Prof.dr. D.J.H. Deeg

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• ageing
• behavior
• elderly
• epidemiology
• health
• methodology
• people
• public
• research
• social

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Publications

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Kwetsbare ouderen: Zorg of geen Zorg?

Associations between Safety from Crime, Cycling, and Obesity in a Dutch Elderly Population: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

Increased risk of mortality associated with social isolation in older men: Only when feeling lonely? Results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)

The association between depressive symptoms and non-psychiatric hospitalisation in older adults

Do major life events influence physical activity among older adults: the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

All publications..

Enhanced publications

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Doctoral Thesis: On the interrelationship between cognitive and social functioning in older age

Current research

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Project leader	The identification of persons (ages 55-75 years) with memory complaints and depressed mood
Supervisor	Testing the stress vulnerability theory for cognitive decline in older persons

Completed research projects

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Supervisor	Muscles growing older: inflammatory markers and sex hormones as determinants of sarcopenia and decline in physical functioning
Researcher	Religious resources in old age common mental disorders
Supervisor	Personality and depression in late life
Project leader	Frailty and vitality: the impact of chronic conditions and depressive symptoms
Supervisor	Early detection of frailty in the medical, psychological, and social domains in a general population and in several health care settings

All completed research..

Classification

D23350	Psychiatry, clinical psychology
D23363	Geriatrics
D23370	Social medicine
D53000	Gerontology