scholarly journals Capturing Subjective Age, Subjective Life Expectancy, and Their Links With Older Adults’ Health: The Dutch Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

2021 ◽  
pp. 089826432110040
Author(s):  
Dorly J. H. Deeg ◽  
Erik J. Timmermans ◽  
Almar A. L. Kok
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Generalized Estimating Equations ◽  
Similar Magnitude ◽  
Subjective Age ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study

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 of SA and SLE. We used generalized estimating equations to examine their associations with health. Results: Associations of SA/SLE with health were weaker for physical performance than for self-rated health and depressive symptoms. The associations of SA and SLE with physical performance were of similar magnitude but with self-rated health depended on the type of measure. Depressive symptoms, instead, showed a stronger association with SA than with SLE. Graphical measures showed weaker associations than numerical measures. Discussion: The way in which subjective lifetime perspectives and health are conceptualized and measured influences the strength of their associations.

scholarly journals Aircraft noise control policy and mental health: a natural experiment based on the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA)

2020 ◽  
pp. jech-2020-214264
Author(s):  
Liming Li ◽  
Ludovico Carrino ◽  
Erica Reinhard ◽  
Erik Timmermans ◽  
Martijn Huisman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Noise Control ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Aircraft Noise ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study ◽  
The New Deal ◽  
Aircraft Noise Control

BackgroundThis study examines the impact of environmental noise policy on depressive symptoms by exploiting the national experiment afforded by the New Deal aircraft noise control policy introduced in Schiphol (Amsterdam) in 2008.MethodsData came from older adults (ages 57–102) participating in three waves (2005/2006, 2008/2009 and 2011/2012) of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) (N=1746). Aircraft noise data from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency were linked to LASA cohort addresses using the GeoDMS software. The Centre for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression (CES-D) scale was used to measure depressive symptoms. Using a difference-in-dfferences (DiD) approach, we compared changes in CES-D levels of depressive symptoms before and after the policy between people living close (≤15 km) and those living far away (>15 km) from Schiphol airport.ResultsThere were few changes in noise levels after the introduction of the policy. Estimates suggested that the policy did not lead to a reduction in noise levels in the treatment areas relative to the control areas (DiD estimate=0.916 dB(A), SE=0.345), and it had no significant impact on levels of depressive symptoms (DiD estimate=0.044, SE=0.704). Results were robust to applying different distance thresholds.ConclusionThe New Deal aircraft noise control policy introduced in Amsterdam was not effective in reducing aircraft noise levels and had no impact on depressive symptoms in older people. Our results raise questions about the effectiveness of the current noise control policy to improve the well-being of residents living near the airport.

scholarly journals The Social Support–Health Link Unraveled: Pathways Linking Social Support to Functional Capacity in Later Life

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 616-626
Author(s):  
Bianca Suanet ◽  
Marja J. Aartsen ◽  
Emiel O. Hoogendijk ◽  
Martijn Huisman
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Initial Level ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Indirect Path ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study

Objective: Despite evidence that social support is strongly related to health, very little is known about the mechanisms underlying this association. This study investigates whether physical activity, depressive symptoms, and chronic diseases mediate the associations between social support and functional capacity. Method: Data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam on 954 participants, aged 75 and older, covering 9 years, are analyzed with latent growth mediation models. Results: Only the indirect path from the initial level of emotional support to the initial level of functional capacity through the initial level of depressive symptoms was significant. All mediators however were significantly associated with the level of and changes in functional capacity. Models with reversed pathways were estimated, but model fit was worse. Discussion: Because only initial levels of social support relate to functional capacity, and changes in social support do not, older adults likely receive the support they need.

scholarly journals Sex differences in physical performance by age, educational level, ethnic groups and birth cohort: The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. e0226342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena D. Sialino ◽  
Laura A. Schaap ◽  
Sandra H. van Oostrom ◽  
Astrid C. J. Nooyens ◽  
Hendrika S. J. Picavet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study

scholarly journals Do severity and duration of depressive symptoms predict cognitive decline in older persons? Results of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannie C. Comijs ◽  
Theo van Tilburg ◽  
Sandra W. Geerlings ◽  
Cees Jonker ◽  
Dorly J. H. Deeg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study

scholarly journals Late-Life Depressive Symptoms, Religiousness, and Mood in the Last Week of Life

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Arjan W. Braam ◽  
Marianne Klinkenberg ◽  
Henrike Galenkamp ◽  
Dorly J. H. Deeg
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Church Attendance ◽  
Church Membership ◽  
Life After Death ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study

Aim of the current study is to examine whether previous depressive symptoms modify possible effects of religiousness on mood in the last week of life. After-death interviews with proxy respondents of deceased sample members of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam provided information on depressed mood in the last week of life, as well as on the presence of a sense of peace with the approaching end of life. Other characteristics were derived from interviews with the sample members when still alive. Significant interactions were identified between measures of religiousness and previous depressive symptoms (CES-D scores) in their associations with mood in the last week of life. Among those withpreviousdepressive symptoms, church-membership, church-attendance and salience of religion were associated with a greater likelihood of depressed mood in the last week of life. Among thosewithoutprevious depressive symptoms, church-attendance and salience of religion were associated with a higher likelihood of a sense of peace. For older adults in the last phase of life, supportive effects of religiousness were more or less expected. Fore those with recent depressive symptoms, however, religiousness might involve a component of existential doubt.

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