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This study set out to evaluate the association between job demands at baseline and physical performance over a six-year period across three cohorts of older Dutch workers examined 10 years apart. Data were drawn from three cohorts (1992–1999, 2002–2009 and 2012–2019) of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Individuals aged 55–65 years from each...
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to develop an index to measure older adults' exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic and to study its association with various domains of functioning.
Design:
Cross-sectional study.
Setting:
The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA), a cohort study in the Netherlands.
Participants:
Community-dwelling older...
Background
Female older workers generally leave the work force earlier than men. Depressive symptoms are a risk factor of early work exit and are more common in women. To extend working lives, pathways leading to these sex inequalities need to be identified. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of sex and gender with depressive...
Very few studies have investigated frailty among older immigrants in Europe. The aim of the current study was to investigate inequalities in frailty in young-olds related to gender, educational level and country of origin, as well as intersections between these characteristics. Cross-sectional data were used from older Turkish and Moroccan immigran...
Objectives
The aim of this study was to develop an index to measure older adults’ exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to study its association with various domains of functioning.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA), a cohort study in the Netherlands.
Participants
Community dwelling older adults...
Frailty is associated with a higher risk of mortality, but not much is known about underlying pathways of the frailty-mortality association. In this study, we explore a wide range of possible mediators of the relation between frailty and mortality. Data were used from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). We included 1477 older adults aged...
This study examines occupation-based differences in life expectancy and the extent to which health accounts for these differences. Twentyseven-year survival follow-up data were used from the Dutch population-based Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (n = 2,531), initial ages 55–85 years. Occupation was based on longest-held job. Results show that th...
Purpose
Delay of routine medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic may have serious consequences for the health and functioning of older adults. The aim of this study was to investigate whether older adults reported cancellation or avoidance of medical care during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to explore associations with health an...
Introduction:
Frailty can be seen as a continuum, from fit to frail. While many recent studies have focused on frailty, much less attention has been paid to the other end of the continuum: the group of older adults that remain (relatively) vital. Moreover, there is a lack of studies on frailty and vitality that investigate predictors from multiple...
To be able to extend working lives, maintaining good health in older workers is important. The aim of the present study was to identify which work characteristics are associated with physical and mental health outcomes in older workers in the Netherlands, and particularly whether there are educational differences in these associations. We used long...
Die Beziehungen zwischen Gesundheit und Verrentung sind sehr komplex. Einerseits ist Gesundheit eine wesentliche Determinante des Renteneintrittszeitpunkts (van den Berg, Elders & Burdorf 2010; Rice et al. 2010), andererseits sind sowohl frühere Arbeitsbedingungen wie auch der Übergangsprozess selbst wichtige Einflussfaktoren (im Sinne von „Fernwir...
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES
Frailty, loneliness, and social isolation are all associated with adverse outcomes in older adults, but little is known about their combined impact on mortality.
DESIGN
Prospective cohort study.
SETTING
The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam.
PARTICIPANTS
Community‐dwelling older adults aged 65 and older (n = 1,427).
MEASU...
The aim of this study was to identify macro-level determinants of early work exit and investigate whether the effects of these determinants differ across educational groups. We used data from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) (2011–2013) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) (2010/2011–2012/2013) as well as...
Objectives
Previous research has shown that poor physical and mental health are important risk factors for early work exit. We examined potential differences in this association in older workers (50+) across educational levels.
Methods
Coordinated analyses were carried out in longitudinal data sets from four European countries: the Netherlands (Lo...
The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is a prospective cohort study of older adults in the Netherlands, initially based on a nationally representative sample of people aged 55–84 years. The study has been ongoing since 1992, and focuses on the determinants, trajectories and consequences of physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioni...
Background:
Educational inequalities in health have been widely reported. A low educational level is associated with more adverse working conditions. Working conditions, in turn, are associated with health and there is evidence that this association remains after work exit. Because many countries are raising the statutory retirement age, lower edu...
Poor health after retirement may have an important economic and societal impact and may be affected by macro-level factors. Our aim was to examine whether macro-level factors are associated with health and educational differences in health in recent retirees. We used data covering 18 European countries from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retireme...
To examine social information processing in children and adolescents with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).
Thirty-two children with NF1 (12 males, 20 females; mean age 12y 4mo, SD 4y) and 32 comparison children (12 males, 20 females; mean age 13y 1mo, SD 3y 11mo) completed face recognition, identification of facial emotions (IFE), and matching facia...
