Job mobility and health in the Danish workforce
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Job mobility and health in the Danish workforce. / Hougaard, Charlotte Ørsted; Nygaard, Else; Holm, Astrid Ledgaard; Thielen, Karsten; Diderichsen, Finn.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 45, No. 1, 01.02.2017, p. 57-63.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Job mobility and health in the Danish workforce
AU - Hougaard, Charlotte Ørsted
AU - Nygaard, Else
AU - Holm, Astrid Ledgaard
AU - Thielen, Karsten
AU - Diderichsen, Finn
N1 - © Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - AIMS: The globalized economy has stimulated mobility in the labour market in many countries and Denmark has one of the highest rates of mobility between workplaces among the OECD countries. This raises the question of the potential health effects of mobility and the effect of disease on mobility.METHODS: This study was register-based with a longitudinal design using data on the entire Danish population in 1992-2006. The data included mobility between employers and workplaces and seven different diseases based on admissions to hospital and drug prescriptions.RESULTS: After adjusting for relevant confounders, an exposure-response relationship was seen between mobility and the incidence of ischaemic heart disease, stroke, duodenal ulcer, anxiety/depression and, most strongly, with alcohol-related disorders. The effects were not very strong, however, with odds ratios varying from 1.2 to 1.6. As expected, no effect was seen for colorectal cancer. We also found an effect of both somatic and mental disorders on mobility, but not for the two cancer types. Mobility did not seem to prevent being out of the labour force after diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS FREQUENT MOBILITY IN THE LABOUR MARKET INCREASES THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS AND ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS AND THESE DIAGNOSES ALSO SEEM TO INCREASE THE RISK OF SUBSEQUENT MOBILITY.
AB - AIMS: The globalized economy has stimulated mobility in the labour market in many countries and Denmark has one of the highest rates of mobility between workplaces among the OECD countries. This raises the question of the potential health effects of mobility and the effect of disease on mobility.METHODS: This study was register-based with a longitudinal design using data on the entire Danish population in 1992-2006. The data included mobility between employers and workplaces and seven different diseases based on admissions to hospital and drug prescriptions.RESULTS: After adjusting for relevant confounders, an exposure-response relationship was seen between mobility and the incidence of ischaemic heart disease, stroke, duodenal ulcer, anxiety/depression and, most strongly, with alcohol-related disorders. The effects were not very strong, however, with odds ratios varying from 1.2 to 1.6. As expected, no effect was seen for colorectal cancer. We also found an effect of both somatic and mental disorders on mobility, but not for the two cancer types. Mobility did not seem to prevent being out of the labour force after diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS FREQUENT MOBILITY IN THE LABOUR MARKET INCREASES THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS AND ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS AND THESE DIAGNOSES ALSO SEEM TO INCREASE THE RISK OF SUBSEQUENT MOBILITY.
U2 - 10.1177/1403494816680785
DO - 10.1177/1403494816680785
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27887031
VL - 45
SP - 57
EP - 63
JO - Acta socio-medica Scandinavica
JF - Acta socio-medica Scandinavica
SN - 1403-4948
IS - 1
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