A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?

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Autor(a) principal: Uva, Mafalda Sousa
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Fonseca, António Manuel, Nunes, Baltazar, Dias, Carlos Matias
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/20414
Resumo: ABSTRACT - The exit from active life and the ingress into a life stage in which labour activities andrelations do not exist, or could be of a different nature, is a feature of retirement.Several studies have investigated the effects of changes in health upon retirement. Severalothers have investigated the effects of retirement on health. If retirement is responsible foraffecting health, then the implementation of public health policies, aimed at improving olderindividual’s health, should take this matter into account. Similarly, the implementation ofpolitical changes in retirement age such as those that we are witnessing in Portugal shouldbe carefully planned.The aim of this work is to describe and discuss the international and national studiesconducted to improve the understanding of the relationship between health and retirement,especially between chronic diseases (and self-perceived health) and retirement, and also tohighlight the importance of studying this subject from a public health point of view inPortugal.Regarding the effects of health on retirement, self-perceived health seems to have a rel-evant effect on retirement, as well as chronic diseases, although there is less agreement inthe latter case. Findings on the impact of retirement in health are not consensual and it isthought that the nature of the analysis (cross-sectional or longitudinal), the timing and thereason for retirement, the circumstances of an individual before and after retirement andthe health measure under research could be primarily responsible for the lack of consistencyamong studies.Concerning the Portuguese population, the few studies found about health and retire-ment are focused in different health status indicators, making it difficult to reach a general conclusion. Thus the need remains for the establishment of more methodologically valid research studies in Portugal, mainly epidemiologic studies involving the quantification of association and impact measures.
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spelling A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?Saúde e reforma: o que conhecemos da sua relação numa perspectiva de saúde pública?RetirementChronic diseasesSelf-perceived healthPublic healthPortugalReformaDoenças CrónicasSaúde PercebidaSaúde PúblicaPortugalABSTRACT - The exit from active life and the ingress into a life stage in which labour activities andrelations do not exist, or could be of a different nature, is a feature of retirement.Several studies have investigated the effects of changes in health upon retirement. Severalothers have investigated the effects of retirement on health. If retirement is responsible foraffecting health, then the implementation of public health policies, aimed at improving olderindividual’s health, should take this matter into account. Similarly, the implementation ofpolitical changes in retirement age such as those that we are witnessing in Portugal shouldbe carefully planned.The aim of this work is to describe and discuss the international and national studiesconducted to improve the understanding of the relationship between health and retirement,especially between chronic diseases (and self-perceived health) and retirement, and also tohighlight the importance of studying this subject from a public health point of view inPortugal.Regarding the effects of health on retirement, self-perceived health seems to have a rel-evant effect on retirement, as well as chronic diseases, although there is less agreement inthe latter case. Findings on the impact of retirement in health are not consensual and it isthought that the nature of the analysis (cross-sectional or longitudinal), the timing and thereason for retirement, the circumstances of an individual before and after retirement andthe health measure under research could be primarily responsible for the lack of consistencyamong studies.Concerning the Portuguese population, the few studies found about health and retire-ment are focused in different health status indicators, making it difficult to reach a general conclusion. Thus the need remains for the establishment of more methodologically valid research studies in Portugal, mainly epidemiologic studies involving the quantification of association and impact measures.RESUMO - A saída da vida ativa e a entrada numa fase da vida em as relações e atividades laborais não existem ou são de natureza diferente constituem uma característica da reforma. Alguns estudos têm investigado os efeitos das alterações do estado de saúde na reforma. Outros têm investigado os efeitos da reforma no estado de saúde. Se a reforma for responsável por afetar o estado de saúde, então a implementação de políticas públicas saudáveis, para melhoria da saúde dos adultos idosos, deveriam tê-lo em consideração. Da mesma forma, a implementação de alterações na idade da reforma, tais como aquelas