Ben Heaven|Laura Brown|Martin White|Linda Errington|John C. Mathers|Suzanne Moffatt
Supporting Well?Being in Retirement through Meaningful Social Roles: Systematic Review of Intervention Studies
Newcastle University|Manchester Metropolitan University|Newcastle University|United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration|University of Newcastle Australia|Newcastle University|Newcastle Hospitals - Campus for Ageing and Vitality|University of Newcastle Australia|Newcastle University|Newcastle University
marked demographic change toward greater proportions older people developed nations poses significant challenges health social care several studies demonstrated association social roles later life positive health wellbeing outcomes retiring work people may lose roles provide purpose social contacts outcomes interventions promote social roles retirement systematically reviewedwe examined three research questions 1 kinds intervention developed promote social roles retirement 2 much improved perceived roles 3 roles improved health wellbeing included studies evaluated provision social roles used control comparison group targeted healthy retirementtransition adults living community provided abstract written english took place highly developed nation reported social role health wellbeing outcomes searched eight electronic databases combined results hand searchesthrough searches identified 9062 unique publications eleven evaluative studies acceptable quality reported seven interventions met inclusion criteria interventions varied year inception scope two based outside north america studies rarely reported quality meaning roles three studies used random allocation thus limiting inferences causality studies interventions providing explicit roles using supportive group structures somewhat effective improving one following life satisfaction social support activity physical health activity functional health cognitionsocial role interventions may improve health wellbeing people retirement transition future research improve quality intervention assessment look interventions effective acceptable facilitating social roles diverse older populations