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Cosmic transcendence and framework of meaning in life: patterns among older adults in the NetherlandsArjan W Braam
Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61:S121-8. 2006..The aim of the present study was to examine (a) how cosmic transcendence relates to having a framework of meaning in life and (b) whether religiousness and demographic characteristics influence possible relationships...- [The Longitudinal Ageing Study Amsterdam: a survey of 17 years of research into changes in daily functioning]D J H Deeg
EMGO Instituut, Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 40:217-27. 2009..Based on the findings presented, some suggestions for this are given. Also, some directions for future research are described... 
Challenges at work and financial rewards to stimulate longer workforce participationKarin I Proper
Department of Public and Occupational Health and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hum Resour Health 7:70. 2009..CONCLUSION: Based on the findings, it was concluded that measures that promote challenges at work, together with financial stimuli, seem to be promising in order to prolong workforce participation...- Explanations of socioeconomic differences in changes in physical function in older adults: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamAnnemarie Koster
Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 6:244. 2006.... - Utilization of acute and long-term care in the last year of life: comparison with survivors in a population-based studyAnne Margriet Pot
EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Health Serv Res 9:139. 2009.... - Disaster and associated changes in physical and mental health in older residentsDorly J H Deeg
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Public Health 15:170-4. 2005..The ongoing Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam has one pre-disaster and several post-disaster observations, making it possible to study changes in health, taking pre-disaster health characteristics into account... - Change of serum albumin and risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamB W M Schalk
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Epidemiol 164:969-77. 2006..These findings suggest that older persons with a decrease in serum albumin concentration, even within the normal range, might be at increased risk of incident CVD. Change in serum albumin may be used as an early marker for CVD risk... - Robine and Michel's "Looking forward to a general theory on population aging": population aging: the benefit of global versus local theoryDorly J H Deeg
Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine/LASA, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:M600; author reply M616-20. 2004 - Change in serum albumin and subsequent decline in functional status in older personsBianca W M Schalk
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aging Clin Exp Res 17:297-305. 2005..This study examines whether a three-year change in serum albumin concentration is associated with subsequent decline in functional status in older persons... - [Epidemiology from a life's perspective]Dorly Deeg
Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum, Instituut voor Extramuraal Geneeskundig Onderzoek/LASA, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 35:143-5. 2004 - Longitudinal characterization of course types of functional limitationsDorly J H Deeg
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine LASA, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Disabil Rehabil 27:253-61. 2005..Longitudinal data have provided evidence on factors that increase the risk of incidence of functional limitations. However, little insight exists in course types of functional limitations other than simple incidence or recovery... - [15 year Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Theme introduction]D J H Deeg
VU Medisch Centrum, EMGO-Instituut, LASA, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 37:216-7. 2006 - European Project on OSteoArthritis (EPOSA): methodological challenges in harmonization of existing data from five European population-based cohorts on agingLaura A Schaap
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:272. 2011..The aim of the current report is to describe the purpose of the project, the post harmonization of the cross-national data and methodological challenges related to the harmonization process.. - Do major life events influence physical activity among older adults: the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamMargot A Koeneman
Research Center for Physical Activity, Work and Health, TNO VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:147. 2012..abstract:.. - Personality and the onset of depression in late lifeBas Steunenberg
Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 92:243-51. 2006..We hypothesize to find that a high neuroticism level or low levels of mastery, self-efficacy or self-esteem strengthen the impact of the health-related variables and social situational factors on the onset of depression in late life... - Late-life anemia is associated with increased risk of recurrent fallsBrenda W J H Penninx
Institute of Research in Extramural Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:2106-11. 2005..To examine whether anemia is associated with a higher incidence of recurrent falls... - Late-life depression: the differences between early- and late-onset illness in a community-based sampleJoost Janssen
Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Psychiatry, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 21:86-93. 2006..The aim of this study was to compare early-onset (EOD) and late-onset (LOD) depressive illness in a community-based sample... 
