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The mental work environment and social work environment on the senior workforce

Nilsson, Kerstin LU orcid ; Nilsson, Emma LU ; Jönsson, Sandra and Nilsson, Mikael (2022)
Abstract
Introduction: The Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise commissioned researchers at
Lund University, Kristianstad University and Malmö University to conduct a systematic review
focusing on the impact of the psychosocial work environment on the senior workforce (≥55 years of
age) in a Swedish context.
Aims: To provide an overview of how psychosocial work environment and occupational health
factors affect the senior workforce, and describe interventions designed to improve the work
environment.
Methods: The guidelines on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses
(PRISMA) were followed. The data bases: Pubmed, Cinahl, Scopus and Medline were searched for
articles published... (More)
Introduction: The Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise commissioned researchers at
Lund University, Kristianstad University and Malmö University to conduct a systematic review
focusing on the impact of the psychosocial work environment on the senior workforce (≥55 years of
age) in a Swedish context.
Aims: To provide an overview of how psychosocial work environment and occupational health
factors affect the senior workforce, and describe interventions designed to improve the work
environment.
Methods: The guidelines on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses
(PRISMA) were followed. The data bases: Pubmed, Cinahl, Scopus and Medline were searched for
articles published until 2021-07-10.
Results: After deduplication 846 articles remained, of which 49 were selected for full text screening.
After exclusion of studies with low quality 20 remained. The studies included in this literature review
have been thematized and analysed based on the nine determinant areas of the swAge model1
, for
the ability and willingness to work in relation to ageing, to explain the complexity of predictors for
the senior workforce’s working life. These determinant areas are divided into predictors of: the work
environment’s effects on health; the personal financial situation; the social support, relationships,
and participation; as well as the execution of work tasks and activities.
Conclusions: Several of the articles included in the literature review did not consider the definition of
age in relation to the senior workforce, despite age being the factor that characterizes and
distinguishes a senior employee. However, there were articles highlighting the significance of
considering the senior workforce based on their biological age, social age, and cognitive age rather
than just their chronological age (i.e. how many years had passed since they were born). Several
general suggestions were discernable in the articles included in the literature review that will be
discussed. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Introduction: The Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise commissioned researchers at<br/>Lund University, Kristianstad University and Malmö University to conduct a systematic review<br/>focusing on the impact of the psychosocial work environment on the senior workforce (≥55 years of<br/>age) in a Swedish context.<br/>Aims: To provide an overview of how psychosocial work environment and occupational health<br/>factors affect the senior workforce, and describe interventions designed to improve the work<br/>environment.<br/>Methods: The guidelines on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses<br/>(PRISMA) were followed. The data bases: Pubmed, Cinahl, Scopus and Medline were searched for<br/>articles published until 2021-07-10.<br/>Results: After deduplication 846 articles remained, of which 49 were selected for full text screening.<br/>After exclusion of studies with low quality 20 remained. The studies included in this literature review<br/>have been thematized and analysed based on the nine determinant areas of the swAge model1<br/>, for<br/>the ability and willingness to work in relation to ageing, to explain the complexity of predictors for<br/>the senior workforce’s working life. These determinant areas are divided into predictors of: the work<br/>environment’s effects on health; the personal financial situation; the social support, relationships,<br/>and participation; as well as the execution of work tasks and activities.<br/>Conclusions: Several of the articles included in the literature review did not consider the definition of<br/>age in relation to the senior workforce, despite age being the factor that characterizes and<br/>distinguishes a senior employee. However, there were articles highlighting the significance of<br/>considering the senior workforce based on their biological age, social age, and cognitive age rather<br/>than just their chronological age (i.e. how many years had passed since they were born). Several<br/>general suggestions were discernable in the articles included in the literature review that will be<br/>discussed.}},
  author       = {{Nilsson, Kerstin and Nilsson, Emma and Jönsson, Sandra and Nilsson, Mikael}},
  keywords     = {{swAge model; Occupational and environmental health;}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{The mental work environment and social work environment on the senior workforce}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/130025525/Book_of_Abstracts_2nd_PEROSH_PWL_conference.pdf}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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