Physical Activity across Retirement Transition by Occupation and Mode of Commute.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Retirement induces changes in the composition of daily physical activity. Our aim was to examine changes in accelerometer-measured physical activity around transition to statutory retirement among men and women by occupational category and by preretirement modes of commuting.

Methods

We included 562 workers (mean [SD] age, 63.3 [1.1] yr; 85% women) from the Finnish Retirement and Aging study. The participants wore an accelerometer on their nondominant wrist for 1 wk before and 1 wk after retirement, with 1 yr between the measurements. We compared mean daily activity counts before and after retirement between manual and nonmanual occupations by gender and by preretirement commuting mode using linear models with generalized estimating equations.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Pulakka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7431137 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature