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SynthesisAmerican journal of preventive medicine2012

Physical activity and transitioning to retirement: a systematic review.

Inka Barnett, Esther M F van Sluijs, David Ogilvie

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in American journal of preventive medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. For Whom Do Parenting Interventions to Prevent Adolescent Substance Use Work?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2018
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  13. The role of social support on physical activity behaviour in adolescent girls: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2016
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  18. Leisure-time physical activity and metabolomic trajectories over the transition from late midlife to old age.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Inka BarnettMRC Epidemiology Unit and UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Esther M F van Sluijs
David Ogilvie

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U106179474Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextThe transition to retirement has been recognized as a turning point in determining physical activity and may present a critical "window" for promoting physical activity. This systematic review examined changes in physical activity across the retirement transition, whether these changes vary by SES, and what is known about predictors of these changes. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: Peer-reviewed articles and gray research literature, published between January 1980 and July 2010 in any country or language, were identified. Longitudinal and cross-sectional observational studies were included. Study selection, quality assessment, data extraction, and synthesis were performed between July 2010 and March 2011. A harvest plot approach to visualizing the findings was combined with a narrative synthesis. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: Of the 19 included studies, 11 examined changes in exercise, or leisure-time physical activity, or both; seven, changes in total physical activity; and one study, both. Most studies used single-item measures of physical activity (n=9) or custom questionnaires (n=6). Results suggested that exercise and leisure-time physical activity increased after the retirement transition, whereas findings regarding total physical activity were inconsistent. SES moderated the association, with low SES being associated with a decrease and high SES with an increase in physical activity. Evidence on predictors of change was scarce and methodologically weak.

conclusionsEvidence suggests that exercise and leisure-time physical activity increases after the retirement transition, but whether and how total physical activity changes is unclear. Imprecise physical activity measures used in primary studies limit conclusions, and this highlights the need for further research.

Indexed as

Leisure ActivitiesRetirementAgedExerciseFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMaleMotor ActivitySocioeconomic Factors

Identifiers

PMID22898127
PMCPMC3830178

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