G I J M Kempen

Biographic Data

ID	197976
NAME	G I J M Kempen
GIVEN NAMES	G I J M
FAMILY NAME	Kempen
SIGNATURE	KEMPEN G I J M
AFFILIATIONS	Maastricht University
ORCID	0000-0002-7053-2198
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	59
TOTAL CITATIONS	227
AUTHOR COUNT	59
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2021
H-INDEX	9

Definitions, key themes and aspects of ‘ageing in place’: A scoping review
Open AccessKatinka E Pani-Harreman, Gerrie J J W Bours et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2021
The purpose is to give an overview of the extent, range and nature of existing definitions of the concept ‘ageing in place’. Providing such an overview may be helpful, for policy makers, researchers, communities and service providers, to make sense of the versatility and uses of the concept, and allow the improvement and increase the success of efforts to contribute to the quality of life of older people. The overview was created using Arksey and…
Senior Friendly Communities: Designing an approach for cross-border exchange of public health policy
Open AccessMignon Chloë Philomela Schichel, M Veenstra et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2020
Meanings of Care Convoys: The Structure, Function, and Adequacy of Care Networks Among Frail, Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Open AccessDeborah Lambotte, An-Sofie Smetcoren et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2020Cited by: 6References: 60
Researchers propose that the convoy of care model should be used to study care networks of frail, older individuals. Care convoys are defined as the evolving collection of individuals who may or may not have close personal connections to the recipient or to one another, but who provide care, including help with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), socio-emotional care, skilled health care, monitor…
Social Participation in the Daily Lives of Frail Older Adults: Types of Participation and Influencing Factors
Open AccessD Duppen, Deborah Lambotte et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2019Cited by: 6References: 6
Findings advance our knowledge and recognition of the different ways frail older adults participate in society. Despite their frailty, older adults wish to stay socially active. Focusing on the social environment in the frameworks and policies of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities will benefit these individuals
Experiences of home‐care workers with the ‘Stay Active at Home’ programme targeting reablement of community‐living older adults: An exploratory study
Open AccessRowan G M Smeets, G I J M Kempen et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2019Cited by: 2References: 2
To face the challenges of an ageing population, many Western countries nowadays stimulate an ageing in place policy to empower older adults to grow old in their own homes with the highest degree of self-reliance. However, many community-living older adults experience limitations in (instrumental) activities of daily living ((I)ADLs), which may result in a need for home-care services. Unfortunately, home-care workers often provide support by takin…
Detecting frail, older adults and identifying their strengths: Results of a mixed-methods study
Open AccessDury, E Dierckx et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018
The findings indicate that frailty among older individuals can be considered as a dynamic state and, regardless of frailty, balancing factors are important in maintaining a good QoL. The study investigated not only the deficits, but also the abilities, and resources of frail, older adults. Public policymakers and healthcare organizations are encouraged to include these abilities, supplementary or even complementary to the usual focus on deficits
Relational aspects of mastery for frail, older adults: The role of informal caregivers in the care process
Open AccessDeborah Lambotte, Martinus Josephus Maria Kardol et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2018Cited by: 2References: 6
Frail, older care recipients are often thought of as individuals with a decreased mastery of everyday life skills. Various authors have proposed to acknowledge a relational dimension of mastery, defined as the ability to maintain control over one's life with the help of others. This study explores how frail, older adults experience relational aspects of mastery and the role of their informal caregivers in maintaining these aspects of mastery over…
Promoting Functional Activity Among Nursing Home Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study on Barriers Experienced by Nursing Staff
Open AccessNienke O Kuk, G A Rixt Zijlstra et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2017References: 2
Barriers that are most often experienced among nursing staff are not necessarily the barriers that are most strongly associated with nursing staff-perceived promotion of functional activity
Caregiving to Older Adults: Determinants of Informal Caregivers’ Subjective Well-being and Formal and Informal Support as Alleviating Conditions
Ellen Verbakel, Silke F Metzelthin et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2016Cited by: 7References: 4
Modification of the stress-appraisal model appears useful as it identifies which sources of support buffer at which stages of the stress process. Findings suggest that cutbacks in formal/professional care may aggravate negative well-being outcomes of informal caregiving and compromise informal caregivers' labor market participation
Development and psychometric properties of the Maastricht Personal Autonomy Questionnaire (MPAQ) in older adults with a chronic physical illness
Open AccessGodelief M J Mars, Jacques Th M Van Eijk et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2014
Validation of the Care-Related Quality of Life Instrument in different study settings: Findings from The Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey Minimum DataSet (Topics-MDS)
Open AccessJennifer E Lutomski, Job Van Exel et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2014
A blunted diurnal cortisol response in the lower educated does not explain educational differences in coronary heart disease: Findings from the Ages-Reykjavik Study
Open AccessD A I Groffen, Harke Bosma et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Cited by: 3References: 3
Socioeconomic factors from midlife predict mobility limitation and depressed mood three decades later; Findings from the Ages-Reykjavik Study
Open AccessGene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study Investigators Age, D A I…ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013
