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Health among Swedish employees and financial situation, education, and managerial responsibility: A longitudinal study

BACKGROUND. The present study is part of a 3-year longitudinal study on work and health among employees in the public sector in Sweden. The aim was to study associations between self-rated health (SRH) and financial situation, education, and managerial responsibility. METHODS. Of the 9003 employees,...

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Autores principales: Runeson, Roma, Vingård, Eva, Lampa, Erik, Wahlstedt, Kurt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03009734.2012.703254
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Vingård, Eva
Lampa, Erik
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description BACKGROUND. The present study is part of a 3-year longitudinal study on work and health among employees in the public sector in Sweden. The aim was to study associations between self-rated health (SRH) and financial situation, education, and managerial responsibility. METHODS. Of the 9003 employees, 7533 answered the baseline questionnaires (84%). Altogether 9373 subjects received the follow-up questionnaire, and 6617 subjects responded (71%). In total 4240 completed the questionnaire on both occasions, and this group comprised the study population. SRH consisted of the response to a single question: ‘In general, would you say your health is excellent, very good, good, poor, or very poor?' The health was investigated in terms of the development of health status in the 3-year follow-up. The exposure factors were: financial situation, education, and managerial responsibility. Odds ratios were analysed using logistic regressions. RESULTS. Good financial situation and further education were predictors in maintaining good health and in avoiding poor health. The analysis also indicated the following determinants of sustained good SRH: having a good financial situation (OR 1.99 at baseline and OR 1.87 at follow-up), having a further education compared to lower education (OR 1.17 at baseline), and not having a worsening financial situation between baseline and follow-up (OR 0.53). CONCLUSION. Financial situation and educational level were important factors that influence the subjective perception of health.
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spelling pubmed-34972142012-11-14 Health among Swedish employees and financial situation, education, and managerial responsibility: A longitudinal study Runeson, Roma Vingård, Eva Lampa, Erik Wahlstedt, Kurt Ups J Med Sci Original Articles BACKGROUND. The present study is part of a 3-year longitudinal study on work and health among employees in the public sector in Sweden. The aim was to study associations between self-rated health (SRH) and financial situation, education, and managerial responsibility. METHODS. Of the 9003 employees, 7533 answered the baseline questionnaires (84%). Altogether 9373 subjects received the follow-up questionnaire, and 6617 subjects responded (71%). In total 4240 completed the questionnaire on both occasions, and this group comprised the study population. SRH consisted of the response to a single question: ‘In general, would you say your health is excellent, very good, good, poor, or very poor?' The health was investigated in terms of the development of health status in the 3-year follow-up. The exposure factors were: financial situation, education, and managerial responsibility. Odds ratios were analysed using logistic regressions. RESULTS. Good financial situation and further education were predictors in maintaining good health and in avoiding poor health. The analysis also indicated the following determinants of sustained good SRH: having a good financial situation (OR 1.99 at baseline and OR 1.87 at follow-up), having a further education compared to lower education (OR 1.17 at baseline), and not having a worsening financial situation between baseline and follow-up (OR 0.53). CONCLUSION. Financial situation and educational level were important factors that influence the subjective perception of health. Informa Healthcare 2012-11 2012-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3497214/ /pubmed/22862746 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03009734.2012.703254 Text en © Informa Healthcare http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited.
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title_fullStr Health among Swedish employees and financial situation, education, and managerial responsibility: A longitudinal study
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title_short Health among Swedish employees and financial situation, education, and managerial responsibility: A longitudinal study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03009734.2012.703254
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