Retirement as risk or relief? The role of timing in mental, physical and cognitive health effects of retirement.

ABSTRACT: Retirement is a major life event that can significantly impact health and well-being in later life. In this study, we evaluated how effects of retirement on mental, physical, and cognitive health vary depending on retirement age, pre-retirement job satisfaction, and degree of voluntariness in the transition. Using nine annual measurement waves from the longitudinal population-based HEalth, Aging, and Retirement Transitions in Sweden (HEARTS) study (N = 5,913, age 60-74), we applied linear-mixed effects models to assess changes in life satisfaction, quality of life, depressive symptoms, disease burden, reasoning ability, and memory over the retirement transition. Results showed average improvements across health domains post-retirement, with more pronounced benefits among those who retired

SUBMITTER: Hansson I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12779816 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature