Retirement Syndrome Among Babol City Retirees

• Main Authors: Shima Sum, Yasaman Mahmoodi, Aram Tirgar
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences 2015-10-01
• Series: Sālmand
• Subjects: Aged; Retire; Retirement
• Online Access: http://salmandj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-327-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1
• ISSN: 1735-806X; 1735-806X

Objectives: Retirement impacts different dimensions of life such as physical, psychological, social, economic,&nbsp;and spiritual aspects. Since identification of the factors promoting or demoting health situation&nbsp;of retirees is important; this study aimed to determine the level of retirement syndrome in Babol retirees. Methods & Materials:&nbsp;This cross-sectional study was conducted on 205 retirees aged over 50 years. Data&nbsp;were gathered by a questionnaire consisting of 2 sections; Demographic characteristics and retirement&nbsp;syndromes. Retirement syndrome questionnaire consisted of 40 questions in 5-point scale (&ldquo;never&rdquo; to&nbsp;&ldquo;always&rdquo;) in 4 dimensions of &ldquo;helplessness and failure&rdquo;, &ldquo;older and idleness&rdquo;, &ldquo;trying and new directions&rdquo;,&nbsp;and &ldquo;conflict and confusion&rdquo;. Data were analyzed by SPSS. The Pearson and Spearman tests were used&nbsp;to evaluate the within group variables. To analyze the data, the correlation coefficient test, t-test, and&nbsp;analysis of variance (ANOVA) were performed. The significant level for all tests was set at 0.05. Results:&nbsp;About 53% of the participants were male and 47% female with an average (SD) age 61.13(5.87)&nbsp;years. Means(SD) scores of &ldquo;helplessness and failure&rdquo;, &ldquo;older and idleness&rdquo;, &ldquo;trying and new directions&rdquo;,&nbsp;and &ldquo;conflict and confusion&rdquo; were 2.08(0.52), 3.73(0.51), 3.47(0.65) and 2.49(0.56), respectively.&nbsp;There were a direct significant association between &ldquo;feeling helplessness&rdquo; and &ldquo;conflict and confusion&rdquo;&nbsp;(P<0.0001) and a reverse relationship between &ldquo;older and idleness&rdquo; and &ldquo;trying and new directions&rdquo;&nbsp;(P<0.0001). Conclusion: Findings of this research showed that retirees of Babol County partly suffer from retirement&nbsp;syndrome. Therefore, paying attention to them and promotion of the retirees&rsquo; situation seems necessary.