the prevention of work related disability.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Research Board (Grant Number HRC2007/13)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMcCarthy, V.J.C., Perry, I. J. and Greiner, B. A. (2012) 'Has your work worked you too hard? Physically demanding work and disability in a sample of the older Irish population'. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 182(1), pp. 47-55. doi:10.1007/s11845-012-0824-7en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11845-012-0824-7
dc.identifier.endpage55en
dc.identifier.issn1863-4362
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleIrish Journal of Medical Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage47en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2667
dc.identifier.volume182en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing AGen
dc.rights© 2012, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-012-0824-7en
dc.subjectAgeingen
dc.subjectPhysically demanding worken
dc.subjectHousehold labouren
dc.subjectPaid worken
dc.subjectDisabilityen
dc.subjectFunctional limitationsen
dc.subjectFamily demandsen
dc.subjectManual worken
dc.subjectLife-styleen
dc.subjectHealthen
dc.subjectAgeen
dc.subjectInequalitiesen
dc.subjectPerspectiveen
dc.subjectPredictorsen
dc.subjectCapacityen
dc.titleHas your work worked you too hard? Physically demanding work and disability in a sample of the older Irish populationen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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