Depression is associated with decreased 25-hydroxyvitamin D and increased parathyroid hormone levels in older adultsWitte J G Hoogendijk
Research Institute Neurosciences and the Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, A J Ernststraat 887, 1081 HL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:508-12. 2008..Depression has incidentally been related to altered levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and parathyroid hormone (PTH), but this relation has never been studied systematically...- Mastery and neuroticism predict recovery of depression in later lifeBas Steunenberg
Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:234-42. 2007..The second research question investigated whether these personality characteristics moderate the negative impact of the other prognostic factors on the chance of recovery... - Endocrine and inflammatory markers as predictors of frailtyMartine T E Puts
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 63:403-11. 2005..To examine the association of serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP) and IGF-1 with prevalent and incident frailty... - Frequency and determinants of advance directives concerning end-of-life care in The NetherlandsMette L Rurup
VU University Medical Center, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 62:1552-63. 2006..Furthermore, the enabling factor of a higher level of education, the need factor of contact with a medical specialist in the past 6 months, and the death of a marital partner were associated with the formulation of an AD... - Serum albumin and muscle strength: a longitudinal study in older men and womenBianca W M Schalk
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1331-8. 2005..05). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that low serum albumin, even within the normal range, is independently associated with weaker muscle strength and future decline in muscle strength in older women and men... - The impact of change in cognitive functioning and cognitive decline on disability, well-being, and the use of healthcare services in older persons. Results of Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamHannie C Comijs
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 19:316-23. 2005..With the aging of the population, the number of persons with cognitive impairment is likely to increase, and appropriate services should be available to them... - Contribution of metabolic syndrome components to cognition in older individualsMiranda G Dik
EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetes Care 30:2655-60. 2007..However, it is not known what the roles of the individual components of the metabolic syndrome on cognition are... - Wartime stressors and mental health symptoms as predictors of late-life mortality in World War II survivorsInge Bramsen
Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 103:121-9. 2007..The current study examines wartime stress in relation to late-life mortality among 1448 World War II survivors, and potential mediating effects of mental health symptoms that were assessed in 1992... - Childhood adversity, recent life events and depression in late lifeHannie C Comijs
Department of Psychiatry, EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 103:243-6. 2007..The study investigates whether persons who have experienced childhood adversity are more likely to develop depressive symptoms when faced with recent events... - Vitamin D status predicts physical performance and its decline in older personsIlse S Wicherts
Department of Endocrinology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:2058-65. 2007..Vitamin D deficiency is common among older people and can cause mineralization defects, bone loss, and muscle weakness... - Socioeconomic differences in incident depression in older adults: the role of psychosocial factors, physical health status, and behavioral factorsAnnemarie Koster
Department of Health Care Studies, Section of Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Psychosom Res 61:619-27. 2006.... - Prayer and depressive symptoms in a period of secularization: patterns among older adults in the NetherlandsArjan W Braam
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO and Department of Psychiatry, VU Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:273-81. 2007..Prayer is generally recognized as an important aspect of religiousness. Relatively few empiric studies examined the relation between prayer and depressive symptoms in later life, and findings so far are mixed... - Major depression in late life is associated with both hypo- and hypercortisolemiaMarijke A Bremmer
Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Biol Psychiatry 62:479-86. 2007..We also examined whether this might represent different depression subtypes... - Low serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in older persons and the risk of nursing home admissionMarjolein Visser
Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Am J Clin Nutr 84:616-22; quiz 671-2. 2006..The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in nursing home patients is high... - Prevention of late-life depression in primary care: do we know where to begin?Robert A Schoevers
Mentrum Mental Health Care, 2e Constantijn Huijgensstraat 37, 1054 AG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Psychiatry 163:1611-21. 2006..This study attempted to compare two models for selective (people at elevated risk) and indicated (those with subsyndromal depressive symptoms) prevention and to determine the optimal strategy for prevention of late-life depression... - Inflammatory markers and loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and strengthLaura A Schaap
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Am J Med 119:526.e9-17. 2006.... - Depression in older age is a risk factor for first ischemic cardiac eventsMarijke A Bremmer
Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:523-30. 2006..The authors hypothesized that the cardiac morbidity and mortality after depression in late life is mediated by subclinical atherosclerosis and is thus confined to ischemic heart diseases... - The relationship between generalized anxiety disorder, depression and mortality in old ageTjalling J Holwerda
