Job demands may determine cognitive and physical aging after retirement

Calatayud, Estela (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Lozano-Berges, Gabriel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Peralta-Marrupe, Patricia (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Latorre, Eva (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Gomez-Soria, Isabel (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: During adulthood, we spend most of our time and efforts at work. However, the impact of employment in aging is poorly explored. Our study addressed how job demands can affect aging after retirement. We have developed a descriptive observational study carried out in 367 older adults with a mean age of 73.9 years (66.5% women and 33.5% men), measuring cognition and functional status. Our results demonstrate that older adults who had high mental demands in their jobs, show better scores in cognition. However, they show poor functional development of basic and instrumental activities of daily life (p<.05). In contrast, former workers who had high physical demands, display lower scores in cognition and lower functional performance in instrumental activities (p<.05). Work life activities contribute to cognitive and physical decline after retirement. Therefore, healthy aging should include interventions that consider the job influence on the age impairment. © The Author(s) 2022.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1177/07334648221120080

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Journal of Applied Gerontology 41, 12 (2022), [41 pp.]
ISSN: 0733-4648

Factor impacto JCR: 3.0 (2022)

Categ. JCR: GERONTOLOGY rank: 16 / 37 = 0.432 (2022) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 4.8 - Nursing (Q1) - Medicine (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.061 - Gerontology (Q1) - Geriatrics and Gerontology (Q2)

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PrePrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Educación Física y Depor. (Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería)
Área (Departamento): Área Fisioterapia (Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería)
Área (Departamento): Área Biología Celular (Dpto. Bioq.Biolog.Mol. Celular)