Job characteristics and mental health for older workers

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dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Vera J. C.
dc.contributor.authorCronly, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Ivan J.
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-19T09:27:11Z
dc.date.available2018-06-19T09:27:11Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-01
dc.date.updated2018-06-19T08:26:02Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Adverse job characteristics have been linked with increased incidence of depression and anxiety in working populations. However, the association between job characteristics and mental health, in an older working population while controlling for personality traits, is less well known. Aims: To examine the association between job characteristics (job demands and job control) and mental health (depression and anxiety) for older workers while controlling for personality traits. Methods: A sample of workers aged 50-69 years were recruited from a primary health care clinic in Southern Ireland. Job characteristics were measured using the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire; demands (quantitative and cognitive) and control (influence at work and possibilities for development). Personality traits were measured using the Ten-Item Personality Inventory, depression was measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale and anxiety was measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Descriptive analysis, simple and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted. Results: The final sample size was 1025 with an initial 67% response rate. Multiple linear regression analysis showed job characteristics (in particular, job demands) to be significant positive predictors of symptoms of depression and anxiety. The inverse was true for job control variables and symptoms of depression. Neither possibilities for development nor influence at work were associated with symptoms of anxiety. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that despite potential confounders, higher demands at work can impact the worker's mental health negatively. Reducing job demands and encouraging role development may benefit the mental health of older workers.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Research Board (Centre for Health and Diet Research Grant Ref. HRC/2007/13)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMcCarthy, V. J. C., Cronly, J., Perry, I. J. (2017) 'Job characteristics and mental health for older workers', Occupational Medicine, 67, pp. 394-400. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqx066en
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/occmed/kqx066
dc.identifier.endpage400en
dc.identifier.issn0962-7480
dc.identifier.journaltitleOccupational Medicineen
dc.identifier.startpage394en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6366
dc.identifier.volume67en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.rights© 2017, the Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Occupational Medicine following peer review. The version of record [McCarthy, V. J. C., Cronly, J., Perry, I. J. (2017) 'Job characteristics and mental health for older workers', Occupational Medicine, 67, pp. 394-400. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqx066] is available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqx066en
dc.subjectDepressive symptomsen
dc.subjectWhitehall-IIen
dc.subjectRisk-factorsen
dc.subjectAnxietyen
dc.subjectPrevalenceen
dc.subjectRetirementen
dc.subjectStressen
dc.subjectEmployeesen
dc.subjectDepressionen
dc.subjectJob characteristicsen
dc.subjectMental healthen
dc.subjectOlder workersen
dc.subjectPersonality traits.en
dc.subjectMeta-analysisen
dc.titleJob characteristics and mental health for older workersen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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