Retirement age does not modify the association of prior working conditions with self-rated health and mortality in retirees : results from a prospective study of retired French workers

© 2022. The Author(s)..

OBJECTIVE: It is unclear whether retirement age can modify the association of working conditions with health and mortality in retirees who are no longer exposed to these conditions.

METHODS: The present study investigated this issue in a cohort of 13,378 French workers in whom self-rated health and mortality were measured over 15 years after statutory retirement. The analyses were also performed in homogenous clusters of workers differentiated on the basis of working conditions, social position, birth and retirement years.

RESULTS: Bad working conditions before retirement, which were assessed using a global score combining 25 different occupational exposures, were associated with higher rates of suboptimum self-rated health and mortality in retirees after adjusting for retirement age, social position, demographics and health status before retirement. These rates were also substantially higher in the cluster of workers characterized by bad working conditions in comparison to other clusters. In contrast, retirement age was not associated with self-rated health or mortality after adjusting for working conditions, social position, demographics and health status before retirement. Likewise, no association of retirement age with self-rated health or mortality was found in any cluster of workers and no interactions were observed with any of these clusters.

CONCLUSION: These results suggest that bad working conditions before retirement have long-term detrimental effects on health and mortality in retirees and that retirement age does not modulate these effects. Improving work environment rather than modifying retirement age should be prioritized to promote health and reduce mortality not only in workers but also in retirees.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:95

Enthalten in:

International archives of occupational and environmental health - 95(2022), 10 vom: 24. Dez., Seite 1921-1934

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hoertel, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Rico, Marina Sanchez [VerfasserIn]
Limosin, Frédéric [VerfasserIn]
Lemogne, Cédric [VerfasserIn]
Alvarado, Jesús M [VerfasserIn]
Goldberg, Marcel [VerfasserIn]
Zins, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Ménard, Joël [VerfasserIn]
Meneton, Pierre [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Journal Article
Mortality
Retirement age
Self-rated health
Working conditions

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.11.2022

Date Revised 02.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00420-022-01886-0

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342088289