不自愿延迟退休和老年人的心理健康
Mohammad M H Raihan1,2,3,4, Nashit Chowdhury1,2,4, Mohammad Z I Chowdhury1,2,4
1Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Aging & mental health
|July 5, 2023
概括
非自愿延迟退休 (IDR) 与65岁及以上的老年工人中抑郁症,焦虑和愤怒增加有关. 这凸显了支持老年人的政策的需要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 在美国,工作的老年人 (≥65岁) 面临与退休时间相关的挑战.
- 非自愿延迟退休 (IDR) 被定义为希望停止工作,但由于财务限制无法这样做.
- 心理健康是老年人福祉的一个关键因素.
研究的目的:
- 检查多种心理健康措施与非自愿延迟退休 (IDR) 之间的关联.
- 调查IDR对工作老年人的抑郁,焦虑,愤怒和愤怒的影响.
主要方法:
- 分析了健康和退休研究 (2010年和2012年) 的数据.
- 使用多变量逻辑回归来评估IDR和心理健康结果之间的关系.
- 报告了具有95%置信区间 (CI) 的几率比率 (OR).
主要成果:
- 报告IDR的老年人更有可能经历抑郁症 (OR = 3.20,CI = 1.03-9.88).
- 焦虑与IDR显著相关 (OR = 2.12,CI = 1.00-5.18). 焦虑与IDR显著相关 (OR = 2.12,CI = 1.00-5.18).
- 愤怒也与IDR相关 (OR = 1.71,CI = 1.12-2.60),而愤怒没有显著的关联.
结论:
- IDR充当压力因素,对65岁及以上老年人的心理健康产生负面影响.
- 调查结果强调了解决老年人的心理健康问题的重要性,这些老年人继续在传统退休年龄之后工作.
- 政策制定者应该专注于战略,以支持面临延迟退休的老年人的心理健康.
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