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
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- Precious Prompts: developing an innovative just-in-time adaptive prompt-based intervention aimed at interrupting prolonged bouts of sedentary behavior in older adultsFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- 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
- Physical Activity for CognitivE health: investigating the Underlying causal Pathways (PACE-UP project)From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Citizen science on park accessibility and park visitation among older adultsFrom1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- The protective effect of physical activity on older adults’ daily cognitive performance and the mediating role of sleep and mental wellbeingFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Acute effects of park characteristics on mental health among older adults with a low socio-economic statusFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Happy and Healthy aging in Ghent, an inspiration trajectory.From1 May 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - various
- Stand Up, Stay Top - a theory-based mHealth intervention aimed at the reduction of sedentary behavior in older adultsFrom1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
Publications
11 - 20 of 184
- Physical activity during recess in elementary schoolchildren in Belgium and Ecuador : the role of the physical environment at school(2022)
Authors: Delfien Van Dyck, Cheyenne Timmerman, Augusta Hermida, Rosa Pintado, Mercedes Cárdenas, Samuel Escandón, Angélica Maria Ochoa-Avilés
Pages: 1476 - 1485 - Citizen science and the potential for mobility policy : introducing the Bike Barometer(2022)
Authors: Tom Storme, Sien Benoit, Nico Van de Weghe, Delfien Van Dyck, Ruben Brondeel
Pages: 1539 - 1549 - Towards more personalized digital health interventions : a clustering method of action and coping plans to promote physical activity(2022)
Authors: Helene Schroé, Stéphanie Carlier, Delfien Van Dyck, Geert Crombez
- The role of socio-demographic factors and physical functioning in the intra- and interpersonal variability of older adults’ sedentary time : an observational two-country study(2022)
Authors: Ester Cerin, Anthony Barnett, Casper J. P. Zhang, Delfien Van Dyck
- Associations of accelerometer measured school- and non-school based physical activity and sedentary time with body mass index : IPEN Adolescent study(2022)
Authors: Delfien Van Dyck, Anthony Barnett, Ester Cerin, Terry L. Conway, Irene Esteban-Cornejo, Erica Hinckson, Lukás Rubín, Elaine Rush, Orna Baron-Epel, Kelli L. Cain, et al.
- The variability of emotions, physical complaints, intention, and self-efficacy : an ecological momentary assessment study in older adults(2022)
Authors: Iris Maes, Geert Crombez, Tomas Vetrovsky, 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 - Investigating when, which, and why users stop using a digital health intervention to promote an active lifestyle : secondary analysis with a focus on health action process approach–based psychological determinants(2022)
Authors: Helene Schroé, Geert Crombez, Delfien Van Dyck
- The importance of the leaders’ and coaches’ motivating style for sports club members’ motivation to participate in organized sports : study of trickle-down effects(2022)
Authors: Tom De Clerck, Delfien Van Dyck
Pages: 153 - 161 - 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: Delfien Van Dyck