Changes in use of time, activity patterns, and health and wellbeing across retirement: design and methods of the life after work study

BMC Public Health

Tim S Olds³  Judy A Sprod³  Wendy J Brown¹  Jannique GZ van Uffelen²  Nicola W Burton¹  Carol A Maher³ 

[1] The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement Studies, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Victoria University, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;University of South Australia, Health and Use of Time Group, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

关键词: Life events;    Exercise;    Wellbeing;    Longitudinal;    Social interaction;    Sedentary behaviour;    Physical activity;    Use of time;    Retirement;    Ageing;   

Others  :  1161670
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-952

 received in 2013-05-16, accepted in 2013-10-08,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Retirement is a major life transition during which people restructure everyday activities; however little is known about this. The primary aim of the Life After Work study is to comprehensively measure changes in time use and patterns of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, and its associations with health and wellbeing, across the retirement transition.

Methods/Design

A target sample of 120 participants aged 50 years and over will be recruited in two Australian state capital cities, Adelaide and Brisbane. Participants will undertake a battery of assessments approximately 3 months prior to retirement, and 3, 6 and 12 months post-retirement. Measures will include self-reported use of time (using the Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adults), objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary behaviour (using Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometers), self-reported health and well-being (using a battery of questionnaires including the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), Australian Unity Personal Well-being Index (AUPWI), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales 21 (DASS21), Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale), retirement circumstances and socio-demographic characteristics, objectively assessed anthropometric measures (height, weight and waist circumference), and resting blood pressure. Multivariate mixed models will be used to examine changes in use of time, health and well-being across retirement.

Discussion

The results will provide important new information that will inform the development of lifestyle and policy interventions to address and improve health and well-being in retirement.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Maher et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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