Department of Psychiatry, Mentrum Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:241-9. 2007..However, little is known about the relation between generalized anxiety disorder, mixed anxiety-depression (generalized anxiety disorder and depression) and excess mortality in the elderly... - Sex differences in the risk of frailty for mortality independent of disability and chronic diseasesMartine T E Puts
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:40-7. 2005..To determine the effect of static and dynamic frailty on mortality in older men and women... - Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder in older adultsWilleke H van Zelst
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychother Psychosom 72:333-42. 2003..Increased knowledge on vulnerability factors for PTSD can facilitate diagnostic procedures and health management in the elderly... - Income differentials in functional disability in old age: relative risks of onset, recovery, decline, attrition and mortalityMarjolein I Broese van Groenou
Department of Sociology and Social Gerontology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aging Clin Exp Res 15:174-83. 2003..This longitudinal study aimed at comparing income differences in the course of disability, non-mortality attrition and mortality in older adults... - The influence of differing social ties on decline in physical functioning among older people with and without chronic diseases: the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamM Isabella Bisschop
VU University Medical Center, Institue for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aging Clin Exp Res 15:164-73. 2003..This study examines whether differing types of social ties and support differentially mitigate the negative effects of chronic diseases on decline in physical functioning... - Early life physical activity and cognition at old ageMiranda Dik
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:643-53. 2003..This finding supports the cognitive reserve hypothesis, and might suggest that early life physical activity may delay late-life cognitive deficits... - Concepts of self-rated health: specifying the gender difference in mortality riskDorly J H Deeg
Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gerontologist 43:376-86; discussion 372-5. 2003..For these concepts, the gender-specific risks of mortality were evaluated for a short and a longer follow-up period... - Self-rated health, gender, and mortality in older persons: introduction to a special sectionDorly J H Deeg
Vrije Universiteit Medical Center/LASA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gerontologist 43:369-71. 2003 - Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and cognitive decline in older personsMiranda G Dik
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurobiol Aging 24:573-81. 2003..78; 95% CI, 1.19-2.68). In summary, this study suggests that IGF-I levels below 9.4 nmol/l are negatively associated with both the level and decline of information processing speed... - Drug treatment in depressed elderly in the Dutch communityCaroline M Sonnenberg
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, LASA, Room H 061, Vrije Universiteit, Van de Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:99-104. 2003..We investigated antidepressant and benzodiazepine use in an older community sample, and assessed possible risk factors associated with non-treatment in depressed elderly... - Relationship between changes in depressive symptoms and unhealthy lifestyles in late middle aged and older persons: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamCoen H van Gool
Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Age Ageing 32:81-7. 2003..Primary objective: to determine if depressed mood is associated with unhealthy lifestyles in late middle aged and older people, with or without chronic somatic diseases... - Health profiles and profile-specific health expectancies of older women and men: The NetherlandsDorly J H Deeg
Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Women Aging 14:27-46. 2002..Their greater number of years spent in these health states have direct consequences for the type and cost of care women need... - Physical activity as a determinant of change in mobility performance: the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamMarjolein Visser
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1774-81. 2002..This study examined the association of (change in) physical activity and decline in mobility performance in older men and women... - The natural history of late-life depression: a 6-year prospective study in the communityAartjan T F Beekman
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Extramural Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:605-11. 2002..The primary aim was to study the natural history of late-life depression, systematically comparing those who did with those who did not fulfill rigorous diagnostic criteria... - Longitudinal relationship between pain and depression in older adults: sex, age and physical disabilitySandra W Geerlings
Department of Psychiatry Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 37:23-30. 2002..In the present study, the longitudinal relationship between pain and depression in older adults was examined, thereby taking into account the role of physical disability and the possibly modifying effect of sex and age... - The association of hearing impairment and chronic diseases with psychosocial health status in older ageSophia E Kramer
Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Aging Health 14:122-37. 2002.... - Cross-national determinants of quality of life from six longitudinal studies on aging: the CLESA projectNadia Minicuci
National Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Aging Unit, Padova, Italy
Aging Clin Exp Res 15:187-202. 2003..The design of each study is briefly introduced and the methodology leading to the harmonization of the common variables is described... - Low vitamin D and high parathyroid hormone levels as determinants of loss of muscle strength and muscle mass (sarcopenia): the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamMarjolein Visser
