H. Najafipour, G. H. Sepehri, S. H. Saberi, H. Kashef, V. Borhaninejad
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Abstract
This study aimed to assess the effect of an educational intervention for preparing close-to-retirement employees for their retirement. This randomized pre/post interventional study was conducted among 140 employees of Kerman University of Medical Sciences. The 70 employees in the intervention group were educated in four 4 h sessions, including health, leisure time, and financial needs. The instrument used was the Retirement Syndrome Questionnaire. Findings show that feelings of helplessness and failure and oldness and idleness significantly decreased after the educational intervention, and feelings of effort and a new direction significantly increased. The educational intervention led to the improvement of retirement syndrome in the studied population. Therefore, to help them adjust to retirement, it is essential to consider retirees’ challenges and increase their awareness about retirement requirements by providing social support and educational courses.
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Advances in Gerontology focuses on biomedical aspects of aging. The journal also publishes original articles and reviews on progress in the following research areas: demography of aging; molecular and physiological mechanisms of aging, clinical gerontology and geriatrics, prevention of premature aging, medicosocial aspects of gerontology, and behavior and psychology of the elderly.
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