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Changes in leisure time physical activity and subsequent disability retirement: A register-linked cohort study. [PDF]

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 2016
BackgroundDisability retirement is an economic, public health and work life issue causing costs for employees, workplaces and society. Adopting physical activity at middle-age has been associated with reduced risk of sickness absence and mortality.
Lahti J, Holstila A, Mänty M, Lahelma E, Rahkonen O.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Losers in Market Transition: The Unemployed, the Retired, and the Disabled [PDF]

European Sociological Review, 2008
The market transition debate is almost primarily focused on the ‘winners’ and on what happens to the formerly privileged during the market transformation process in post- Communist societies. This study emphasizes the impact of the market transformation process on the income of those who have few resources and are eligible for social benefits.
Verhoeven, J.T.M., Jansen, W., Dessens, J.A.G.   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Occupational social class and disability retirement among municipal employees – the contribution of health behaviors and working conditions

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2011
OBJECTIVES: The mechanisms through which a low socioeconomic position leads to disability retirement are not yet established. We examined, on the one hand, the associations between occupational social class and disability retirement due to all causes ...
Taina Leinonen, Olli Pietiläinen, Mikko Laaksonen, Ossi Rahkonen, Eero Lahelma, Pekka Martikainen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G. Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H. Humphreys   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pain and Patient‐Reported Physical Function Did Not Differ Among Body Composition Profiles in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To explore whether higher body fat and lower lean mass are associated with greater pain and worse patient‐reported physical function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA). A secondary aim was to examine whether pain and patient‐reported physical function differ according to four body composition profiles: high body fat, low lean mass ...
Alexandra Ryan, Boliang Wang, Fiona Dobson, Ben Kirk, Travis Haber, Kim L. Bennell, Shirley P. Yu, Kim Allison, Ricardo J. S. Costa, Gabrielle Knox, Michelle Hall   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is retirement beneficial or harmful to mental health?

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2012
Work careers have been extended in many countries by lifting up the statutory old-age retirement age. Since it has been estimated that only about half of the workforce maintain work ability on a moderate level after some 63–65 years (1, 2) the discussion
Mikko Härmä
doaj   +1 more source

Melatonin Levels in 89 Individuals With Smith Magenis Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In patients with Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS), an inverted circadian rhythm of melatonin (MT) contributes to the sleep disturbance. Standard treatment of sleep disturbance with MT often leads to extremely high daytime MT levels, resulting in even more sleep disorders. We therefore retrospectively evaluated the MT data of 89 SMS patients.
Wiebe Braam, Ann C. M. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Organizational change, psychosocial work environment, and non-disability early retirement: a prospective study among senior public employees

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2017
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the impact of organizational change and psychosocial work environment on non-disability early retirement among senior public service employees.
Nina Breinegaard, Johan Høy Jensen, Jens Peter Bonde   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“It's Not Deterministic and It Will Never Be Deterministic”: A Qualitative Study on Stakeholder Perspectives of Polygenic Risk Score Testing for Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes significant mental and physical distress, yet only a small subset of individuals exposed to trauma develop the disorder. Scientists and clinicians are still unable to predict who will get the disorder or how it will manifest.
Brandy M. Fox
wiley   +1 more source

Retirement Responses to Early Social Security Benefit Reductions [PDF]

This paper evaluates potential responses to reductions in early Social Security retirement benefits. Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) linked to administrative records, we find that Social Security coverage is quite uneven in the older ...
Olivia S. Mitchell, John W. R. Phillips
core   +2 more sources