B W Penninx

Summary

Affiliation: Vrije Universiteit
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Effects of social support and personal coping resources on depressive symptoms: different for various chronic diseases?
    B W Penninx
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Health Psychol 17:551-8. 1998
  2. ncbi Changes in depression and physical decline in older adults: a longitudinal perspective
    B W Penninx
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, v d Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Affect Disord 61:1-12. 2000
  3. ncbi Social network, social support, and loneliness in older persons with different chronic diseases
    B W Penninx
    Vrije University, Amsterdam
    J Aging Health 11:151-68. 1999
  4. ncbi Minor and major depression and the risk of death in older persons
    B W Penninx
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:889-95. 1999
  5. ncbi Chronically depressed mood and cancer risk in older persons
    B W Penninx
    Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 90:1888-93. 1998
  6. ncbi [Effects of depression on physical health and mortality in the elderly. Longitudinal results of the LASA research]
    B W Penninx
    EMGO Instituut, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
    Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 31:211-8. 2000
  7. ncbi Depression and cardiac mortality: results from a community-based longitudinal study
    B W Penninx
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:221-7. 2001
  8. ncbi Lower extremity performance in nondisabled older persons as a predictor of subsequent hospitalization
    B W Penninx
    Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 55:M691-7. 2000
  9. ncbi Determinants of different dimensions of disease severity in asthma and COPD : pulmonary function and health-related quality of life
    H A Wijnhoven
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Chest 119:1034-42. 2001
  10. ncbi Psychological distress in victims of elder mistreatment: the effects of social support and coping
    H C Comijs
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 54:P240-5. 1999

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Effects of social support and personal coping resources on depressive symptoms: different for various chronic diseases?
    B W Penninx
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Health Psychol 17:551-8. 1998
    ..Receiving instrumental support was associated with more depressive symptoms, especially in diabetes patients...
  2. ncbi Changes in depression and physical decline in older adults: a longitudinal perspective
    B W Penninx
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, v d Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Affect Disord 61:1-12. 2000
    ..The impact of chronicity and changes in depression on physical decline over time in older persons has not been elucidated...
  3. ncbi Social network, social support, and loneliness in older persons with different chronic diseases
    B W Penninx
    Vrije University, Amsterdam
    J Aging Health 11:151-68. 1999
    ..This study examines whether patterns of social network size, functional social support, and loneliness are different for older persons with different types of chronic diseases...
  4. ncbi Minor and major depression and the risk of death in older persons
    B W Penninx
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:889-95. 1999
    ..This study determined the effect of both minor and major depression on mortality and examined the role of confounding and explanatory variables on this relationship...
  5. ncbi Chronically depressed mood and cancer risk in older persons
    B W Penninx
    Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 90:1888-93. 1998
    ..We examined whether a high level of depressive symptoms, present for a long time, is associated with increased risk of cancer in the elderly...
  6. ncbi [Effects of depression on physical health and mortality in the elderly. Longitudinal results of the LASA research]
    B W Penninx
    EMGO Instituut, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
    Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 31:211-8. 2000
    ..These results show that late-life depression has strong unfavorable physical health consequences. The consequences of minor depression are comparable with those of major depression...
  7. ncbi Depression and cardiac mortality: results from a community-based longitudinal study
    B W Penninx
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:221-7. 2001
    ..This study examined and compared the effect of depression on cardiac mortality in community-dwelling persons with and without cardiac disease...
  8. ncbi Lower extremity performance in nondisabled older persons as a predictor of subsequent hospitalization
    B W Penninx
    Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 55:M691-7. 2000
    ..This study examines, in initially nondisabled older persons, the impact of reduced lower extremity performance on subsequent hospitalizations...
  9. ncbi Determinants of different dimensions of disease severity in asthma and COPD : pulmonary function and health-related quality of life
    H A Wijnhoven
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Chest 119:1034-42. 2001
    ..To identify determinants of pulmonary function and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) to better understand disease severity in patients with asthma and COPD...
  10. ncbi Psychological distress in victims of elder mistreatment: the effects of social support and coping
    H C Comijs
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 54:P240-5. 1999
    ..The beneficial role of social support, locus of control, and perceived self-efficacy on the level of psychological distress could be of importance in the development of future intervention programs...
  11. ncbi Association of depression and gender with mortality in old age. Results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)
    R A Schoevers
    Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Valeriusplein 9, 1075 BG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Br J Psychiatry 177:336-42. 2000
    ..The association between depression and increased mortality risk in older persons may depend on the severity of the depressive disorder and gender...
  12. ncbi Determinants of an incorrect inhalation technique in patients with asthma or COPD
    A E Hesselink
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Department of General Practice, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Scand J Prim Health Care 19:255-60. 2001
    ..To determine the prevalence of an incorrect inhalation technique and to examine its determinants among primary care patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
  13. ncbi Coimpairments as predictors of severe walking disability in older women
    T Rantanen
    Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry Program, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 49:21-7. 2001
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