Is retirement good for your health? A systematic review of longitudinal studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies regarding the effect of retirement on physical as well as mental health have been performed, but the results thereof remain inconclusive. The aim of this review is to systematically summarise the literature on the health effects of retirement, describing differences in terms of voluntary, involuntary and regulatory retirement and between blue-collar and white-collar workers.

Methods

A search for longitudinal studies using keywords that referred to the exposure (retirement), outcome (health-related) and study design (longitudinal) was performed using several electronic databases. Articles were then selected for full text analysis and the reference lists of the selected studies were checked for relevant studies. The quality of the studies was rated b

SUBMITTER: van der Heide I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4029767 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature