Dorly Deeg

Biographic Data

ID1734801
NAMEDorly Deeg
GIVEN NAMESDorly
FAMILY NAMEDeeg
SIGNATUREDEEG D
AFFILIATIONSAmsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
ORCID0000-0003-1131-6855
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS88
TOTAL CITATIONS314
AUTHOR COUNT88
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX10

  • Two decades of end-of-life conditions of older adults

    Open AccessDorly Deeg, H Roeline W Pasman et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2025

    In non-cancer decedents, but not in cancer decedents, the dying process was more protracted in 2018 than in 2008. Level and increase in symptom severity did not improve over time for both cancer and non-cancer decedents, suggesting that improvement of palliative care is warranted for both groups

  • Late-career workforce participation in times of rising state pension age

    Open AccessDorly Deeg, Maaike van der Noordt et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    In a period of rising SPA, an increasing share of workers aged 61-SPA continued work participation. Health played a minor role, whereas motivation to work became more important. Our findings suggest that the feasibility of maintaining late-career workers in the workforce requires attention to both health maintenance and enhancement of motivational factors at work

  • Trends in long-term care use among Dutch older men and women between 1995 and 2016

    Open AccessMari Aaltonen, Dorly Deeg et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2024References: 50

    This study examines whether the gender gap in long-term care use in the Netherlands has changed between 1995 and 2016. Previous research has shown that women use more formal care services than men, while men use more informal care. In the past decades, there have been changes in the individual determinants of care use, such as health and social resources, and care provision. This raises the question of whether gender differences in care use have …

  • Joint Trajectories of Performance-Based and Self-Reported Physical Functioning in Older Adults

    Open AccessDorly Deeg, Emiel O Hoogendijk et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2024References: 5

    Background The well-known disablement process has been conceptualized as a series of transitions between progressive states of functional decline. We studied joint patterns of change within disablement states defined as walking speed, grip strength, and self-reported disability. Methods 1702 participants aged 65 and over were included from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, spanning seven waves over 20 years (1996–2016). Group-based multi-tr…

  • Social and physical neighbourhood characteristics and 10-year incidence of depression and anxiety in older adults

    Open AccessIrina Motoc, Emiel O Hoogendijk et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023Cited by: 3References: 54

  • Exploring Health Trends Prior to State Pension Age for The Netherlands up to 2040

    Open AccessMaaike van der Noordt, Johan J Polder et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    This study's explorations suggest that a substantial share of people will be in moderate or poor health and, thus, may have difficulty continuing working. Policy aiming at sustainable employability will, therefore, remain important, even in the case of the most favorable scenario

  • Sex and gender differences in depressive symptoms in older workers

    Open AccessSascha de Breij, Martijn Huisman et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Older female workers and older feminine workers have more depressive symptoms than their male/masculine counterparts. Autonomy and task variation appeared to be important in - partially - explaining gender differences in depressive symptoms rather than sex differences. By improving these conditions, gender inequality in mental health among older workers can be reduced, so that both genders have similar chances to reach the retirement age in good …

  • A Coordinated Multi-study Analysis of the Longitudinal Association Between Handgrip Strength and Cognitive Function in Older Adults

    Andrea R Zammit, Andrea M Piccinin et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2021

    OBJECTIVE: Handgrip strength, an indicator of overall muscle strength, has been found to be associated with slower rate of cognitive decline and decreased risk for cognitive impairment and dementia. However, evaluating the replicability of associations between aging-related changes in physical and cognitive functioning is challenging due to differences in study designs and analytical models. A multiple-study coordinated analysis approach was used…

  • Occupation-Based Life Expectancy

    Open AccessDorly Deeg, Wouter de Tavernier et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sociology2021Cited by: 1References: 5

    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 the non-skilled general, technical and transport domains had an up to 3.5-year shorter life expectanc…

  • Capturing Subjective Age, Subjective Life Expectancy, and Their Links With Older Adults’ Health

    Open AccessDorly Deeg, Erik J Timmermans et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2021References: 9

    Objectives: This study compares the associations of two subjective lifetime perspectives, subjective age (SA) and subjective life expectancy (SLE), with physical performance, self-rated health, and depressive symptoms. Methods: 64 91-year-old participants were selected from three waves of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (2008/09, 2011/12, 2015/16; n = 1822 participants, n = 3500 observations) that included graphical and numerical measures …

  • Neighborhood environment, social participation, and physical activity in older adults with lower limb osteoarthritis

    Open AccessFlorian Herbolsheimer, Nadine Ungar et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2021Cited by: 1References: 1

  • Social and physical neighbourhood characteristics and loneliness among older adults

    Open AccessErik J Timmermans, Irina Motoc et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2021References: 29

    Background Loneliness is associated with several adverse mental and physical health outcomes in older adults. Previous studies have shown that a variety of individual-level and perceived area-level characteristics are associated with loneliness. This study examined the associations of objectively measured social and physical neighbourhood characteristics with loneliness. Methods We used cross-sectional data from 1959 older adults (63–98 years) wh…

