Department of Health and Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Grimstad and Kristiansand, Norway;
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2011;4:273-9. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S21385. Epub 2011 Jul 27.
Few studies have appeared in the health care literature on the meaning of transition into retirement and later life. However, this predictable-involuntary transition may influence personal health and well-being, and studying it from a self-care perspective could be useful. The aim of this study was to illuminate aspects of self-care in a group of middle-aged individuals in relation to their anticipated transition into retirement in the Nordic welfare context. A total of 13 individuals, aged 55 to 65 years, were randomly chosen from the total number of inhabitants in three municipalities in mid-west Sweden. Conversational interviews took place, during which the informants shared important events in their lives that had occurred from early childhood until the present time, together with thoughts about their anticipated future developmental transition into later life. The interviews were tape recorded and transcribed verbatim. After content analyses and interpretation, a comprehensive picture of the phenomenon was revealed. The results showed that there were opportunities, expectations, wishes, concerns, and worries related to the transition into retirement and old age among informants from both rural and urban municipalities. Self-care, in connection with this, depended on motivating and demotivating factors. Autonomy and mature dependence seemed to be positive driving forces for reaching a successful transition into later life. Supporting autonomy should be a way of facilitating the transition into retirement and later life.
关于退休和晚年过渡的意义，在医疗保健文献中鲜有研究。然而，这种可预见的非自愿过渡可能会影响个人的健康和幸福，从自我保健的角度研究这个问题可能会很有用。本研究的目的是在北欧福利背景下，阐明中年人群体在预期退休过渡方面的自我保健方面。从瑞典中西部三个城市的总人口中随机选择了 13 名年龄在 55 至 65 岁之间的人。进行了对话式访谈，在此期间，受访者分享了他们从童年到现在生活中发生的重要事件，以及对预期未来向晚年发展过渡的想法。采访进行了录音并逐字记录。经过内容分析和解释，揭示了该现象的全貌。结果表明，农村和城市市政当局的受访者都有与退休和老年过渡相关的机会、期望、愿望、关注和担忧。自我保健与激励和非激励因素有关。自主性和成熟的依赖似乎是成功过渡到晚年的积极动力。支持自主性应该是促进退休和晚年过渡的一种方式。
