[Mortality and morbidity in a cohort of elderly Parisian managers followed for 14 years].

A randomized sample of 180 male managers, 63-64 years old received a standardized medical examination at the four times of a longitudinal study (1975-78-82-88). The prevalence and incidence rates of principal chronic diseases were evaluated according to ICD-9. The incidence rates of surgery operations and death were calculated.

[Health as felt by the subject and assessed by the physician. Methods for measurement and evaluation in a population of subjects in their sixties].

The relationships between the self-assessment of general health, and that made by a physician have been repeatedly reviewed. However, little is known concerning the detailed ratings by subjects and by physicians of the functional status of the major organ systems of the body. This paper presents the use of autorating scales in such problems.

[Retirement, psychological well-being and health: longitudinal study of a population of Parisian executives].

A longitudinal study was carried out on a sample of 155 french male managers in order to test the hypothesis that retirement has negative effects on health and life satisfaction in upper white-collar workers. At wave 1 (in 1976) of the study, these 155 managers were all working full time. At wave 2 (in 1979), 105 were retired and 50 were still working full time.

Retirement and morbidity: a three-year longitudinal study of a French managerial population.

A longitudinal study was carried out on a randomized sample of Parisian male managers in order to assess the relationship between morbidity and retirement. In 1976 (wave 1), 180 subjects participated in the study. In 1979 (wave 2), 156 subjects were re-examined.

Factors related to sexual intercourse frequency in a group of French pre-retirement managers.

A group of 175 managerial Parisian males, 63 or 64 years old, still working full time were questioned about their sexual activity during a standardized medical examination. Twenty subjects in this group were impotent (ISs), the others, sexually potent (PSs), had had intercourse at least once during the course of the year. Distribution of PSs according to yearly frequency of sexual intercourse (YFSI) fits well with a log-normal distribution.

Can a protracted stay in the tropics permanently lower basal metabolic rates of European expatriates?

The basal metabolic rate (BMR) of 57 male and female French subjects, aged between 50 to 80 years, all in good health and normally active, was measured. All subjects had been long-term residents of the humid tropics and had returned to France at least one year earlier. Two groups, individuals born in France and those born in the humid tropics, were compared to paired randomized control groups of subjects born in France who had never lived outside France.

Factors related to attitude towards retirement among French preretired managers and top executives.

This study aimed to investigate the determinants of a favorable attitude towards retirement among 175 male executives aged 63 or 64 and still professionally active. Findings were based on a questionnaire for attitude as well as a variety of other examinations designed to reveal the determinants involved. Multiple regression analysis indicated that four possible determinants are significantly related to a favorable attitude toward retirement: a good cardiovascular status, a poor state of vision, a high degree of life satisfaction and an important amount of time devoted to leisure activities.

[Health assessment of managers 63 and 64 years old. (Results of the first step of a prospective study on the adaptation to retirement) (author's transl)].

A cross-sectional study has been carried out on a group of 180 male preretired managers and top executives in order to investigate their health status. This study is the first part of a longitudinal survey undertaken to analyze the adjustment to retirement among managers. These 180 subjects were 63 or 64 years old, still working at full time.