  • Occupational Exposures Associated with Life Expectancy without and with Disability

    Open AccessAstrid de Wind, Ranu Sewdas et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Policies to extend working lives often do not take into account potentially important health inequalities arising from differences in occupational exposures. Little is known about which occupational exposures are associated with these inequalities. This study aims to examine differences in life expectancy without and with disability by occupational exposures. Longitudinal data (1992-2016) on disability and physical and psychosocial work demands a…

  • Macro-level determinants of post-retirement health and health inequalities

    Open AccessSascha de Breij, Martijn Huisman et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020

    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 Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) on 8867 respondents who had…

  • Perceived Importance and Enjoyment of Sexuality in Late Midlife

    Open AccessKarolina Kołodziejczak, Johanna Drewelies et al.ARTICLESexuality Research and Social…2020Cited by: 1References: 17

    Introduction Age-related declines in multiple facets of sexuality in later life are well documented. However, most studies have been cross-sectional with data collected at one point in time, leaving questions about cohort differences and interrelated historical changes in physical health and psychosocial functioning unanswered. Methods We examined cohort differences in perceived importance and enjoyment of sexuality in late midlife using data fro…

  • Trends in working conditions and health across three cohorts of older workers in 1993, 2003 and 2013

    Open AccessMaaike van der Noordt, H J Hordijk et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Changes in working conditions may not contribute to improved physical and psychological functioning, but do contribute to improved cognitive functioning to some extent. Further adjustment of physical work demands and psychosocial work resources may help to reach sustainable employability of older workers

  • Educational inequalities in health after work exit

    Open AccessSascha de Breij, Jeevitha Yogachandiran Qvist et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Educational inequalities in health are still present after work exit. If workers are to spend an extended part of their lives at work due to an increase in the statutory retirement age, these health inequalities may increase. Improving working conditions will likely reduce these inequalities in health

  • Associations of neighbourhood sociodemographic characteristics with depressive and anxiety symptoms in older age

    Open AccessIrina Motoc, Erik J Timmermans et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2019Cited by: 3References: 8

    We examined the long-term association between objective neighbourhood sociodemographic characteristics (index of socioeconomic position (SEP), average income, percent low-income earners, average house price, percent immigrants and urban density) with depressive and anxiety symptoms, covering five 3-year waves of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (n = 3,772). Multi-level regression models assessed each neighbourhood-level characteristic separ…

  • The Linkage Between Aging, Migration, and Resilience

    Open AccessSilvia Klokgieters, Silvia S Klokgieters et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2019Cited by: 3References: 12

    The study illustrates a link between conditions across life stages, migration, and resilience. Resilient immigrants are better able to accumulate financial and social and other resources across life stages, whereas less resilient immigrants lose access to resources in different life stages

  • Factors across life associated with remaining free from functional limitations despite lifelong exposure to socioeconomic adversity

    Almar A L Kok, Mark Stafford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2019References: 39

    BACKGROUND: There are substantial socioeconomic inequalities in functional limitations in old age. Resilience may offer new insights into these inequalities by identifying constellations of factors that protect some individuals from developing functional limitations despite socioeconomic adversity. METHODS: Data from 1973 participants in the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (Great Britain), followed from birth un…

  • A Healthy Lifestyle in Old Age and Prospective Change in Four Domains of Functioning

    Open AccessMarjolein Visser, Hanneke A H Wijnhoven et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2018Cited by: 3References: 3

    Objective: The aim of this article is to study the associations between healthy lifestyle in old age and decline in physical, psychological, cognitive, and social functioning. Method: A population-based sample of 3,107 Dutch men and women aged 55 and 85 years (1992/1993; Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam) was used with five 3-yeary follow-up examinations. Lifestyle score, based on smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and body …

  • Year Trends in Life Expectancy in Good and Poor Physical and Cognitive Health at Age 65 Years in the Netherlands, 1993–2016

    Dorly J H Deeg, Dorly Deeg et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2018Cited by: 3References: 33

    Objectives. To examine 23-year trends in both physically and cognitively healthy life expectancy from age 65 years in the Netherlands. Methods. We used 8 waves between 1993 and 2016 from the nationally representative Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (12 948 observations). We calculated physically and cognitively healthy life expectancies by using the Sullivan life table method and tested prevalence trends over time by using generalized estimati…

  • Sociaal-economische ongelijkheden in ‘succesvol ouder worden’

    Almar A L Kok, Almar Kok et al.ARTICLEMens & Maatschappij2017

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  • Early life undernutrition and adult height

    Open AccessFrance Portrait, F R M Portrait et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2017

  • Resilience in the Disabling Effect of Gait Speed Among Older Turkish and Moroccan Immigrants and Native Dutch

    Open AccessSilvia Klokgieters, Silvia S Klokgieters et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2017Cited by: 2References: 16

    Moroccans and Dutch appeared to be more resilient against impairments than Turks. As none of the resilience factors buffered in all three populations, we conclude that resilience mechanisms are not universal across populations