Background This study aimed to identify the trajectories of work ability over 16 years
preceding the individual pensionable age and to examine the association with retirement …

Aim: The ageing society and recent policy changes may lead to an increase of older workers
with chronic diseases in the workforce. To date, it is unclear whether workers with chronic …

Objective This study aimed to compare the development of self-rated health, psychological
distress and physical functioning between those retired on time and those who continued …

Background Demographic changes in all industrialized countries have led to a keen interest
in extending working lives for older workers. To achieve this goal, it is essential to …

Objective This study aimed to investigate the relative contribution of health, job
characteristics, skills and knowledge, and social and financial factors to the transition from …

Objectives The aim of this study was to examine occupational class differences in working
more than six months beyond the mandatory retirement age and factors that may contribute …

BACKGROUND: Health and work environment are known factors in being active in working
life beyond legal retirement. OBJECTIVE: To investigate sociodemographic, health and work …

Purpose The Finnish Retirement and Aging (FIREA) Study was set up to study changes in
health behavioural and cardiometabolic risk factors across retirement transition, and to …

Background There is a societal need that workers prolong their working lives. By adopting a
life course perspective, this study aimed to investigate the influence of work motives and …

Objectives The aim of the study was to evaluate concurrent changes in physical activity and
self-rated health during retirement transition over 4 years by multivariate trajectory analysis …