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Design and Evaluation of an Educational Intervention to Prepare Close-to-Retirement Employees for Retirement

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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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  1. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and Cardiovascular Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 7619813159, Kerman, Iran

    H. Najafipour

  2. Kerman Neuroscience Research Center, Neuropharmacology Institute, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 7616914115, Kerman, Iran

    G. H. Sepehri

  3. Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 7616914115, Kerman, Iran

    S. H. Saberi

  4. Kerman Graduate University of Advanced Technology (GUAT), 7611885356, Kerman, Iran

    H. Kashef

  5. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 7616913555, Kerman, Iran

    V. Borhaninejad

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Statement of compliance with standards of research involving humans as subjects. Ethical approval was obtained from the Kerman University of Medical Sciences (Reff no. IR.KMU. REC.1396.2272). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants involved in the study.

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Najafipour, H., Sepehri, G.H., Saberi, S.H. et al. Design and Evaluation of an Educational Intervention to Prepare Close-to-Retirement Employees for Retirement. Adv Gerontol 12, 162–167 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079057022020138

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