Changes in use of time activity patterns and health and wellbeing across retirement: design and methods of the life after work study

摘要

BackgroundRetirement is a major life transition during which people restructure everyday activities; however little is known about this. The primary aim of the Life After Work study is to comprehensively measure changes in time use and patterns of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, and its associations with health and wellbeing, across the retirement transition.