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      The social and health implications of digital work intensification. Associations between exposure to information and communication technologies, health and work ability in different socio-economic strata

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          Abstract

          Purpose

          Older employees are often thought to be vulnerable to negative effects of information and communication technology (ICT). Our study aims to examine associations between work-related ICT exposure (i.e. ICT use or digital work intensification), physical health, mental health and work ability (WA). We examine whether these associations are modified by socio-economic position (SEP).

          Methods

          We analysed cross-sectional data from 3180 participants (born in 1959 and 1965) in wave 3 of the representative German lidA cohort study. We performed hierarchical multiple regression to assess the distinct associations of ICT use and digital work intensification with mental and physical health and WA. We stratified analyses by SEP and controlled for age, sex, and digital affinity.

          Results

          92% of participants reported ICT use at work. Almost 20% reported high levels of digital work intensification, while a similar proportion did not experience digital work intensification. In bivariate analyses, ICT use by itself was not significantly associated with mental health or WA in the total sample or when stratified. Digital work intensification displayed negative associations with mental health and WA. In hierarchical multiple regressions, digital work intensification showed consistently negative associations with mental health and work ability of similar strength across SEP.

          Conclusion

          Our results suggest that ICT use, per se, does not negatively impact older workers. Digital work intensification may be associated with worse mental health and work ability. Research on health and social implications of work-related ICT should differentiate patterns of ICT exposure and assess modifications by SEP to better gauge the ambiguous effects of ICT.

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                Contributors
                prem.borle@charite.de
                Journal
                Int Arch Occup Environ Health
                Int Arch Occup Environ Health
                International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
                Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Berlin/Heidelberg )
                0340-0131
                1432-1246
                21 October 2020
                21 October 2020
                2021
                : 94
                : 3
                : 377-390
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
                [2 ]GRID grid.7787.f, ISNI 0000 0001 2364 5811, Department of Occupational Health Science, , University of Wuppertal, ; Wuppertal, Germany
                Author information
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-608X
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0317-6218
                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4602-9629
                Article
                1588
                10.1007/s00420-020-01588-5
                8032606
                33084928
                f83a1798-1c5a-4430-a742-25f3f452239c
                © The Author(s) 2020

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                History
                : 30 March 2020
                : 5 October 2020
                Funding
                Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003417, Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung;
                Award ID: FP-0403
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                Funded by: Charité (3093)
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                © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021

                Occupational & Environmental medicine
                technostress,digital divide,ageing workers,job requirement level,occupational status,workplace well-being

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