Mikkel Vass

Mikkel Vass

Senior researcher


  1. 1998
  2. Published

    Opfølgning efter hospitalsindlæggelse

    Jepsen, E., Lundemark, H., Avlund, K. & Vass, Mikkel, 1998, In: Gerontologi og Samfund. 4, p. 88-89

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 1999
  4. Published

    Forebyggelse af helbredsproblemer og funktionsbegrænsninger blandt ældre mennesker

    Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 1999, In: Ugeskrift for læger. 161, 24, p. 3638-40 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2002
  6. Published

    Preventive home visits to older people in Denmark: methodology of a randomized controlled study.

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K., Hendriksen, C., Andersen, C. K. & Keiding, N., 2002, In: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 14, 6, p. 509-15 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Skal befolkningen tilbydes generelle helbredsundersøgelser?

    Olivarius, Niels de Fine, Vass, Mikkel, Drivsholm, Thomas & Hindsberger, C., 2002, In: Ugeskrift for læger. 164, 36, p. 4199-4200

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

  8. 2003
  9. Published

    Onset of mobility disability among community-dwelling old men and women. The role of tiredness in daily activities.

    Avlund, K., Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2003, In: Age and Ageing. 32, 6, p. 579-84 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Onset of mobility disability among community-dwelling old men and women. The role of tiredness in daily living.

    Avlund, K., Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2003, In: Gerontologist. 44, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  11. Published

    Preventive home visits to elderly people in Denmark

    Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 2003, In: Journal of The British Society of Gerontology. 13, p. 14-17

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Should the population be offered general health screenings?

    Olivarius, Niels de Fine, Vass, Mikkel, Drivsholm, Thomas & Hindsberger, C., 2003, In: The Journal of Family Practice. 52, 5, p. 1-2

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  13. 2004
  14. Published

    Comprehensive home visits and follow up may improve functional ability and readmission. Prevention for older adults

    Avlund, K., Jepsen, E., Vass, Mikkel & Lundemark, H., 2004, In: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. 51, 4, p. 214-215

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Den ældre patient, der er faldet

    Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2004, In: Ugeskrift for læger. 166, 13, p. 1212

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Förebyggande hembesök hos äldre människor-möjligheter och erfarenheter

    Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 2004, In: Nordisk Geriatrik. 2004/2, p. 48-53

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Promoting the health of older adults by education of home visitors

    Avlund, K., Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 2004, In: The Gerontologist. 44, special issue, p. 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Structured home visits to older people. Are they only of benefit for women? A randomised controlled trial.

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K., Kvist, K., Hendriksen, C., Andersen, C. K. & Keiding, N., 2004, In: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 22, 2, p. 106-11 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Structures preventive home visits to older people. Are they only of benefit to women? A randomised controlled trial

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K., Kvist, T. K., Hendriksen, C., Andersen, C. K. & Keiding, N., 2004, In: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. p. 6

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 2005
  21. Published

    "10 kliniske minutter". Kognitiv funktion og kørekortsfornyelse efter 70 år.

    Vass, Mikkel, Hendriksen, C. & Jørgensen, N., 2005, In: Ugeskrift for læger. 167(15), p. 1634

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Feasible model for prevention of functional decline in older people: municipality-randomized, controlled trial.

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K., Lauridsen, J. & Hendriksen, C., 2005, In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 53, 4, p. 563-8 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Kognitiv funktion og kørekortsfornyelse efter 70 ar

    Vass, Mikkel, Hendriksen, C. & Jørgensen, N. K., 2005, In: Ugeskrift for læger. 167, 15, p. 1634

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Medication for older people - aspects of rational therapy from the general practitioner's point of view

    Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2005, In: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 38, 3, p. 190-5 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Polypharmacy and older people - the GP perspective

    Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2005, In: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 38 Suppl 1, p. I14-7

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Preventive home visits to elderly people in Denmark

    Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 2005, In: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 38 Suppl 1, p. I31-3

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Ældre & forebyggende hjemmebesøg

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K. & Hendriksen, C., 2005, Svendborg, Danmark: ÆldreForum.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  28. 2006
  29. Published

    Cost effectiveness of preventive home visits to the elderly: economic evaluation alongside randomized controlled study.

