Publication
Title
Impact of diabetes and disease duration on work status among US older adults
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Abstract
Objectives: To examine the effects of diabetes and disease duration on work status over a 9-year period. Method: Multinomial logistic regression models examined the probability of retirement and disability impeding work, using data from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 5,576). Results: Among participants who had retired in 2012, almost 14% had incident diabetes (4.91 mean years with diabetes, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [4.67, 5.15]). Approximately 22% of participants who reported a disability impeded labor force participation had prevalent diabetes (17.1 mean years with diabetes, 95%CI = [16.41, 17.71]). Only prevalent diabetes that indicated longer disease duration was associated with disability (relative risk ratio [RRR] = 1.83, 95% CI = [1.30, 2.57]). There was evidence of effect modification among Hispanics only (p = .02). Discussion: Diabetes increased risk of exiting the workforce due to disability, and mean disease duration was associated with changes. Disease management and workplace interventions may enable older adults to continue being productive should they choose to remain in the workforce.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of aging and health: an interdisciplinary research forum. - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : 2020
ISSN
0898-2643
DOI
10.1177/0898264318822897
Volume/pages
32 :5-6 (2020) , p. 432-440
ISI
000532852700020
Pubmed ID
30767603
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UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 02.10.2024
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