Joint Association of Overweight and Common Mental Disorders With Diagnosis-Specific Disability Retirement: A Follow-Up Study Among Female and Male Employees. Issue 11 (November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Svärd, Anna; Pipping, Hugo; Lahti, Jouni; Mänty, Minna; Rahkonen, Ossi; Lahelma, Eero; Lallukka, Tea
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 60:Issue 11(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-11
• Subjects: aging employees -- General Health Questionnaire -- joint effect -- overweight -- register data -- work disability; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001409
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: We examined the joint association of overweight and CMDs (common mental disorders) with diagnosis-specific disability retirement among midlife employees. Methods: Baseline surveys ( n = 8960, response rate 67%) were linked with registers of the Finnish Centre of Pensions. We calculated the hazard ratios (HRs) for disability retirement due to any, musculoskeletal, and mental diagnoses according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) with Cox regression analysis (mean follow-up 8.3 years) among normal-weight (body mass index 18.5 to 25 kg/m 2 ) and overweight (≥25 kg/m 2 ) participants with or without CMD (General Health Questionnaire-12 score ≥3). Results: Overweight was associated with disability retirement due to any and musculoskeletal diagnoses and CMD with any and mental diagnoses. The risk for disability retirement was additively higher for those with both overweight and CMD. Conclusion: Preventing overweight and CMD, and especially considering those with both conditions simultaneously, likely helps maintain work ability.