Retirement reduces fatigue and symptoms of depression, study suggests

Withdrawal would be beneficial to your health by reducing tiredness and fatigue, as well as reduce the symptoms of depression, has found a recent report published in the British medical journal (BMJ).

The study, led by Dr. Hugo Westerlund, Stockholm University, studied a subset of the age of retirement of a French cohort study that had more than 11,000 men and women of 2,800 participants.

In spite of not affect instances of chronic diseases, retirement was "linked to a substantial reduction in the physical and mental fatigue..." "[and] a decrease in small but significant depressive symptoms," said in a press release on the BMJ website.

All participants withdrew before the age of 64 years and they were followed during 7 years before retirement and 7 years after retirement.

After a year's retirement was associated with an 81 percent drop mental fatigue and decreased from 73 percent in physical fatigue.

Doctors also found that retirement sliced the possibilities of depressive symptoms in 40 percent.

The authors of the study have speculated that retirement benefits could be due to more time for healthy activities, as well as the Elimination of a stressful or unsatisfactory work.

"If the work is tiring for many older workers, decreased fatigue simply could reflect the removal of the source of the problem..." "Moreover, retirement may allow people more time to devote to stimulants and restorative, activities such as physical exercise," wrote the report according to the press release.

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