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Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo
On-line version ISSN 1989-7790Print version ISSN 0465-546X
Abstract
BLANCO ALVAREZ, Laura María; GONZALEZ ESPINEL, Francisco Javier; MONTALT BARRACHINA, Alejandra and OLIVER LOPEZ, Cristina. Active and healthy aging. How to promote it at work?. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2017, vol.63, n.248, pp.276-288. ISSN 1989-7790.
Introduction:
The aging of the active workforce explains the strong demographic change which is nowadays taking place mainly due to both increasing longevity and decreasing fertility rates. It seems to be a challenge to improve the life quality of the older worker.
Objective:
To identify and evaluate the modern interventions in the health promotion of the older worker by encouraging an active and healthy aging at the workplace.
Methods:
A systematic review based on the literature published between 2006-2016 in different scientific databases has been carried out: MEDLINE, SCOPUS, IBECS, LILACS and WOK.
Results:
The search produced a total of 63 registers. After applying filters and inclusion and exclusion criteria a total of 8 original articles were selected: 3 cross-sectional studies, 3 randomised controlled studies and 2 non randomised control trials.
Statistically significant results were observed in different health promotion strategies of the older worker improving the workplace activities.
Conclusions:
The articles aiming for the maintenance of health, well-being in active aging obtained positive results regarding several health indicators (daily physical activity, food habits, body weight, BMI, etc.). Still, quality longitudinal studies are scarce. There is a clear necessity to generate evidence adjusting the existing programmes according to the age, the predominant pathology in each labour sector and the corresponding cost-effectiveness analysis.
Keywords : aging; older worker; health promotion.