Browsing Medical Gerontology (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "TILDA"
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Altered lives in a time of crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of older adults in Ireland. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(TILDA, 2021)The ongoing pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 infection and disease, is threatening healthcare systems globally as well as in Ireland. (1) The COVID-19 pandemic, and public health-associated ... -
Associations between Cardiovascular Signal Entropy and Cognitive Performance over Eight Years
(2021)In this study, the relationship between non-invasively measured cardiovascular signal entropy and global cognitive performance was explored in a sample of community-dwelling older adults from The Irish Longitudinal Study ... -
Associations between neurocardiovascular signal entropy and physical frailty
(2021)In this cross-sectional study, the relationship between noninvasively measured neurocardiovascular signal entropy and physical frailty was explored in a sample of community-dwelling older adults from The Irish Longitudinal ... -
Cardiovascular signal entropy predicts all-cause mortality: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2022)In this study, the relationship between cardiovascular signal entropy and the risk of seven-year all-cause mortality was explored in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults from The Irish Longitudinal Study on ... -
Evaluation of a 3-Item Health Index in Predicting Mortality Risk: A 12-Year Follow-Up Study
(2023)This study was carried out using a large cohort (N = 4265; 416 deceased) of older, community-dwelling adults from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). The study compared the performance of a new 3-item health ... -
In their own words: The voices of Older Irish people in the COVID-19 pandemic
(The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, 2021)Since COVID-19 was declared an international pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in March 2020 (HSE, 2021), older people have carried the greatest burden of serious infection and death from the virus. ... -
Older adults shielding at home
(TILDA, 2020)Two thirds of adults aged 60 and older agreed or strongly agreed with shielding. Interestingly, a higher percentage of those most affected by policy, the over 70s, agreed with it. Whether people lived alone or with others ... -
Study protocol for TILDA COVID-19 survey. Altered lives in a time of crisis: preparing for recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of older adults
(2021)Background: Older adults are the most at-risk of contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and among the most affected by measures put in place to prevent the spread of the virus. While the ... -
Syncope, fear of falling and quality of life among older adults: findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2020)Objective: Syncope is a prevalent condition that has a marked impact on quality of life. We examined the association between syncope and quality of life (QoL) and whether this association was explained by fear of falling ...