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88:5766-72. 2003..05-5.28) based on muscle mass. The associations were similar in men and women. The results of this prospective, population-based study show that lower 25-OHD and higher PTH levels increase the risk of sarcopenia in older men and women... - Stability and change of neuroticism in agingBas Steunenberg
Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije University, Van der Boechorstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1081 BT, The Netherlands
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:P27-33. 2005..In conclusion, neuroticism remains rather stable in middle and older adulthood, with some apparent increase in late life... - Depression in older persons with versus without vascular disease in the open population: similar depressive symptom patterns, more disabilityEls Licht-Strunk
Department of General Practice, Institute of Extramural Medicine EMGO, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 83:155-60. 2004..The aim of the present study is to examine whether depressed older persons in the open population with and without vascular disease show different symptom patterns... - Anxiety and the risk of death in older men and womenHein P J van Hout
Department of General Practice, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 185:399-404. 2004..There are inconsistent reports as to whether people with anxiety disorders have a higher mortality risk... - Impact of depression on disablement in late middle aged and older persons: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamCoen H van Gool
Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, P O Box 616, Maastricht 6200 MD, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 60:25-36. 2005..Reduction of depression may help slow down the process of disablement for persons who find themselves in those stages of the model... - Preferences in end-of-life care of older persons: after-death interviews with proxy respondentsMarianne Klinkenberg
Department of Social Medicine, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 59:2467-77. 2004..Stimulating the formulation of ADs may help professionals who work with older people to understand these preferences better, especially in the case of non-cancer patients and those with low PSE... - Do severity and duration of depressive symptoms predict cognitive decline in older persons? Results of the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamHannie C Comijs
Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aging Clin Exp Res 16:226-32. 2004.... - Different aspects of visual impairment as risk factors for falls and fractures in older men and womenMichiel R de Boer
Department of Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam 1007 MB, The Netherlands
J Bone Miner Res 19:1539-47. 2004..The analyses showed that impaired vision is an independent risk factor for both recurrent falling and fractures... - Religious involvement and 6-year course of depressive symptoms in older Dutch citizens: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamArjan W Braam
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Aging Health 16:467-89. 2004..Expanding on cross-sectional studies, associations are examined between religious involvement and the 6-year course of depressive symptoms in older adults... - Chronic diseases and depression: the modifying role of psychosocial resourcesM Isabella Bisschop
Vrije University Medical Center, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 1081 BT, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 59:721-33. 2004..This suggests that interventions to enhance specific resources may ameliorate depressive symptoms in specific chronic patients groups... - The longitudinal relation between chronic diseases and depression in older persons in the community: the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamM Isabella Bisschop
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 57:187-94. 2004.... - Lower levels of serum albumin and total cholesterol and future decline in functional performance in older persons: the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamBianca W M Schalk
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Age Ageing 33:266-72. 2004..Both serum albumin and total cholesterol are potential markers of frailty. A decline in functional status is one of the key components of frailty... - Comorbidity of somatic chronic diseases and decline in physical functioning:; the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamDidi M W Kriegsman
Department of General Practice, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, BT 1081 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 57:55-65. 2004..To assess the association of decline in physical functioning with number of chronic diseases and with specific comorbidity in different index diseases... - Are IADLs comparable across countries? Sociodemographic associates of harmonized IADL measuresSuvi Nikula
University of Tampere, School of Public Health, Tampere, Finland
Aging Clin Exp Res 15:451-9. 2003..The focus of this report is to examine the comparability of IADLs across countries and to study the association of IADLs with age, gender and socioeconomic status, and the scalability of the measure... - The course of cognitive decline in older persons: results from the longitudinal aging study amsterdamHannie C Comijs
Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 17:136-42. 2004..Of this group, 44% recovered from cognitive decline or stayed stable in the next 3 years. Especially older age, memory complaints and an increase of cardiovascular diseases at follow-up predict further deterioration... - Activity in older adults: cause or consequence of cognitive functioning? A longitudinal study on everyday activities and cognitive performance in older adultsMarja J Aartsen
Department of Sociology and Social Gerontology, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:P153-62. 2002..It is suggested that no specific activity, but rather socioeconomic status to which activities are closely connected, contributes to maintenance of cognitive functions...