Retirement harmful to health, study says 研究說，退休對健康有害

Retirement harmful to health, study says
研究說，退休對健康有害
2013-06-20◎國際新聞中心

Retirement has a detrimental impact on mental and physical health, a new study has found. The study, published by the Institute of Economic Affairs （IEA）, a think tank, found that retirement results in a "drastic decline in health" in the medium and long term.
一份新研究發現，退休對身心健康有不利衝擊。這份由智庫「經濟事務研究所」（IEA）發布的研究發現，退休導致中長期「健康劇烈下滑」。

The IEA said the study suggests people should work for longer for health as well as economic reasons.
經濟事務研究所說，這份研究顯示，人們應該為了健康與經濟理由工作較長時間。

The study compared retired people with those who had continued working past retirement age, and took into account possible confounding factors. The study suggests there is a small boost to health immediately after retirement, before a significant decline in the longer term.
這份研究將退休者與過了退休年齡仍繼續工作的人相比，並考量可能的干擾因素。研究顯示，退休後健康隨即小幅提升，但較長期會明顯下滑。

Retirement is found to increase the chances of suffering from clinical depression by 40%, while you are 60% more likely to suffer from a physical condition.
退休會造成臨床憂鬱症機率增加40%，身體疾病的風險也會提高60%。

新聞辭典

detrimental：形容詞，有害的、不利的。例句：Their decision could be detrimental to the future of the company.（他們的決定可能不利公司前途。）

drastic：形容詞，大幅的；副詞為 drastically。例句：Our budget has been drastically reduced.（我們的預算被大幅刪減。）

confounding：形容詞，困惑的、干擾的，來自動詞confound。例句：An elderly man has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead.（一名老人在宣告死亡後又康復，讓醫師百思不得其解。）