    Kronborg, C., Vass, Mikkel, Lauridsen, J. & Avlund, K., 2006, In: European Journal of Health Economics (Print Edition). 7, 4, p. 238-46 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Identifikation og udredning af demens og demenslignende tilstande

    Rubak, J. (ed.), Dinesen, O. (ed.), Rytter, L. (ed.), Bro, F. (ed.), Ærthøj, J. P. (ed.), Waldorf, F. (ed.) & Vass, Mikkel (ed.), 2006, 59 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  31. Published

    Lærebog i Almen Medicin, Kapitel: Ældre mennesker i almen praksis

    Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2006, Munksgaard 2006 2.udgave (red. Østergaard, I.; Andersen, J.S.; Christensen, B.; Damsbo, N.; Lauritzen, T.; Witt, K.). p. 56

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  32. Published

    Older people and preventive home visits

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K. & Hendriksen, C., 2006, Svendborg, Danmark: AgeForum. 50 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  33. 2007
  34. Published

    Education of preventive home visitors: the effects on change in tiredness in daily activities

    Avlund, K., Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2007, In: European Journal of Ageing. 4, 3, p. 125-131 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Educational intervention toward preventive home visitors reduced functional decline in community-living older women.

    Avlund, K., Vass, Mikkel, Kvist, K., Hendriksen, C. & Keiding, N., 2007, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 60, 9, p. 954-62 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Opfølgende hjemmebesøg til ældre efter udskrivelse fra sygehus 1485-861

    Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2007, In: Maanedsskrift for Praktisk Laegegerning. 85, p. 1485-1486 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Preventive home visitation programmes for older people: the role of municipality organisation

    Vass, Mikkel, Holmberg, R., Fiil-Nielsen, H., Lauridsen, J., Avlund, K. & Hendriksen, C., 2007, In: European Journal of Ageing. 4, 3, p. 133-140 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Preventive home visits for older adults in Danish municipalities. Do they have any effects?

    Avlund, K., Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2007, In: Advances in Gerontology. 3, p. 214 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  39. Published

    Preventive home visits to older home-dwelling people and different functional decline patterns.

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K., Parner, E. T. & Hendriksen, C., 2007, In: European Journal of Ageing. 4, 3, p. 107-113 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Preventive home visits to older people in Denmark--why, how, by whom, and when?

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K., Hendriksen, C., Philipson, L. & Riis, P., 2007, In: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 40, 4, p. 209-16 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Promoting physical activity in older adults by education of home visitors

    Poulsen, T., Elkjaer, E., Vass, Mikkel, Hendriksen, C. & Avlund, K., 2007, In: European Journal of Ageing. 4, 3, p. 115-124 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Randomized intervention trial on preventive home visits to older people: baseline and follow-up characteristics of participants and non-participants.

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K. & Hendriksen, C., 2007, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 35, 4, p. 410-417 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Ældre og medicin

    Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2007, In: Maanedsskrift for Praktisk Laegegerning. 85, p. 639-651 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. 2008
  45. Published

    Forebyggende hjemmebesøg til ældre mennesker.

    Avlund, K., Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2008, In: Gerontologi. 1, p. 12-15

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Influence of psychological characteristics and social relations on receiving preventive home visits in older men and women.

    Avlund, K., Vass, Mikkel, Lund, Rikke, Yamada, Y. & Hendriksen, C., 2008, In: European Journal of Ageing. 5, p. 191-201

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Preventive home visits to home-dwelling older people and hospital admissions. A municipality-randomised intervention trial.

    Vass, Mikkel, Hendriksen, C., Thomsen, J. L., Parner, E. T. & Avlund, K., 2008, In: European Journal of Ageing. 5, p. 67-76

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Udgående specialservice fra hospital

    Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 2008, In: Ugeskrift for læger. 170, 1, p. 23

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. 2009
  50. Published

    A feasible model for prevention of functional decline in older home-dwelling people - the GP role. A municipality-randomized intervention trial

    Vass, Mikkel, Avlund, K., Siersma, V. & Hendriksen, C., 2009, In: Family Practice. 26, p. 56-64

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Preventive home visits to the elderly and education of home visitors.

    Avlund, K. & Vass, Mikkel, 2009, International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions. Soderback, I. (ed.). Springer, p. 473-480

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  52. Published

    Preventive interventions: Overview

    Avlund, K. & Vass, Mikkel, 2009, International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions. Soderback, I. (ed.). Springer, p. 461-464

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  53. Published

    The future of general practice: managing multiple agendas

    Vass, Mikkel, 2009, In: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 27, p. 65-67 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    [Kapitel i japansk lærebog om forebyggende hjemmebesøg til ældre mennesker]

    Vass, Mikkel, 2009, Care Prevention . Sapporo, Hokkaido: Department of Public Health

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  55. 2010
  56. Published

    Forebyggelse af funktionsevnetab hos ældre mennesker

    Vass, Mikkel, 2010, In: Gerontology. 26, 4, p. 16-18 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  57. Published

    Prevention of functional decline in older people: The Danish randomised intervention trial on preventive home visits

    Vass, Mikkel, 2010, København: Museum Tusculanum. 146 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportDoctoral thesisResearch

  58. Published

    Preventive home visits to older home-dwelling people in Denmark: are invitational procedures of importance?

    Ekmann, A., Vass, Mikkel & Avlund, K., 2010, In: Health and Social Care in the Community (Print Edition). 18, 6, p. 563-71 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  59. Published

    Sikker medicinordination bliver den store udfordring

    Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 2010, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 172, 46, p. 3162 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  60. 2011
  61. Published

    Forebyggelse på ældreområdet - Den praktiserende læges rolle

    Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2011, In: Maanedsskrift for Praktisk Laegegerning. 89, 11, p. 954-963 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  62. Published

    Medikaliseret alderdom - et tveægget sværd

    Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 2011, In: Gerontology. 27, 4, p. 19 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  63. Published

    Sundhedsfremme i almen praksis

    Jørgensen, Merete, Sångren, H., Nielsen, Kirsten Lykke, Ertmann, Ruth Kirk, mxb897, mxb897, Vass, Mikkel & Brodersen, John Brandt, 2011, Sundhedsfremme i hverdagen - få mennesker du møder til at vokse. Fredens, K., Johnsen, T. J. & Thybo, P. (eds.). Munksgaard , p. 61-75 15 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  64. Published

    Collaborative relationship in preventive home visits to older people

    Yamada, Y., Vass, Mikkel, Hvas, L., Igarashi, A., Hendriksen, C. & Avlund, K., Mar 2011, In: International Journal of Older People Nursing. 6, 1, p. 33-40 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  65. 2012
  66. Published

    Are acceptance rates of a national preventive home visit programme for older people socially imbalanced?: a cross sectional study in Denmark

    Yamada, Y., Ekmann, A. A., Nilsson, Charlotte Juul, Vass, Mikkel & Avlund, K., 2012, In: BMC Public Health. 12, p. 396 6 p., 396.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  67. Published

    Forebyggende hjemmebesøg

    Vass, Mikkel & Avlund, K., 2012, Ergoterapi og fysioterapi til ældre. Andresen, M. & Poulsen, D. V. (eds.). 1 ed. København: Munksgaard , Vol. 1. p. 193-201 9 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterCommunication

  68. Published

    Formal home help services and institutionalization

    Yamada, Y., Siersma, Volkert Dirk, Avlund, K. & Vass, Mikkel, 2012, In: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 54, p. e52-e56

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  69. Published

    Impact of Social Capital on 8-year Mortality Among Older People in 34 Danish Municipalities

    Poulsen, T., Siersma, Volkert Dirk, Christensen, Ulla, Lund, Rikke, Vass, Mikkel & Avlund, K., 2012, In: Journal of Aging and Health. 24, p. 1202-1222 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  70. Published

    Mindre er måske mere - Kan medicinordination til ældre mennesker forbedres?

    Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2012, In: Månedsskrift for Almen Praksis. 90, 11, p. 953-964 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  71. Published

    Praktiserende læger er usikre på subkutan medicinering hos terminale patienter

    Gorlen, T., Gorlen, T. F., Neergaard, M. A. & Vass, Mikkel, 2012, In: Ugeskrift for Læger. 174, 34, p. 1887 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  72. Published

    Livskvalitet. Er forebyggelsen gået for vidt? Debat.

    Vass, Mikkel, Krasnik, Allan, Hendriksen, C. & Rudkjøbing, A., 10 Mar 2012, In: Politiken.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  73. Published

    Statin utilization according to indication and age: A Danish cohort study on changing prescribing and purchasing behaviour

    Kildemoes, H. W., Vass, Mikkel, Hendriksen, C. & Andersen, M., Dec 2012, In: Health Policy. 108, 2-3, p. 216-227 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  74. 2013
  75. Published

    Mobility Decline in Old Age: The Joint Effect of Mobility-Related Fatigue and Social Relations.

    Nilsson, Charlotte Juul, Siersma, Volkert Dirk, Avlund, K., Vass, Mikkel & Lund, Rikke, 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  76. Published

    Progression of Mobility Limitations in Old Age: The Combined Effect of Mobility-Related Fatigue and Socio-Economic Position

    Nilsson, Charlotte Juul, Siersma, Volkert Dirk, Mänty, M. R., Lund, Rikke, Vass, Mikkel & Avlund, K., 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  77. Published

    Social ulighed og gamle mennesker

    Nilsson, Charlotte Juul, Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 2013, In: Månedsskrift for Almen Praksis. 91, p. 937 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  78. 2014
  79. Published

    Childhood socioeconomic position, young adult intelligence and fillings of prescribed medicine for prevention of cardiovascular disease in middle-aged men

    Kriegbaum, Margit, Kildemoes, H. W., Rasmussen, J. N., Hendriksen, C., Vass, Mikkel, Mortensen, Erik Lykke & Osler, Merete, 2014, In: B M J Open. 4, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., e004178.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  80. Published

    Mobility decline in old age: the combined effect of mobility-related fatigue and socioeconomic position

    Nilsson, Charlotte Juul, Siersma, Volkert Dirk, Mänty, M. R., Avlund, K., Vass, Mikkel & Lund, Rikke, 2014, In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 68, p. 510-515 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  81. Published

    Educational intervention and functional decline among older people: The modifying effects of social capital

    Poulsen, T., Siersma, Volkert Dirk, Lund, Rikke, Christensen, Ulla, Vass, Mikkel & Avlund, K., May 2014, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 42, 3, p. 295-303 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  82. 2015
  83. Published

    Hypnotics and mortality – confounding by disease and socioeconomic position

    Kriegbaum, Margit, Hendriksen, C., Vass, Mikkel, Mortensen, Erik Lykke & Osler, Merete, 2015, In: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 24, 7, p. 779-83 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  84. Published

    Usikker effekt af opfølgende hjemmebesøg til ældre medicinske patienter efter hospitalsindlæggelse

    Hendriksen, C. & Vass, Mikkel, 16 Feb 2015, In: Ugeskrift for Læger. 177, 4, p. 342-345 4 p., V04130264.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  85. 2016
  86. Published

    Dementia and traffic accidents: a Danish register-based cohort study

    Petersen, Jindong Ding, Siersma, Volkert Dirk, Nielsen, C., Vass, Mikkel & Waldorff, Frans Boch, 2016, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 5, 3, p. e191

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  87. Published

    Der mangler dansk konsensus om definitionen af skrøbelighed. In Denmark there is a lack of consensus in the definition of frailty

    Vass, Mikkel & Hendriksen, C., 2016, In: Ugeskrift for Læger. 178, 2, p. 2-5 3 p., V04160279.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  88. 2019
  89. Published

    Dementia and road traffic accidents among non-institutionalized older people in Denmark: A Danish register-based nested case-control study

    Petersen, Jindong Ding, Siersma, Volkert Dirk, Christensen, R. D., Storsveen, M. M., Nielsen, C. T., Vass, Mikkel & Waldorff, Frans Boch, 2019, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 47, 2, p. 221-228 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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