Physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement: a finnish occupational cohort study
Abstract Background The association of workload and performance with physical functioning is recognised among the ageing public sector workforce. The characteristics of working conditions and social- and health-related factors associated with physical functioning after statutory retirement are still...
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| description | Abstract Background The association of workload and performance with physical functioning is recognised among the ageing public sector workforce. The characteristics of working conditions and social- and health-related factors associated with physical functioning after statutory retirement are still unknown. Also, previous studies on changes in physical functioning have not used a person-oriented approach. We examined physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement and how social- and health-related factors are associated with them. Our aim was to identify distinct developmental trajectories of physical functioning over statutory retirement and to examine how social- (age, gender, marital status, education) and health-related (physical workload, self-reported sleep problems, alcohol consumption, smoking, fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption, leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), and body mass index (BMI)) factors before retirement were associated with the identified trajectories. Methods We used data from the Helsinki Health Study cohort. Participants consisted of 2736 employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland who retired during the follow-up. Growth mixture modelling was used to identify physical functioning trajectories and multinominal regression analyses to examine associations of social- and health-related factors with them. Results Three distinct developmental patterns in physical functioning before and after retirement were found among ageing and retired employees. Lower educational level, sleep problems, physical inactivity, and obesity were associated with the trajectory groups of ‘fast decreasing’ and ‘slowly increasing’, compared to the ‘stable high’ trajectory. Conclusion The results suggest that poor social- and health-related factors are key risk factors associated with declining and lower-level physical functioning over the retirement period. Supporting healthy lifestyles among older employees might maintaining good physical functioning until retirement and beyond. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5e097035dc1049b29c7b14a276ee00662025-01-12T12:09:02ZengBMCArchives of Public Health2049-32582025-01-0183111010.1186/s13690-024-01483-2Physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement: a finnish occupational cohort studyPauliina Saha0Jatta Salmela1Aapo Hiilamo2Anna Liisa Aho3Tea Lallukka4Health Sciences Unit, Tampere UniversityDepartment of Public Health, University of HelsinkiMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchHealth Sciences Unit, Tampere UniversityDepartment of Public Health, University of HelsinkiAbstract Background The association of workload and performance with physical functioning is recognised among the ageing public sector workforce. The characteristics of working conditions and social- and health-related factors associated with physical functioning after statutory retirement are still unknown. Also, previous studies on changes in physical functioning have not used a person-oriented approach. We examined physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement and how social- and health-related factors are associated with them. Our aim was to identify distinct developmental trajectories of physical functioning over statutory retirement and to examine how social- (age, gender, marital status, education) and health-related (physical workload, self-reported sleep problems, alcohol consumption, smoking, fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption, leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), and body mass index (BMI)) factors before retirement were associated with the identified trajectories. Methods We used data from the Helsinki Health Study cohort. Participants consisted of 2736 employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland who retired during the follow-up. Growth mixture modelling was used to identify physical functioning trajectories and multinominal regression analyses to examine associations of social- and health-related factors with them. Results Three distinct developmental patterns in physical functioning before and after retirement were found among ageing and retired employees. Lower educational level, sleep problems, physical inactivity, and obesity were associated with the trajectory groups of ‘fast decreasing’ and ‘slowly increasing’, compared to the ‘stable high’ trajectory. Conclusion The results suggest that poor social- and health-related factors are key risk factors associated with declining and lower-level physical functioning over the retirement period. Supporting healthy lifestyles among older employees might maintaining good physical functioning until retirement and beyond.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01483-2Physical functioningWorkloadRetirementTrajectory analysisAgeing |
| spellingShingle | Pauliina Saha Jatta Salmela Aapo Hiilamo Anna Liisa Aho Tea Lallukka Physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement: a finnish occupational cohort study Archives of Public Health Physical functioning Workload Retirement Trajectory analysis Ageing |
| title | Physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement: a finnish occupational cohort study |
| title_full | Physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement: a finnish occupational cohort study |
| title_fullStr | Physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement: a finnish occupational cohort study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement: a finnish occupational cohort study |
| title_short | Physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement: a finnish occupational cohort study |
| title_sort | physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement a finnish occupational cohort study |
| topic | Physical functioning Workload Retirement Trajectory analysis Ageing |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01483-2 |
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