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Transitions in frailty phenotype states and components over 8 years: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(2021)Aim: Fried's frailty phenotype (FP) is defined by exhaustion (EX), unexplained weight loss (WL), weakness (WK), slowness (SL) and low physical activity (LA). Three or more components define the frail state, and one or two ... -
Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Associated Factors in Older Adults Attending a Day Hospital Service in Ireland
(2021)Purpose: Sarcopenia is a muscle disease that is linked to the effects of ageing, chronic diseases, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. In Ireland, there is a lack of readily available information on sarcopenia in older ... -
Associations between cognitive function, actigraphy-based and self-reported sleep in older community-dwelling adults: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(Wiley, 2020)Objective: Cognitive impairment is prevalent in older ages. Associations with sleep are well established; however, ambiguity remains in which sleep characteristics contribute to this impairment. We examined cross-sectional ... -
Discrepancies in self-reported and actigraphy-based sleep duration are associated with self-reported insomnia symptoms in community-dwelling older adults
(2021)Objectives: To establish agreement between self-reported and actigraphy-based total sleep time (TST). To determine the impact of self-reported sleep problems on these measurements. Design: Cross-sectional study using data ... -
Objective Sleep Duration in Older Adults: Results From The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(Wiley, 2020)Objective: This study assessed the distribution and correlates of objective sleep duration in the older population in Ireland. Design: Cross-sectional study using population-derived data from wave 3 of The Irish Longitudinal ...
