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Overview

Dorly J. H. Deeg is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences, medicine, and health professions, with significant attention to subfields such as demography, general health professions, health, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, and geriatrics and gerontology.

Their work covers a range of topics related to aging, health outcomes, and social determinants, including:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Retirement, disability, and employment
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • Frailty in older adults
  • Global health care issues
  • Migration, aging, and tourism studies
  • Employment and welfare studies

Deeg has contributed to numerous research papers, reflecting a focus on aging, frailty, and health trajectories. Some notable recent publications include:

  • "Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples," 2020, European Journal of Personality
  • "Trends in Frailty and Its Association With Mortality: Results From the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, 1995-2016," 2021, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Clinical osteoarthritis of the hip and knee and fall risk: The role of low physical functioning and pain medication," 2020, Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
  • "Predictors of Frailty and Vitality in Older Adults Aged 75 years and Over: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam," 2021, Gerontology
  • "Educational differences in the influence of health on early work exit among older workers," 2020, Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Frequent co-authors contributing to these studies alongside Deeg include:

  • Martijn Huisman
  • Emiel O. Hoogendijk
  • Natasja M. van Schoor
  • Sascha de Breij
  • Erik J. Timmermans

Publication venues where Deeg has appeared multiple times reflect a focus on aging and health research, including:

  • European Journal of Ageing
  • Journal of Aging and Health
  • Sexuality Research and Social Policy
  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • The Gerontologist

Best Publications

  • Criterion validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D): results from a community-based sample of older subjects in The Netherlands.

    A. T. F. Beekman;D. J. H. Deeg;J. Van Limbeek;A. W. Braam

  • Low Vitamin D and High Parathyroid Hormone Levels as Determinants of Loss of Muscle Strength and Muscle Mass (Sarcopenia): The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

    Marjolein Visser;Dorly J. H. Deeg;Paul Lips

  • Depression and cardiac mortality: results from a community-based longitudinal study.

    Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Aartjan T.F. Beekman;Adriaan Honig;Dorly J.H. Deeg

  • Language differences in qualitative research: is meaning lost in translation?

    Fenna van Nes;Tineke Abma;Hans Jonsson;Dorly Deeg

  • Self-reports and general practitioner information on the presence of chronic diseases in community dwelling elderly. A study on the accuracy of patients' self-reports and on determinants of inaccuracy.

    Didi M.W. Kriegsman;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Jacques Th.M. Van Eijk;A.Joan P. Boeke

  • C-Reactive Protein, Fibrinogen, and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

    Stephen Kaptoge;Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Lisa Pennells;Angela M. Wood

  • Inflammatory markers and loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and strength.

    Laura A. Schaap;Saskia M.F. Pluijm;Dorly J.H. Deeg;Marjolein Visser;Marjolein Visser

  • Depressive symptoms and physical decline in community-dwelling older persons.

    Brenda W. J. H. Penninx;Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Eleanor M. Simonsick

  • Adiposity in relation to vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone levels : a population-based study in older men and women

    Marieke B. Snijder;Rob M. van Dam;Marjolein Visser;Dorly J. H. Deeg

  • Fall-risk screening test : A prospective study on predictors for falls in community-dwelling elderly

    A.M. Tromp;S.M.F. Pluijm;J.H. Smit;D.J.H. Deeg

  • Anxiety and Depression in Later Life: Co-Occurrence and Communality of Risk Factors

    Aartjan T.F. Beekman;Edwin de Beurs;Anton J.L.M. van Balkom;Dorly J.H. Deeg

  • Association of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With Mortality

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Stephen Kaptoge;David Wormser;Peter Willeit

  • Vitamin D status predicts physical performance and its decline in older persons.

    Ilse S Wicherts;Natasja M van Schoor;A Joan P Boeke;Marjolein Visser;Marjolein Visser

  • Higher inflammatory marker levels in older persons: associations with 5-year change in muscle mass and muscle strength

    L.A. Schaap;S.M. Pluijm;D.J.H. Deeg;T.B. Harris

  • Feelings of loneliness, but not social isolation, predict dementia onset: results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)

    Tjalling Jan Holwerda;Dorly J H Deeg;Aartjan T F Beekman;Theo G van Tilburg

  • Major and minor depression in later life: a study of prevalence and risk factors

    Aartjan T.F. Beekman;Dorly J.H Deeg;Theo van Tilburg;Jan H. Smit

  • Minor and Major Depression and the Risk of Death in Older Persons

    B. W. J. H. Penninx;S. W. Geerlings;D. J. H. Deeg;J. T. M. Van Eijk

  • Anxiety disorders in later life: a report from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam.

    Aartjan T. F. Beekman;Marijke A. Bremmer;Dorly J. H. Deeg;Anton J. L. M. Van Balkom

  • Comparison of the LASA Physical Activity Questionnaire with a 7-day diary and pedometer

    Vianda S Stel;Johannes H Smit;Saskia.M.F Pluijm;Marjolein Visser

  • Effects of Social Support and Personal Coping Resources on Mortality in Older Age: The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

    B.W.J.H. Penninx;T. van Tilburg;D.M.W. Kriegsman;D.J.H. Deeg

Frequent Co-Authors

Aartjan T.F. Beekman
Aartjan T.F. Beekman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Martijn Huisman
Martijn Huisman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hannie C. Comijs
Hannie C. Comijs VU University Medical Center
Marjolein Visser
Marjolein Visser Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Paul Lips
Paul Lips Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Arjan W. Braam
Arjan W. Braam University of Humanistic Studies
Theo G. van Tilburg
Theo G. van Tilburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marja J. Aartsen
Marja J. Aartsen OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
Elaine M. Dennison
Elaine M. Dennison University of Southampton

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