que têm vindo a verificar-se em Portugal, também o deverão ponderar. Constituem objetivos deste trabalho descrever e discutir os estudos que têm sido desenvolvidos para melhoria do conhecimento da relação entre a saúde e a reforma, nomeadamente, entre as doenças crónicas (e saúde percebida) e a reforma, assim como sublinhar a importância da investigação deste tema em Portugal numa perspetiva de Saúde Pública. No que concerne aos efeitos da saúde na reforma, a saúde percebida e as doenças crónicas parecem ter um importante papel para a reforma, apesar de haver menos concordância relativamente às últimas. Por outro lado, as conclusões sobre os efeitos da reforma na saúde não são consensuais, facto que tem sido atribuído às diferenças na natureza de análise (transversal ou longitudinal), do momento de reforma, dos motivos de reforma, e do indicador de estado de saúde sob investigação em diferentes estudos. Relativamente à população Portuguesa, os poucos estudos preconizados focam diferentes indicadores de saúde, tornando difícil atingir uma conclusão comum. Permanece, na verdade, a necessidade de desenvolvimento de estudos sobre esta matéria em Portugal metodologicamente mais válidos, principalmente com a quantificação de medidas de associação e de impacte.Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Escola Nacional de Saúde PúblicaRUNUva, Mafalda SousaFonseca, António ManuelNunes, BaltazarDias, Carlos Matias2017-03-30T15:15:14Z2015-072015-07-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/20414eng0870-9025info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:04:42Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/20414Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:26:12.029967Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?
Saúde e reforma: o que conhecemos da sua relação numa perspectiva de saúde pública?
title A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?
spellingShingle A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?
Uva, Mafalda Sousa
Retirement
Chronic diseases
Self-perceived health
Public health
Portugal
Reforma
Doenças Crónicas
Saúde Percebida
Saúde Pública
Portugal
title_short A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?
title_full A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?
title_fullStr A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?
title_full_unstemmed A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?
title_sort A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?
author Uva, Mafalda Sousa
author_facet Uva, Mafalda Sousa
Fonseca, António Manuel
Nunes, Baltazar
Dias, Carlos Matias
author_role author
author2 Fonseca, António Manuel
Nunes, Baltazar
Dias, Carlos Matias
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Uva, Mafalda Sousa
Fonseca, António Manuel
Nunes, Baltazar
Dias, Carlos Matias
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Retirement
Chronic diseases
Self-perceived health
Public health
Portugal
Reforma
Doenças Crónicas
Saúde Percebida
Saúde Pública
Portugal
topic Retirement
Chronic diseases
Self-perceived health
Public health
Portugal
Reforma
Doenças Crónicas
Saúde Percebida
Saúde Pública
Portugal
description ABSTRACT - The exit from active life and the ingress into a life stage in which labour activities andrelations do not exist, or could be of a different nature, is a feature of retirement.Several studies have investigated the effects of changes in health upon retirement. Severalothers have investigated the effects of retirement on health. If retirement is responsible foraffecting health, then the implementation of public health policies, aimed at improving olderindividual’s health, should take this matter into account. Similarly, the implementation ofpolitical changes in retirement age such as those that we are witnessing in Portugal shouldbe carefully planned.The aim of this work is to describe and discuss the international and national studiesconducted to improve the understanding of the relationship between health and retirement,especially between chronic diseases (and self-perceived health) and retirement, and also tohighlight the importance of studying this subject from a public health point of view inPortugal.Regarding the effects of health on retirement, self-perceived health seems to have a rel-evant effect on retirement, as well as chronic diseases, although there is less agreement inthe latter case. Findings on the impact of retirement in health are not consensual and it isthought that the nature of the analysis (cross-sectional or longitudinal), the timing and thereason for retirement, the circumstances of an individual before and after retirement andthe health measure under research could be primarily responsible for the lack of consistencyamong studies.Concerning the Portuguese population, the few studies found about health and retire-ment are focused in different health status indicators, making it difficult to reach a general conclusion. Thus the need remains for the establishment of more methodologically valid research studies in Portugal, mainly epidemiologic studies involving the quantification of association and impact measures.
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