The moderating role of psychosocial working conditions on the long-term relationship between depressive symptoms and wor
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The moderating role of psychosocial working conditions on the long‑term relationship between depressive symptoms and work ability among employees from the Baby Boom generation Jeannette Weber1 · Hans Martin Hasselhorn2 · Daniela Borchart2 · Peter Angerer1 · Andreas Müller3 Received: 5 August 2019 / Accepted: 28 August 2020 © The Author(s) 2020
Abstract Objective Mental disorders have been identified as a leading cause for reduced work ability in industrialized countries. Identification of workplace factors that can increase the work ability of employees with depressive symptoms from the Baby Boom generation is, therefore, highly relevant. This study thus aims to investigate whether changes in psychosocial working conditions can moderate the negative association between depressive symptoms and work ability. Methods Two waves with a 3-year time lag of the German lidA cohort study with 3609 participants born in 1959 and 1965 (aged 46 and 52 years at first wave) were analyzed. Self-report data about depressive symptoms at baseline and changes of working conditions from baseline to follow-up were used to calculate main and interaction effects on perceived work ability at follow-up. These analyses were controlled for baseline work ability and working conditions. Results Depressive symptoms were predictive for an unfavorable course of work ability from baseline to follow-up (B = − 0.173, 95% CI = − 0.219 to − 0.128). However, no interaction effect between depressive symptoms and psychosocial working conditions was found. Instead, independent from the level of depressive symptoms, a decrease in quantitative demands (B = − 0.279, 95% CI = − 0.326 to − 0.232) and increases in leadership quality (B = 0.242, 95% CI = 0.192–0.292) and development opportunities (B = 0.177, 95% CI = 0.127–0.277) were related to a more favorable course of work ability. Only small effects were found for social support (B = 0.057, 95% CI = 0.008–0.106) and job control (B = 0.043, 95% CI = − 0.005–0.091). Conclusions The results indicate that the lagged and negative effect of depressive symptoms on work ability was not moderated by changes in psychosocial working conditions. However, the promotion of favorable working conditions may contribute to a positive development of work ability among employees from the Baby Boom generation independently from the level of depressive symptoms. Keywords Mental health · Aging · lidA cohort study · Occupational disability · Workplace Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-020-01570-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Jeannette Weber jeannette.weber@uni‑duesseldorf.de 1
Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Department of Occupational Health Science, School of Mechanical Engineering and Safety Engineering, University o
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