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Validation of the self-reported hearing questions in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing against the Whispered Voice Test.
(2014)BACKGROUND: Self report questions are often used in population studies to assess sensory efficacy and decline. These questions differ in their validity in assessing sensory impairment depending on the wording of the ... -
Antidepressants are Independently Associated with Gait Deficits in Single and Dual Task Conditions
(2014)Objectives This study examined the relationships between late-onset depressive symptoms, antidepressants, and single and dual task gait in older adults. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting The Irish Longitudinal ... -
The frailty index in Europeans: assocation with age and mortality.
(2012)BACKGROUND: the frailty index (FI) is an approach to the operationalisation of frailty based on accumulation of deficits. It has been less studied in Europeans. OBJECTIVE: to construct sex-specific FIs from a large ... -
Inappropriate prescribing in older fallers presenting to an Irish emergency department.
(2014)BACKGROUND: certain medications increase falls risk in older people. OBJECTIVE: to assess if prescribing modification occurs in older falls presenting to an emergency department (ED). DESIGN: before-and-after ... -
The Psychic Costs of Migration: Evidence from Irish Return Migrants
(2013)Within the economics literature, the 'psychic costs' of migration have been incorporated into theoretical models since Sjaastad (J Polit Econ 70:80-93, 1962). However, the existence of such costs has rarely been investigated ... -
Integrating genotypic data with transcriptomic and proteomic data.
(2002)Historically genotypic variation has been detected at the phenotypic level, at the metabolic level, and at the protein chemistry level. Advances in technology have allowed its direct visualisation at the level of DNA ... -
Mature Matters: Ageing
(Irish Independent, 2011-07-16)Article appeared in the Irish Independent 04/07/2011 -
Frailty, depression and anxiety in later life.
(2012)Background: Anxiety and depression are common in older people but are often missed; to improve detection we must focus on those elderly people at risk. Frailty is a geriatric syndrome inferring increased risk of poor outcomes. ... -
Autonomic dysfunction in patients with advanced cancer; prevalence, clinical correlates and challenges in assessment.
(2012)Background: The results of a small number of studies of autonomic function in patients with advanced cancer suggest that autonomic dysfunction (AD) is common. In other disease-specific groups this is associated with decreased ... -
Depression, anxiety and cardiovascular disease: Which symptoms are associated with increased risk in community dwelling older adults?
(2012)Depression is a risk factor for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). It has been reported that somatic symptoms of depression and not cognitive symptoms are associated with increased risk although findings have been inconsistent. ...