Researcher
Delfien Van Dyck
- Keywords:interventions, older adults, behavior change, Physical Activity, environmental determinants, eHealth
- Disciplines:Preventive medicine, Health promotion and policy, Epidemiology, Human movement and sports sciences not elsewhere classified, Sports sciences
Affiliations
- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2018 → Today - Department of Movement and Sports Sciences (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2006 → 30 Sep 2018
Projects
1 - 10 of 19
- Acute effects of the physical and social environment on anxiety and perceived stress and their impact on walking levels in people with epilepsyFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- A multidisciplinary approach to design active, safe and inclusive parks in the Andean region of EcuadorFrom1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: VLIR-UOS TEAM
- Walk- and cycle friendly environments: how do we start?From1 Dec 2021 → 30 Nov 2022Funding: BOF - various
- The protective effect of physical activity on older adultsU+2019 daily cognitive performance and the mediating role of sleep and mental wellbeingFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Citizen science on park accessibility and park visitation among older adultsFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Acute effects of park characteristics on mental health among older adults with a low socio-economic statusFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Physical Activity for CognitivE health: investigating the Underlying causal Pathways (PACE-UP project)From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Happy and Healthy aging in Ghent, an inspiration trajectory.From1 May 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - various
- Creating safe and attractive environments to walk and cycle: participatory research using virtual environmentsFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Stand Up, Stay Top - a theory-based mHealth intervention aimed at the reduction of sedentary behavior in older adultsFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
Publications
1 - 10 of 169
- Perceived urban environment attributes and device-measured physical activity in Latin America : an 8-nation study(2022)
Authors: Gerson Ferrari, André O. Werneck, Danilo R. Silva, Irina Kovalskys, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Y. Cortés, Martha Cecilia Yépez García, Maria R. Liria-Domínguez, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, et al.
Pages: 635 - 645 - Urban greenspace and mental health in Chinese older adults : associations across different greenspace measures and mediating effects of environmental perceptions(2022)
Authors: Yafei Yue, Dongfeng Yang, Delfien Van Dyck
- Creating healthy and sustainable cities : what gets measured, gets done(2022)
Authors: Billie Giles-Corti, Anne Vernez Moudon, Melanie Lowe, Deepti Adlakha, Ester Cerin, Geoff Boeing, Carl Higgs, Jonathan Arundel, Shiqin Liu, Erica Hinckson, et al.
Pages: E782 - E785 - The association between Geographic Information System-based neighborhood built environmental factors and accelerometer-derived light-intensity physical activity across the lifespan : a cross-sectional study(2022)
Authors: Sofie Compernolle, Lieze Mertens, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Iris Maes, Delfien Van Dyck
- Citizen science and the potential for mobility policy : introducing the Bike Barometer(2022)
Authors: Tom Storme, Sien Benoit, Nico Van de Weghe, Lieze Mertens, Delfien Van Dyck, Ruben Brondeel, Frank Witlox, Luc Zwartjes, Greet Cardon
Pages: 1539 - 1549 - The built environment and mental health among older adults in Dalian : the mediating role of perceived environmental attributes(2022)
Authors: Yafei Yue, Dongfeng Yang, Neville Owen, Delfien Van Dyck
- The association between the number of parks near home and levels of physical activity among community-dwelling older adults : a longitudinal study(2022)
Authors: Louise Poppe, Benedicte Deforche, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Ruben Brondeel, Lieze Mertens, Nico Van de Weghe, Sien Benoit, Jenny Veitch, Delfien Van Dyck
- Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities : findings from the IPEN Adult study(2022)
Authors: Ester Cerin, James F Sallis, Deborah Salvo, Erica Hinckson, Terry L Conway, Neville Owen, Delfien Van Dyck, Melanie Lowe, Carl Higgs, Anne Vernez Moudon, et al.
Pages: e895 - e906 - The role of socio-demographic factors and physical functioning in the intra- and interpersonal variability of older adultsU+2019 sedentary time : an observational two-country study(2022)
Authors: Sofie Compernolle, Ester Cerin, Anthony Barnett, Casper J. P. Zhang, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Delfien Van Dyck
- Relations of the neighbourhood socio-economic and physical environment with 3-year changes in health-related quality of life among community-dwelling older adults in Belgium(2022)
Authors: Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Lieze Mertens, Mirko Petrovic, Delfien Van Dyck, Benedicte Deforche