Trajectories of CVD medication after statutory retirement: contributions of pre-retirement sociodemographic, work and health-related factors: a register study in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are prevalent in older people, but few studies focus on developmental patterns in CVD medication directly after transition to statutory retirement. We thus aimed to identify trajectories of CVD medication after retirement, and their sociodemographic, work and health-related determinants.

Methods

We used complete register data of former employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland. All who reached their statutory retirement in 2000-2013, with five-year follow-up data (n = 6,505, 73% women), were included. Trajectories of CVD medication were identified with group-based trajectory modelling using data from Finnish Social Insurance Institution's reimbursement register. Sociodemographic, work and health-related determinants of trajectory gr

SUBMITTER: Harkko J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10506324 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature