SeniorWorkingLife (Danish Title: SeniorArbejdsLiv)

Musculoskeletal Pain Clinical Trial

— SAL2018  

Official title:

SeniorWorkingLife (Danish Title: SeniorArbejdsLiv)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03634410
• Other study ID #: 70103
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: January 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Due to demographic changes across Europe there are strong political interests in maintaining the labour force by prolonging working life, i.e. increasing retirement age. The present study investigates push and stay mechanisms for labor market attachment among older (+50 yrs) workers or people who have recently retired.

Description:

Due to demographic changes across Europe there are strong political interests in maintaining the labour force by prolonging working life, i.e. increasing retirement age. The present study investigates push and stay mechanisms for labor market attachment among older workers or people who have recently retired. The study is a questionnaire survey, which is already funded. The ambition is to apply for further funding to do a cohort that is repeated every 2-3 years, as well as long-term register follow-up in Danish national registers about health and work.

The study has 4 target groups:

1. employed

2. unemployed

3. early retirement

4. disability pension

The questionnaire survey is sent to 30,000 Danish citizens and contains the following 14 areas:

1. Basic information (demographics, employment status etc.)

2. Broad overview of factors that may influence labor market attachment (health, working conditions, economic factors)

3. Role of the workplace

4. Age-discrimination

5. Economy

6. Specific questions about the possibility for 'early retirement' among employed and unemployed

7. Gradual retirement (e.g. possibility for reduced time or responsibility)

8. Competencies and continuing education/training of skills

9. Return-to-work

10. New technologies at the workplace

11. Job satisfaction and well-being

12. Working environment (physical, psychosocial etc.)

13. Lifestyle

14. Health and functional capacity

The study is supported by a grant from TrygFonden

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 30000
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2025
• Gender: All
• Age group: 50 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Labor market status of:

• employed (employed at least 20/37 hours per week 1.quarter of 2018) OR

• unemployed (unemployed at least 20/37 hours per week 1.quarter of 2018) OR

• early retirement OR

• disability pension

Exclusion Criteria:

• those that do not fullfill the above inclusion criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disease
• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Occupation-related Stress Disorder
• Occupational Exposure
• Occupational Stress
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic
• Work Accident
• Work Injury
• Work Related Upper Limb Disorder
• Work-Related Stress Disorder

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	National Research Centre for the Working Environment	Copenhagen

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark	Aalborg University, Statistics Denmark, Team Arbejdsliv, TrygFonden, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Psychosocial Working Environment	Psychosocial Working Environment is measured using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Physical Working Environment	Physical Working Environment is measured using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Role of the workplace	Role of the workplace is measured using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Age-discrimination	Age-discrimination is measured using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Economy	Economic status is measured using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Early retirement	Specific questions about the possibility for 'early retirement' among employed and unemployed	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Gradual retirement	Gradual retirement (e.g. possibility for reduced time or responsibility). Questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Competencies	Competencies, education/training of skills will be evaluated using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Return-to-work	Possibilities for returning to work for those currently not employed will be evaluated using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	New technologies	New technologies at the workplace will be evaluated using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Job satisfaction	Job satisfaction will be evaluated using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Sickness absence	Sickness absence will be evaluated through Danish registers	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Disability pension	Disability pension will be evaluated through Danish registers	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Mortality	Mortality will be evaluated through Danish registers	Through study completion, an average of 5 year
Secondary	Lifestyle	Lifestyle will be evaluated using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Secondary	Health	Health will be evaluated using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Secondary	Functional capacity	Functional capacity will be evaluated using questionnaire	Through study completion, an average of 2 year

External Links

•   Professor Lars L. Andersen
•   Project description in Danish
•   SeniorArbejdsLiv