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Is Midlife Occupational Physical Activity Related to Disability in Old Age? The SNAC-Kungsholmen Study
OBJECTIVES: Leisure-time physical activity (PA) has been established to be related to more years lived without disability. However, less is known about the relationship between occupational PA and disability in old age. The aim of the study was 1) to investigate whether midlife occupational PA is re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23936209 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070471 |
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author | Rydwik, Elisabeth Welmer, Anna-Karin Angleman, Sara Fratiglioni, Laura Wang, Hui-Xin |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Leisure-time physical activity (PA) has been established to be related to more years lived without disability. However, less is known about the relationship between occupational PA and disability in old age. The aim of the study was 1) to investigate whether midlife occupational PA is related to late-life disability, and 2) to test the hypothesis that the association differs according to the occupational categories of blue and white collar work. METHODS: The study population was derived from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, and consisted of a random sample of 1804 subjects aged 72 and above. The association of occupational PA during the longest held occupation with disability in old age was determined using logistic regression. RESULTS: There was no significant relationship between occupational PA and disability in personal or instrumental activities of daily living (ADL) after controlling for demographic and health-related factors. However, in stratified analyses moderate levels of occupational PA was associated with a lower odds ratio of dependency in personal ADL amongst white collar workers, compared to low level of occupational PA (OR = 0.34 95% C1 0.12–0.98). CONCLUSIONS: Moderate levels of midlife occupational PA were associated with a decreased risk of personal ADL disability in old age among white collar workers, but not among blue collar workers. Our results highlight the importance of encouraging white collar workers to engage in physical activity during or outside work hours. |
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spelling | pubmed-37280232013-08-09 Is Midlife Occupational Physical Activity Related to Disability in Old Age? The SNAC-Kungsholmen Study Rydwik, Elisabeth Welmer, Anna-Karin Angleman, Sara Fratiglioni, Laura Wang, Hui-Xin PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVES: Leisure-time physical activity (PA) has been established to be related to more years lived without disability. However, less is known about the relationship between occupational PA and disability in old age. The aim of the study was 1) to investigate whether midlife occupational PA is related to late-life disability, and 2) to test the hypothesis that the association differs according to the occupational categories of blue and white collar work. METHODS: The study population was derived from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, and consisted of a random sample of 1804 subjects aged 72 and above. The association of occupational PA during the longest held occupation with disability in old age was determined using logistic regression. RESULTS: There was no significant relationship between occupational PA and disability in personal or instrumental activities of daily living (ADL) after controlling for demographic and health-related factors. However, in stratified analyses moderate levels of occupational PA was associated with a lower odds ratio of dependency in personal ADL amongst white collar workers, compared to low level of occupational PA (OR = 0.34 95% C1 0.12–0.98). CONCLUSIONS: Moderate levels of midlife occupational PA were associated with a decreased risk of personal ADL disability in old age among white collar workers, but not among blue collar workers. Our results highlight the importance of encouraging white collar workers to engage in physical activity during or outside work hours. Public Library of Science 2013-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3728023/ /pubmed/23936209 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070471 Text en © 2013 Rydwik et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rydwik, Elisabeth Welmer, Anna-Karin Angleman, Sara Fratiglioni, Laura Wang, Hui-Xin Is Midlife Occupational Physical Activity Related to Disability in Old Age? The SNAC-Kungsholmen Study |
title | Is Midlife Occupational Physical Activity Related to Disability in Old Age? The SNAC-Kungsholmen Study |
title_full | Is Midlife Occupational Physical Activity Related to Disability in Old Age? The SNAC-Kungsholmen Study |
title_fullStr | Is Midlife Occupational Physical Activity Related to Disability in Old Age? The SNAC-Kungsholmen Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Is Midlife Occupational Physical Activity Related to Disability in Old Age? The SNAC-Kungsholmen Study |
title_short | Is Midlife Occupational Physical Activity Related to Disability in Old Age? The SNAC-Kungsholmen Study |
title_sort | is midlife occupational physical activity related to disability in old age? the snac-kungsholmen study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23936209 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070471 |
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