Concerns about employment can impair the memory of middle-aged people, research says
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Middle-aged people with job security are more likely to have memory loss, according to a new study.
The experts set up a study consisting of a few tests to review the memory, in which people between the ages of 50 and 60 suffering from job insecurity and job-satisfied participants participated.
The researchers found that participants who feared being fired or forced to retire had an average score of 3% lower in their memory tests.
According to researchers, people with job insecurity had an approximately 10% chance of becoming obese and a 20% chance of developing heart disease and diabetes. In addition, the researchers said that these middle-aged people were almost twice as likely to have depression as the other participants.
Co-author of the study, Lindsay Kobayashi, said that anxiety or fear of losing a job can affect memory after the age of 55.
