caa a22 4500 606210709 CHVBK 20210128101034.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10926-014-9525-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10926-014-9525-6 Associations of Work-Related Factors and Work Engagement with Mental and Physical Health: A 1-Year Follow-up Study Among Older Workers [Elektronische Daten] [Fenna Leijten, Swenne van den Heuvel, Allard van der Beek, Jan Ybema, Suzan Robroek, Alex Burdorf] Purpose The goals of this study were to determine whether, among older employees, unfavourable physical and psychosocial work-related factors were associated with poorer mental and physical health and whether high work engagement buffered the associations between unfavourable work-related factors and poorer health. Methods A 1-year longitudinal study with employed persons aged 45-64 was conducted within the Study on Transitions in Employment, Ability and Motivation (n=8,837). Using an online questionnaire, work-related factors (physical: physical load; psychosocial: psychological job demands, autonomy, and support) and work engagement were measured at baseline and health at baseline and 1-year follow-up. General linear models were used to assess associations of work-related factors and work engagement with health. Tests of interaction terms assessed whether work engagement buffered the work-related factor-health associations. Results Unfavourable psychosocial work-related factors at baseline were associated with poorer mental health at follow-up. Higher physical load, higher psychological job demands, and lower autonomy at baseline were associated with poorer physical health at follow-up. Higher work engagement at baseline was related to better physical and especially better mental health during the 1-year follow-up. Work engagement had a small effect on the associations between work-related factors and health. Conclusions Among older employees, especially the promotion of a high work engagement and, to a lesser extent, favourable work-related factors can be beneficial for mental health in particular. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Effect modification nationallicence Psychosocial nationallicence Physical nationallicence Sustainable employability nationallicence Leijten Fenna Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut van den Heuvel Swenne Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands aut van der Beek Allard Department of Public and Occupational Health, The EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Ybema Jan Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands aut Robroek Suzan Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut Burdorf Alex Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/1(2015-03-01), 86-95 1053-0487 25:1<86 2015 25 10926 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9525-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9525-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leijten Fenna Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van den Heuvel Swenne Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Beek Allard Department of Public and Occupational Health, The EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ybema Jan Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robroek Suzan Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Burdorf Alex Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/1(2015-03-01), 86-95 1053-0487 25:1<86 2015 25 10926