Retirement’s impact on health: what role does social network play?

Pilehvari, Asal; You, Wen; Xu, Lin

doi:10.1007/s10433-023-00759-w

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“…If these relationships are positive, retirement means a loss of supportive and meaningful interactions, which are associated with worsening health [ 33 ]. In other words, retired people are more likely to be depressed than non-retired people, because retirement means the loss of group membership, pronging to an identity crisis, and further causing depression risk among non-disabled people [ 41 , 42 ]. In addition, non-disabled unretired people could get the depression improvement by gaining more positive health knowledge, attitudes, and health behaviors during the LTCI implementation process.…”

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“…All analyses included a series of control variables associated with individual depression according to previous studies [ 42 , 46 , 47 , 52 – 54 ]. Among them, the sociodemographic characteristics included age, gender, and education.…”

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“…Social identity might largely affect a person’s behavior, retirees often lack belonging sense, because their identification with retirement life has not yet been fully established after retired. Previous studies found that retirement might lead to psychological distress, social distancing and depression risk [ 41 ], the shrank of social networks size after retirement resulted in an 18.6% increase in depression probability in retired people [ 42 ], while people who were employed were associated with lower depression rates [ 17 ]. Therefore, based on social identity theory and previous studies, we proposed:…”

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Effect of long-term care insurance policy on depression in non-disabled people: evidence from China

Jiang,

Yang

2024

BMC Public Health

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Background Policy effect might be multidimensional and spill over to non-recipients. It is unclear how the implementation of Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) policy affects depression in non-disabled people and how this effect differs in different non-disabled groups. Methods Using time-varying differences-in-differences method and nationally representative health survey data in wave 2011, wave 2013, wave 2015 and wave 2018 from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we assessed the effect of LTCI policy on depression in non-disabled people aged 45 years and older, and discussed the heterogeneity of effect across different population characteristics: retirement, financial support and social participation status. Results We found LTCI policy statistically significant reduced depression by 0.76 units in non-disabled people compared to non-pilot cities. Depression in non-disabled people who unretired, with financial support and without social participation was reduced by 0.8267, 0.7079 and 1.2161 units, respectively. Conclusions Depression in non-disabled people was statistically significant reduced because of LTCI policy in China, and non-disabled people who unretired, with financial support and without social participation benefited more from LTCI policy. Our findings highlight the depression-reducing effect of LTCI policy in non-recipients and suggest that non-disabled people who unretired, with financial support and without social participation should be concerned during LTCI policy progress.

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Effect of long-term care insurance policy on depression in non-disabled people: evidence from China

Jiang,

Yang

2024

BMC Public Health

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“…The ndings from Kauppi et al (2021) support that retirement is associated with social network size reduction for the wider circle connections, while family and personal network size remains unaffected. The shrinking of social networks is an important risk factor as it can explain 79.5% of the reduction in the probability of reporting good physical health among retirees (Pilehvari et al, 2023). Conversely, maintaining social network ties after retirement appears to have a protective role both for onset and duration of loneliness (Chiao et al, 2022).…”

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“…The estimation of the mediation coe cient of social network size suggests that retirees with smaller social network size are more likely to report poorer physical health than non-retirees, while at the same levels of contact frequency and diversity. In particular, shrinking social network size explained 79.5% of the decrease in the probability of reporting good physical health among retirees, ceteris paribus-holding constant the frequency and diversity of contacts (Pilehvari et al, 2023).…”

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Psychosocial effects of retirement on the elderly: a systematic review

Kitsaki,

Katsiroumpa,

Zioga

et al. 2024

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Background Retirement, as an important transition in life which is characterized by changes at the social, economic and psychological level, is associated with many factors that can contribute to development of psychopathology in later life. Understanding how these risk factors impact health and well-being of older adults is expected to highlight opportunities to promote mental health during this transition. Objective To identify and evaluate literature on the effects of retirement on mental health, life satisfaction, loneliness, and changes in social networks. Moreover, we examined protective and risk factors for mental health and well-being after retirement. Methods The literature search was performed in Scopus until October 02, 2023, using the following search strategy in all fields: (elderly OR seniors) AND (retirement OR pension) AND (transition) AND (depression OR anxiety OR “mental health” OR socialization OR loneliness). Results Applying the inclusion criteria, we found 23 studies that investigated both protective and risk factors for postretirement mental health. We found that both involuntary and early retirement were associated with greater risk of reporting major depression and worse perceived health, while positive attitudes toward aging were associated with increased participation in leisure activities after retirement. Other risk factors for developing depressive symptoms were poor working conditions and spousal assistance in activities of daily living. Lastly, the social support network was a protective factor, as it was related to better physical health and less loneliness. Conclusions Evidence indicated that early and involuntary retirement are possible risk factors for mental health, however the results couldn’t support that an extension of working life beyond retirement age would be beneficial. Taking into account the above, we suggest that pension reforms should be adapted according to circumstances such as the country, professional sector, needs and preferences of the population. Therefore, designing a pension policy that would provide flexibility regarding the timing of retirement is expected to be more beneficial compared to the current, age-based pension policies.

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Characteristics of physical activity and sedentary behavior in patients undergoing outpatient cardiac rehabilitation

Naito,

Izawa,

Maeda

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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Cardiac rehabilitation is crucial for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. In Japan, as hospitalization periods have been shortened due to advances in medical technology and government policies, outpatient rehabilitation focused on lifestyle and physical activity (PA) is becoming increasingly important as hospital stays shorten. This study was aimed to identify patient characteristics that define the different types of PA and sedentary behaviors, and patient factors in 92 Japanese outpatients by using accelerometers. The patients were found to spend considerable time being sedentary (663.7 ± 118.1 min/day) and very little time engaging in moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA, 25.6 (10.6–43.4) min/day). Regression analysis revealed that the daily duration of sedentary behavior was 64 min longer in men than in women (β = 64.2, 95% CI[12.9, 115], p = 0.015); furthermore, men engaged in 22% less light PA (β = -0.245, 95% CI[-0.388, -0.102], p = 0.001). Additionally, MVPA increased by 43% for every 1 metabolic equivalent (MET) task increase in the anaerobic threshold (AT) (β = 0.367, 95% CI[0.035, 0.698], p = 0.031) but decreased by 3% per year of age(β = -0.035, 95% CI[-0.056, -0.015], p < 0.001). The study also found that body mass index (BMI) was negatively correlated with walking time (β = -0.039, 95% CI[-0.075, -0.003], p = 0.036), while AT was positively correlated with MVPA (β = 0.367, 95% CI[0.035, 0.698], p = 0.031) but negatively correlated with time above the AT (β = -2.06, 95% CI[-2.53, -1.59], p < 0.001). These results emphasize the importance of customizing rehabilitation programs according to sex, age, BMI, and AT differences. Furthermore, monitoring home activities and providing individualized prescriptions may enhance the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs.

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Retirement’s impact on health: what role does social network play?

Cited by 11 publications

References 48 publications

Effect of long-term care insurance policy on depression in non-disabled people: evidence from China

Effect of long-term care insurance policy on depression in non-disabled people: evidence from China

Psychosocial effects of retirement on the elderly: a systematic review

Characteristics of physical activity and sedentary behavior in patients undergoing outpatient cardiac rehabilitation

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