Methodological aspects of the lidA cohort study – pretest analyses of response and psychometric properties

Introduction: High job demands (e.g. flexibility, continuous qualification) and rapidly changing work environments are challenges for an aging workforce, thus demanding concepts for maintaining work ability and health of older employees. The lidA-study is a commencing German longitudinal study investigating occupational, individual and socioeconomic factors for health and professional transitions of aging employees thus requiring careful consideration of study design, sampling, and selection of indicators and confounders. A cohort sequential design with two age cohorts followed over 12 years (intervals: 3 years)…