Physical capability in midlife and risk of disability pension and long-term sickness absence: prospective cohort study with register follow-up.

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the association of physical capability with health-related labor market outcomes among older workers. Methods The prospective risk of disability pension and long-term sickness absence (LTSA) of ≥6 weeks was estimated from physical capability on 5076 older workers (age 49-63 years) from the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank (CAMB). Physical capability was objectively measured through nine different tests (jump performance, postural balance, chair-rise, explosive muscle strength, maximal strength of the hand, back and abdominal muscles, lung capacity, and aerobic fitness) and linked to a high-quality register on social transfer payments among all Danish residents.

Content and quality of workplace guidelines developed to prevent mental health problems: results from a systematic review.

Objectives A wide range of guidelines have been developed to prevent work-related mental health problems (MHP), but little is known about the quality of such guidelines. We systematically reviewed the content and quality of workplace guidelines aiming to prevent, detect, and/or manage work-related MHP. Methods We conducted systematic online and database searches (MEDLINE; Web of Science; PsychNET; occupational safety and health databases) to identify guidelines.

Retrospectively assessed psychosocial working conditions as predictors of prospectively assessed sickness absence and disability pension among older workers.

Background: The aim was to explore the association between retrospectively assessed psychosocial working conditions during working life and prospectively assessed risk of sickness absence and disability pension among older workers.

Methods: The prospective risk of register-based long-term sickness absence (LTSA) and disability pension was estimated from exposure to 12 different psychosocial work characteristics during working life among 5076 older workers from the CAMB cohort (Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank). Analyses were censored for competing events and adjusted for age, gender, physical work environment, lifestyle, education, and prior LTSA.

Retrospectively assessed physical work environment during working life and risk of sickness absence and labour market exit among older workers.

Objective: To determine the prospective association between retrospectively assessed physical work environment during working life and prospectively assessed sickness absence and labour market exit among older workers.

Methods: Using Cox regression analyses we estimated the 4-year to 6-year prospective risk of register-based long-term sickness absence (LTSA), disability pension, early retirement and unemployment from exposure to different physical work environmental factors during working life among 5076 older workers (age 49-63 at baseline) from the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank cohort.

Results: Very hard physical work throughout working life was a risk factor for LTSA (HR 1.

Cumulative occupational mechanical exposures during working life and risk of sickness absence and disability pension: prospective cohort study.

Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the prospective association of cumulative mechanical exposure during working life with health-related labor market outcomes. Methods This prospective cohort study combines data from 5076 older workers (age 49-63 years) from the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank with a job exposure matrix and a national register containing information on social transfer payment. By coding individual job histories from the Danish version of ISCO-codes (International Standard Classification of Occupations), we calculated cumulative occupational mechanical exposures from a JEM for ton-years (lifting 1000 kg each day in one year), lifting-years (lifting loads weighing ≥20 kg >10 times each day in one year), kneeling-years (kneeling for one hour each day in one year) and vibration-years (whole-body vibration for one hour each day in one year).

A multisite randomized controlled trial on time to self-support among sickness absence beneficiaries. The Danish national return-to-work programme.

Background: In 2010, the Danish Government launched the Danish national return-to-work (RTW) programme to reduce sickness absence and promote labour market attainment. Multidisciplinary teams delivered the RTW programme, which comprised a coordinated, tailored and multidisciplinary effort (CTM) for sickness absence beneficiaries at high risk for exclusion from the labour market. The aim of this article was to evaluate the effectiveness of the RTW programme on self-support.

Distribution of subjective health complaints, and their association with register based sickness absence in the Danish working population.

Aims: To describe the distribution of subjective health complaints (SHCs) in a Danish working population and the associations between SHC and register based sickness absence.

Methods: The study entailed 2876 men and 3574 women aged 18-59 years that constituted the 2005 panel in the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study (DWECS). All had completed a subjective health complaints inventory and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ).

Influence of self-efficacy on compliance to workplace exercise.

Background: Continuous neck and shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint. Physical exercise can reduce pain symptoms, but compliance to exercise is a challenge. Exercise-specific self-efficacy has been found to be a predictor of participation in preplanned exercise.

Work environment and somatic hospital admissions in Denmark 1994-1999.

Objective: The aim was to elucidate the usefulness of the excess hospitalisation fraction (EHF) approach-as a practical alternative to the calculation of etiological fractions-for prioritising national preventive measures in the total environment. In this study we used the inequality in somatic hospitalisation across industrial sectors as an example. The presented EHFs may provide an estimate of the order of magnitude of the prevention potential, which may also be useful in priority setting in countries comparable to Denmark.

Development of sensitisation or tolerance following repeated OVA inhalation in BALB/cJ mice. Dose-dependency and modulation by the Al(OH)3 adjuvant.

Anthropogenically induced exposures may, due to their adjuvant effect, promote development of sensitisation to commonly occurring aeroallergens. No generally accepted model exists for determination of adjuvant effect of airborne substances. Therefore, BALB/cJ mice were exposed for 10 consecutive days with ovalbumin (OVA) solution, 25 mg/l-10 g/l (0.

Interleukin-8 secretion from monocytic cell lines for evaluation of the inflammatory potential of organic dust.

The potential of organic dust to induce inflammation in vitro can be viewed as a crude measure of the total biologically active compounds in a dust sample. The purpose of this study was to further develop an in vitro screening method for evaluation of potential hazard related to low doses of dust exposure using two monocytic cell lines (U937 and THP-1). Dust was obtained from schools in Copenhagen.