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Socioeconomic position, lifestyle habits and biomarkers of epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort analysis.
(2019)Differences in health status by socioeconomic position (SEP) tend to be more evident at older ages, suggesting the involvement of a biological mechanism responsive to the accumulation of deleterious exposures across the ... -
Socioeconomic status, non-communicable disease risk factors, and walking speed in older adults: multi-cohort population based study.
(British Medical Association, 2018)Objective: To assess the association of low socioeconomic status and risk factors for non-communicable diseases (diabetes, high alcohol intake, high blood pressure, obesity, physical inactivity, smoking) with loss of ... -
Statin use in adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease mortality: Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2015)Objectives This study aims to examine the extent to which statins are used by adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to European clinical guidelines. The high-risk groups examined are those with (1) ... -
Stroke in young women: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
(2014)Stroke among adults of working age is increasing. We aimed to explore the experience of stroke among young women in Ireland. In total, 12 women (aged between 18 and 50 years) participated in semi-structured interviews. ... -
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 ... -
Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice.
(2011)The following article is a summary of the American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline for Prevention of Falls in Older Persons (2010). This article provides additional discussion ... -
Supplementary Pensions and the Income of Ireland's Retirees
(TILDA - Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, 2012-11-29)The objective of this report is to explore (a) the incomes of retirees in Ireland and (b) the distribution of supplementary pensions among them, although clearly there is a close relationship between (a) and (b). Our focus ... -
Susceptibility to a multisensory speech illusion in older persons is driven by perceptual processes.
(2013)Recent studies suggest that multisensory integration is enhanced in older adults but it is not known whether this enhancement is solely driven by perceptual processes or affected by cognitive processes. Using the "McGurk ... -
Sustained Attention Is Associated With Frailty In The Older Adult Population.
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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 ... -
The Syncope-Falls Index (SYFI): A tool for predicting risk of syncope and complex falls in the older adult based on cumulative health deficits
(2021)Background Syncope is aetiologically diverse and associated with adverse outcomes; in older people, there is clinical overlap with complex falls presentations (i.e. recurrent, unexplained, and/or injurious). Aim To ... -
A systematic review of persistent symptoms and residual abnormal functioning following acute COVID-19: Ongoing symptomatic phase vs. post-COVID-19 syndrome
(2021)Objective: To compare the two phases of long COVID, namely ongoing symptomatic COVID-19 (OSC; signs and symptoms from 4 to 12 weeks from initial infection) and post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS; signs and symptoms beyond 12 ... -
Testing the feasibility of a primary-care exercise intervention to prevent and reverse early frailty and build resilience in community-dwelling older adults
(2022)Background: Resistance exercises have been shown to prevent and reverse frailty but their application in clinical practice is low. We wished to test the feasibility of an optimised exercise intervention for mild or pre-frailty ... -
The effect of acute traumatic brain injury on cardiovascular homeostasis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Medical Gerontology, 2008)Acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains the most common cause of death from multiple trauma. The cardiovascular homeostatic responses to haemorrhage and injury are co-coordinated in the central nervous system. Coincidental ... -
The influence of perceptions of ageing on frailty and cognitive function
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Medical Gerontology, 2015)The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether perceptions of ageing influence cognition and frailty in later life. Although much experimental work has shown that priming older adults with negative stereotypes about ...