Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5456840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elisabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Steinhagen-Thiessen |
| SIGNATURE | STEINHAGEN-THIESSEN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Tracking Divergence of Objective and Subjective Health Across Age and Historical Time
Influential work in the gerontological literature in the 1990s has demonstrated that the discrepancy between objective and subjective evaluations of health increases with age. It is an open question though whether the direction and size of the age gradient in the discrepancies has changed over historical time. In this study, we examine cohort differences in age-related divergences in health evaluations using two markers of objective health (illne…
Covid-19 infections in German long-term care facilities: A descriptive three-level analysis using claims and infection statistics data from October 2020 to March 2021
We found evidence of individual, facility, and regional levels factors associated with COVID-19 infections among older adults in LTCFs. Future measures to combat infections, outbreaks, and pandemics should take an orchestrated multilevel approach
Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals
We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a sample of ~3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome-wide-significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A genome-wide polygenic predictor, or polygenic index (PGI), explains 12–16% of EA variance and contributes to risk prediction for ten diseases. Direct effects (i.e., controlling for parental PGIs) explain roughly half th…
Sociohistorical Change in Urban Older Adults’ Perceived Speed of Time and Time Pressure
These findings document sociohistorical trends toward greater perceived time pressure and reduced heterogeneity in perceived speed of time among later-born urban adults. Conceptualizations of social acceleration should thus consider the whole adult life span
Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment
Personality development in old age relates to physical health and cognitive performance: Evidence from the Berlin Aging Study II
Prevalence of obesity in primary care using different anthropometric measures – Results of the German Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk Project (Gemcas)
There is a high prevalence of obesity (24.7% of male and 23.3% of female) and, in particular, abdominal obesity (36.4% of male and 41.5% of female) in adults attending a primary care physician in Germany. The determination of the BMI is sufficient to assess risk in normal weight and obese patients, while a high WC identifies high risk patients from within the overweight group
Predicting Health Care Utilization in the Very Old: The Role of Physical Health, Mental Health, Attitudinal and Social Factors
The purpose of this paper is to predict health care utilization in the very old from a combination of individual-based factors such as physical and mental health, health attitudes and beliefs, sociodemographic characteristics, and life circumstances. This study was conducted within the context of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Higher use of medications was most strongly predicted by more medical diagnoses, better cognitive status, and health atti…
The Berlin Aging Study
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The Berlin Aging Study (Base): Overview and Design
This article, the introduction to a collection of six related articles, describes the general rationale and design of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). The distinguishing features of BASE are: (1) a special focus on the very old (70–105 years), (2) broad inter-diciplinarity (medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and economics), and (3) sample heterogeneity achieved by local (West Berlin) representativeness. In addition to discipline-specific t…
Health Differences in Advanced Old Age
The first part of this paper provides a general outline of objectives and methods of the Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Unit of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Based on a multi-dimensional conceptualization of health, objective and laboratory data collected about different organ systems, e.g. cardiovascular and musculoskeletal, and functional capacity are complemented by qualitative clinical diagnoses and judgements as well as self-reported heal…
The Berlin Aging Study (Base): Overview and Design
This article, the introduction to a collection of six related articles, describes the general rationale and design of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). The distinguishing features of BASE are: (1) a special focus on the very old (70–105 years), (2) broad inter-diciplinarity (medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and economics), and (3) sample heterogeneity achieved by local (West Berlin) representativeness. In addition to discipline-specific t…
Health Differences in Advanced Old Age
The first part of this paper provides a general outline of objectives and methods of the Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Unit of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Based on a multi-dimensional conceptualization of health, objective and laboratory data collected about different organ systems, e.g. cardiovascular and musculoskeletal, and functional capacity are complemented by qualitative clinical diagnoses and judgements as well as self-reported heal…
Predicting Health Care Utilization in the Very Old: The Role of Physical Health, Mental Health, Attitudinal and Social Factors
The purpose of this paper is to predict health care utilization in the very old from a combination of individual-based factors such as physical and mental health, health attitudes and beliefs, sociodemographic characteristics, and life circumstances. This study was conducted within the context of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Higher use of medications was most strongly predicted by more medical diagnoses, better cognitive status, and health atti…
Personality development in old age relates to physical health and cognitive performance: Evidence from the Berlin Aging Study II
The Berlin Aging Study (Base): Overview and Design
This article, the introduction to a collection of six related articles, describes the general rationale and design of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). The distinguishing features of BASE are: (1) a special focus on the very old (70–105 years), (2) broad inter-diciplinarity (medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and economics), and (3) sample heterogeneity achieved by local (West Berlin) representativeness. In addition to discipline-specific t…
Health Differences in Advanced Old Age
The first part of this paper provides a general outline of objectives and methods of the Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Unit of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Based on a multi-dimensional conceptualization of health, objective and laboratory data collected about different organ systems, e.g. cardiovascular and musculoskeletal, and functional capacity are complemented by qualitative clinical diagnoses and judgements as well as self-reported heal…
The Berlin Aging Study
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Predicting Health Care Utilization in the Very Old: The Role of Physical Health, Mental Health, Attitudinal and Social Factors
The purpose of this paper is to predict health care utilization in the very old from a combination of individual-based factors such as physical and mental health, health attitudes and beliefs, sociodemographic characteristics, and life circumstances. This study was conducted within the context of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Higher use of medications was most strongly predicted by more medical diagnoses, better cognitive status, and health atti…
Prevalence of obesity in primary care using different anthropometric measures – Results of the German Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk Project (Gemcas)
There is a high prevalence of obesity (24.7% of male and 23.3% of female) and, in particular, abdominal obesity (36.4% of male and 41.5% of female) in adults attending a primary care physician in Germany. The determination of the BMI is sufficient to assess risk in normal weight and obese patients, while a high WC identifies high risk patients from within the overweight group
Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment
Personality development in old age relates to physical health and cognitive performance: Evidence from the Berlin Aging Study II
Sociohistorical Change in Urban Older Adults’ Perceived Speed of Time and Time Pressure
These findings document sociohistorical trends toward greater perceived time pressure and reduced heterogeneity in perceived speed of time among later-born urban adults. Conceptualizations of social acceleration should thus consider the whole adult life span
Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals
We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a sample of ~3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome-wide-significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A genome-wide polygenic predictor, or polygenic index (PGI), explains 12–16% of EA variance and contributes to risk prediction for ten diseases. Direct effects (i.e., controlling for parental PGIs) explain roughly half th…
Tracking Divergence of Objective and Subjective Health Across Age and Historical Time
Influential work in the gerontological literature in the 1990s has demonstrated that the discrepancy between objective and subjective evaluations of health increases with age. It is an open question though whether the direction and size of the age gradient in the discrepancies has changed over historical time. In this study, we examine cohort differences in age-related divergences in health evaluations using two markers of objective health (illne…
Covid-19 infections in German long-term care facilities: A descriptive three-level analysis using claims and infection statistics data from October 2020 to March 2021
We found evidence of individual, facility, and regional levels factors associated with COVID-19 infections among older adults in LTCFs. Future measures to combat infections, outbreaks, and pandemics should take an orchestrated multilevel approach
Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Birth, Development, and Health (2 works)