Effectiveness of a problem-solving based intervention to prolong the working life of ageing workers

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Results of the regression analyses of the intervention on primary and secondary outcomes after 12 months

Outcome measure^¥	B	OR	95% CI
			Lower	Upper
Primary outcomes ⁺
Work ability	−1.33		−2.45	−0.20
Vitality		0.10*	0.02	0.46
Productivity		0.83	0.23	3.00
Secondary outcomes
Perceived fatigue	−0.11		−2.83	2.61
Job content
Job demands	−0.82		−2.53	0.89
Decision authority	−0.55		−2.38	1.29
Skill discretion	1.78**		0.74	2.83
Support from supervisor	0.17		−0.59	0.94
Co-worker support	0.03		−0.41	0.46
Perceived work attitude	5.29*		0.99	9.59
Self-efficacy
Willingness to exert effort in completing the behaviour	0.11		−0.95	1.17
Persistence in the face of adversity	1.45*		0.43	2.48
Willingness to initiate behaviour	−0.47		−1.33	0.40
Work engagement
Vigour	−0.21		−0.47	0.05
Dedication	−0.03		−0.31	0.25
Absorption	−0.07		−0.40	0.26

^¥Analyses on outcome measures were adjusted for age, gender, education, occupation, sector, shift work, duration current position and years paid work;⁺Primary outcomes were analysed with linear (work ability), logistic (productivity) and ordinal (vitality) multilevel analyses.
*p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .001.

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