Open AccessWork ability index and perceived work ability as predictors of disability pension: a prospective study among Finnish municipal employees
Author(s) -
Anne Jääskeläinen,
Johanna Kausto,
Jorma Seitsamo,
Anneli Ojajärvi,
ClasHåkan Nygård,
Elja Arjas,
Päivi Leino-Arjas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3598
Subject(s) - percentile , hazard ratio , disability pension , medicine , receiver operating characteristic , demography , gerontology , proportional hazards model , pension , cut point , psychology , confidence interval , statistics , population , environmental health , mathematics , economics , finance , sociology
We analyzed the work ability index (WAI) and its first item (work ability score, WAS) - and subsequent four-year changes thereof - as predictors of disability pension (DP).