GC Wanda Wendel-Vos

Summary

Affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Reproducibility and relative validity of the short questionnaire to assess health-enhancing physical activity
    G C Wanda Wendel-Vos
    Department for Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P O Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    J Clin Epidemiol 56:1163-9. 2003
  2. ncbi Lifestyle factors of a five-year community-intervention program: the Hartslag Limburg intervention
    G C Wanda Wendel-Vos
    National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Am J Prev Med 37:50-6. 2009
  3. ncbi Environmental attributes related to walking and bicycling at the individual and contextual level
    G C W Wendel-Vos
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, 3720 BA, The Netherlands
    J Epidemiol Community Health 62:689-94. 2008
  4. ncbi Potential environmental determinants of physical activity in adults: a systematic review
    W Wendel-Vos
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Obes Rev 8:425-40. 2007
  5. ncbi Physical activity and stroke. A meta-analysis of observational data
    G C W Wendel-Vos
    National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Int J Epidemiol 33:787-98. 2004
  6. ncbi Leisure time physical activity and health-related quality of life: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations
    G C W Wendel-Vos
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Qual Life Res 13:667-77. 2004
  7. ncbi Factors of the physical environment associated with walking and bicycling
    G C Wanda Wendel-Vos
    National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:725-30. 2004
  8. ncbi Five-year effect of community-based intervention Hartslag Limburg on quality of life: a longitudinal cohort study
    Saskia Pj Verkleij
    Department of Health Sciences VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 9:11. 2011
  9. ncbi Ethnic differences in the effect of environmental stressors on blood pressure and hypertension in the Netherlands
    Charles Agyemang
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    BMC Public Health 7:118. 2007
  10. ncbi Reliability and validity of the short questionnaire to assess health-enhancing physical activity (SQUASH) in patients after total hip arthroplasty
    Robert Wagenmakers
    Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9:141. 2008

Collaborators

  • Daan Kromhout
  • M Droomers
  • A J Schuit
  • Hendriek C Boshuizen
  • J Brug
  • Saskia Pj Verkleij
  • Robert Wagenmakers
  • W Wendel-Vos
  • Charles Agyemang
  • Eric C Ruland
  • Marcel C Adriaanse
  • Wm Monique Verschuren
  • Sjoerd K Bulstra
  • Inge van den Akker-Scheek
  • Wiebren Zijlstra
  • Martin Stevens
  • Jos J A M van Raaij
  • Johan W J Kootstra
  • Johan W Groothoff
  • F van Lenthe
  • Karien Stronks
  • S Kremers
  • Ellen Lindeman
  • Carolien van Hooijdonk
  • Wanda Wendel-Vos
  • Joanne K Ujcic-Voortman

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Reproducibility and relative validity of the short questionnaire to assess health-enhancing physical activity
    G C Wanda Wendel-Vos
    Department for Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P O Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    J Clin Epidemiol 56:1163-9. 2003
    ..The purpose of this study is to determine reproducibility and relative validity of the Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Health-enhancing physical activity (SQUASH)...
  2. ncbi Lifestyle factors of a five-year community-intervention program: the Hartslag Limburg intervention
    G C Wanda Wendel-Vos
    National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Am J Prev Med 37:50-6. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate the net effect of a cardiovascular disease-prevention program (Hartslag Limburg) on lifestyle factors after 5 years of intervention (1998-2003)...
  3. ncbi Environmental attributes related to walking and bicycling at the individual and contextual level
    G C W Wendel-Vos
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, 3720 BA, The Netherlands
    J Epidemiol Community Health 62:689-94. 2008
    ..The aim of the present paper was to give insight into the practical consequences of using either single-level or multilevel regression analyses on data from research on environmental determinants of physical activity...
  4. ncbi Potential environmental determinants of physical activity in adults: a systematic review
    W Wendel-Vos
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Obes Rev 8:425-40. 2007
    ..However, most studies used cross-sectional designs and non-validated measures of environments and/or behaviour. Therefore, no strong conclusions can be drawn and more research of better quality is clearly needed...
  5. ncbi Physical activity and stroke. A meta-analysis of observational data
    G C W Wendel-Vos
    National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Int J Epidemiol 33:787-98. 2004
    ..Based on studies published so far, the protective effect of physical activity on stroke remains controversial. Specifically, there is a lack of insight into the sources of heterogeneity between studies...
  6. ncbi Leisure time physical activity and health-related quality of life: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations
    G C W Wendel-Vos
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Qual Life Res 13:667-77. 2004
    ..Confirmation of our results by those of other studies is needed in order to quantify health promotion messages...
  7. ncbi Factors of the physical environment associated with walking and bicycling
    G C Wanda Wendel-Vos
    National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:725-30. 2004
    ..The purpose of this study was to identify factors of the physical environment that may influence time spent on walking and bicycling...
  8. ncbi Five-year effect of community-based intervention Hartslag Limburg on quality of life: a longitudinal cohort study
    Saskia Pj Verkleij
    Department of Health Sciences VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 9:11. 2011
    ..Therefore, the effect of an integrative cardiovascular diseases community-based intervention programme 'Hartslag Limburg' on QoL after 5-years of intervention is studied...
  9. ncbi Ethnic differences in the effect of environmental stressors on blood pressure and hypertension in the Netherlands
    Charles Agyemang
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    BMC Public Health 7:118. 2007
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  10. ncbi Reliability and validity of the short questionnaire to assess health-enhancing physical activity (SQUASH) in patients after total hip arthroplasty
    Robert Wagenmakers
    Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9:141. 2008
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