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Document ID (ISN)104894
CIS number 06-330
ISSN - Serial title 0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Year 2005
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Weber A., Weltle D., Lederer P.
Title Ill health and early retirement among school principals in Bavaria
Bibliographic information May 2005, Vol.78, No.4, p.325-331. Illus. 24 ref.
Abstract All 408 school principals in the state of Bavaria who had applied for early retirement on health grounds between 1997 and 1999 were given questionnaires and subjected to medical examinations. 84% of the principals were assessed to be unfit for work. The main reasons for early retirement were psychiatric/psychosomatic disorders which made up 45% of the cases. The relative frequency was higher in women than in men. Depressive disorders and exhaustion syndrome (burnout) dominated among the psychiatric diagnoses (57%). The most frequent somatic illnesses were cardiovascular diseases in 19% of cases, followed by musculoskeletal diseases in 10% and malignant tumours in 9% of cases. The health of 66% of those judged unfit for work was assessed to be so severely impaired that no other employment could be expected of them.
Descriptors (primary) Bavaria; educational institutions; work aptitude; state of health
Descriptors (secondary) Germany; mental disorders; depressive neurosis; psychosomatic disorders; musculoskeletal diseases; frequency rates; questionnaire survey; sex-linked differences; medical examinations; retired workers; cardiovascular diseases; cancer
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Teaching and educational institutions