With increasing retirement ages, older workers are working longer while being newly diagnosed with chronic health conditions (CHCs). Our knowledge on how newly diagnosed CHCs influence older workers’ vitality and worries is limited. We examine how four newly diagnosed CHCs affect older workers’ vitality and worries about physical and mental functional ability. We used data from a Dutch pension panel survey. A sample of 1,894 older workers (60–62 years) was analyzed using conditional change OLS regression models. Having CHCs decreased vitality and increased worries. This effect was worse for older workers newly diagnosed with CHCs. Being newly diagnosed with physically disabling conditions increased worries about physical functioning, while being newly diagnosed with mentally disabling conditions increased worries about mental functioning. These findings aid the identification of vulnerable groups of older workers, thereby informing interventions that could improve quality of life, while promoting healthy aging at work.

随着退休年龄的增加，老年工人的工作时间更长，同时被新诊断出患有慢性健康状况 (CHC)。我们对新诊断的 CHCs 如何影响老年工人的活力和担忧的知识有限。我们研究了四个新诊断的 CHCs 如何影响老年工人的活力和对身体和心理功能能力的担忧。我们使用了来自荷兰养老金小组调查的数据。使用条件变化 OLS 回归模型分析了 1,894 名老年工人（60-62 岁）的样本。拥有 CHCs 会降低活力并增加担忧。对于新诊断出患有 CHC 的老年工人来说，这种影响更为严重。新诊断出患有身体残疾会增加对身体机能的担忧，而新诊断出患有精神残疾会增加对心理机能的担忧。