TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bumann, Anke
A1  - Niederer, Daniel
A1  - Santarossa, Constanze
A1  - Banzer, Winfried
A1  - Vogt, Lutz
T1  - How is the self-perceived work ability affected by the duration of unemployment, heart rate variability and the amount of physical activity in older long-term unemployed persons?
T2  - International journal of environmental research and public health
N2  - Background: This study investigated whether work ability is associated with the duration of unemployment, heart rate variability (HRV), and the level of physical activity. Methods: Thirty-four unemployed persons (mean 55.7 ± standard deviation 33.3 years, 22 female, 12 male, unemployed: range 1–22.5 years) participated in the cross-sectional study. The Work Ability Index (WAI) and International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) were applied. Short-term (five minutes) resting HRV (Low Frequency (LF), High Frequency (HF), Total Power (TP)) was collected. Results: Work ability was positively associated with the HRV: LF (r = 0.383; p = 0.025), HF (r = 0.412; p = 0.015) and TP (r = 0.361; p = 0.036). The WAI showed a positive linear correlation with the amount of total physical activity (r = 0.461; p = 0.006) as well as with the amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity (r = 0.413; p = 0.015). No association between the WAI and the duration of unemployment occurred. Conclusions: the relation between self-perceived work ability, health-associated parameters, the HRV and the level of physical activity points out the relevance of health-care exercise and the need of stress-reducing interventions to improve perceived work ability. Our results point out the need for the further and more holistic development of healthcare for the unemployed.
KW  - quality of life
KW  - activities of daily life
KW  - healthcare workers
KW  - prevention
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/53423
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-534233
SN  - 1660-4601
N1  - This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
VL  - 17
IS  - 2039
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -