TY - JOUR
T1 - Does Midlife Forgetfulness Influence Positive and Negative Aspects of Social Relations at Work?
T2 - Results from the Danish Working Environment Cohort Study
AU - Ishtiak-Ahmed, Kazi
AU - Hansen, Åse Marie
AU - Mortensen, Erik Lykke
AU - Garde, Anne Helene
AU - Grynderup, Matias Brødsgaard
AU - Gyntelberg, Finn
AU - Islamoska, Sabrina
AU - Lund, Rikke
AU - Phung, Thien Kieu Thi
AU - Waldemar, Gunhild
AU - Nabe-Nielsen, Kirsten
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether midlife forgetfulness was prospectively associated with changes in social relations at work (SRW) among occupationally active individuals in Denmark.METHODS: We analyzed data of 2,339 men and women participating in the first (1990) and second (1995) survey of the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study, responding to questions on working environment, SRW and forgetfulness. We used multiple linear regression analysis while adjusting for potential confounders.RESULTS: At baseline (1990), 517 (22.1%) study participants were categorized as forgetful. Forgetfulness was prospectively associated with a decline in one of the investigated items reflecting a negative aspect of SRW (experiencing teasing, regression coefficient = 0.07, 95% CI: 0.03-0.11), while no association was observed with positive aspects of SRW.CONCLUSIONS: Our findings did not support the hypothesis that memory problems such as midlife forgetfulness negatively affect SRW.
AB - OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether midlife forgetfulness was prospectively associated with changes in social relations at work (SRW) among occupationally active individuals in Denmark.METHODS: We analyzed data of 2,339 men and women participating in the first (1990) and second (1995) survey of the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study, responding to questions on working environment, SRW and forgetfulness. We used multiple linear regression analysis while adjusting for potential confounders.RESULTS: At baseline (1990), 517 (22.1%) study participants were categorized as forgetful. Forgetfulness was prospectively associated with a decline in one of the investigated items reflecting a negative aspect of SRW (experiencing teasing, regression coefficient = 0.07, 95% CI: 0.03-0.11), while no association was observed with positive aspects of SRW.CONCLUSIONS: Our findings did not support the hypothesis that memory problems such as midlife forgetfulness negatively affect SRW.
U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001954
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001954
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32890213
VL - 62
SP - 738
EP - 745
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
SN - 1076-2752
IS - 9
ER -