Socioeconomic factors from midlife and from childhood affect mobility limitation and depressed mood in old age. Prevention of health problems in old age should begin as early as midlife
The mediating role of disability and social support in the association between low vision and depressive symptoms in older adults
Open AccessG I J M Kempen, Adelita V Ranchor et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2013
The impact of low vision on activities of daily living, symptoms of depression, feelings of anxiety and social support in community-living older adults seeking vision rehabilitation services
Open AccessG I J M Kempen, Judith Ballemans et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2011
Vision loss has a substantial impact on activities of daily living, symptoms of depression and feelings of anxiety. Professionals working at vision rehabilitation services may improve their quality of care as they take such information into account in their intervention work
The reduction of disability in community-dwelling frail older people: Design of a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial
Open AccessSilke F Metzelthin, Erik van Rossum et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2010
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The psychometric properties of three self-report screening instruments for identifying frail older people in the community
Open AccessSilke F Metzelthin, Ramon Daniëls et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2010
The GFI and the TFI showed high internal consistency and construct validity in contrast to the SPQ. Based on these findings it is not yet possible to conclude whether the GFI or the TFI should be preferred; data on the predictive values of both instruments are needed. The SPQ seems less appropriate for postal screening of frailty among community-dwelling older people
Cross-cultural comparison between academic and lay views of healthy ageing: A literature review
Open AccessLI-WEN HUNG, G I J M Kempen et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2010
The aim of this study is to specify the concept of ‘healthy ageing’ from both western and non-western cultural perspectives, and to compare the views of academics and lay older people. Thirty-four published peer-reviewed full papers in English and Chinese (traditional characters) were identified using electronic database searches. The key components of their definitions of healthy ageing were extracted and categorised into 12 domains. The results…
Socio-demographic, health-related and psychosocial correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older persons who avoid activity due to fear of falling
Open AccessG I J M Kempen, Gertrudis IJM Kempen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2009
Psychosocial variables did not contribute independently to the difference between mild and severe fear of falling and to the difference between mild and severe avoidance of activity due to fear of falling. Although knowledge about the unique associations of specific variables with levels of severe fear of falling and avoidance of activity is of interest for theoretical reasons, knowledge of univariate association may also help to specify the conc…
The Maastricht social participation profile: Development and clinimetric properties in older adults with a chronic physical illness
Open AccessGodelief M J Mars, G I J M Kempen et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2009
The relative contributions of hostility and depressive symptoms to the income gradient in hospital-based incidence of ischaemic heart disease: 12-Year follow-up findings from the GLOBE study
Open AccessG Klabbers, Harke Bosma et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2009References: 60
Measuring Rebelliousness and Predicting Health Behaviour and Outcomes: An Investigation of the Construct Validity of the Social Reactivity Scale
Open AccessG Klabbers, Harke Bosma et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2009Cited by: 2References: 37
The Social Reactivity Scale is a questionnaire measure of individual differences in rebelliousness. The associations between rebelliousness, health behaviours and health outcomes were examined in two Dutch samples by means of cross-sectional survey data. We found moderate support for the reliability and construct validity of the scale. Findings were suggestive of rebelliousness, first, being associated with low control beliefs, second, being rela…
Lack of basic and luxury goods and health-related dysfunction in older persons; Findings from the longitudinal SMILE study
Open AccessD A I Groffen, Daniëlle AI Groffen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008
Even in a relatively wealthy country like the Netherlands, the lack of certain basic goods is not uncommon. More importantly, lack of basic goods, as an indicator of wealth, was strongly related to health-related dysfunction also when traditional measures of socioeconomic status were taken into account. In contrast, no effects of luxury goods on physical or mental dysfunction were found. Future longitudinal research is necessary to clarify the pr…
Process factors explaining the ineffectiveness of a multidisciplinary fall prevention programme: A process evaluation
Open AccessMichel H C Bleijlevens, Michel HC Bleijlevens et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008
Falls are a major health threat to older community-living people, and initiatives to prevent falls should be a public health priority. We evaluated a Dutch version of a successful British fall prevention programme. Results of this Dutch study showed no effects on falls or daily functioning. In parallel to the effect evaluation, we carried out a detailed process evaluation to assess the feasibility of our multidisciplinary fall prevention programm…
The Mediating Role of Perceived Control on the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Functional Changes in Older Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
G Barbareschi, R Sanderman et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2008Cited by: 4References: 12
Using a prospective design, this study examines the mediating effect of perceived control in explaining the predictive role of socioeconomic status (SES) in long-term changes in functional status as a consequence of the occurrence of coronary heart disease (CHD). We followed 221 older CHD patients by using a community-based survey. We collected data on patients' functional status before the onset of disease and 1 year after the diagnosis. Multipl…