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Cross-national disparities in sex differences in life expectancy with and without frailty.
(2014)ACKGROUND: with continued ageing, levels of frailty are an increasing concern. Women live longer than men, but how life expectancies (LE) with frailty differ between men and women and whether sex differences are the ... -
“Dancing with Atoms”: A tribute to Sheila Tinney
(2023)The authors present a short dynamic visualization titled “Dancing with Atoms”, produced in honor of the late Irish mathematical physicist Sheila Tinney (1918--2010), the first Irish-born and -raised woman to receive a ... -
Deep Learning Retinal Image Analysis for the Detection of CKD and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the General Population
(2022)Background: Retinal blood vessel patterns provide an opportunity to personalize an individuals risk assessment for CKD and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF). In this study we propose a deep learning (DL) based prediction ... -
Delaying and reversing frailty: a systematic review of primary care interventions
(2019)Background: Recommendations for routine frailty screening in general practice are increasing as frailty prevalence grows. In England, frailty identification became a contractual requirement in 2017. However, there is little ... -
Dementia - a geriatric syndrome
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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. ... -
Determinants of Physical Activity Engagement and Physical Activity Intervention Adherence in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Mixed Methods Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. CentreFor Medical Gerontology, 2022)The overarching aim of this thesis was to to identify the determinants of PA engagement and PA intervention adherence in individuals with MCI to expand on this under-researched topic and better inform PA promotion and ... -
Development and validation of an electronic postoperative morbidity score
(2018)Background: Electronic health records are being adopted due to numerous potential benefits. This requires the development of objective metrics to characterize morbidity, comparable to studies performed in centers without ... -
Development of a Frailty Index in the Irish Hip Fracture Database
(2022)Introduction In older people, hip fracture can lead to adverse outcomes. Frailty, capturing biological age and vulnerability to stressors, can indicate those at higher risk. We derived a frailty index (FI) in the Irish ... -
Differential Associations Between Two Markers of Probable Sarcopenia and Continuous Orthostatic Hemodynamics in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(2022)Background: Sarcopenia and orthostatic hypotension are growing age-related health burdens associated with adverse outcomes including falls. Despite a possible pathophysiological link, the association between the two disorders ... -
Discharge of patients to long-term care from a large acute hospital over a 12-year period.
(2013)Abstract Background Several factors may be important in determining the discharge of patients to long-term care from the acute hospital. Aims We aimed to look at factors associated with discharge to long-term care from ... -
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 ... -
Dissociable age and memory relationships with hippocampal subfield volumes in vivo: Data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2019)The heterogeneous specialisation of hippocampal subfields across memory functions has been widely shown in animal models. Yet, few in vivo studies in humans have explored correspondence between hippocampal subfield anatomy ... -
Do The Frail Experience More Adverse Events From Intensive Blood Pressure Control? A 2-Year Prospective Study In The Irish Longitudinal Study On Ageing (TILDA)
(2022)Background: The 2018 European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Hypertension (ESC/ESH) guidelines for management of hypertension in adults aged ≥65 years recommend a blood pressure (BP) treatment target of 130–139/70–79 ... -
Does baseline hypotension predict incident depression in a cohort of community-dwelling older people? Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2017)Background: hypotension is now recognised as a risk factor for syncope, cardiovascular events and mortality, but it may also represent a risk factor for late life depression (LLD). The aim of this study was to clarify ... -
Does that look heavy to you? Perceived weight judgment in lifting actions in younger and older adults
(2013)When interpreting other people's movements or actions, observers may not only rely on the visual cues available in the observed movement, but they may also be able to "put themselves in the other person's shoes" by engaging ... -
Does the choice of Allostatic Load scoring algorithm matter for predicting age-related health outcomes?
(2020)Allostatic Load (AL) is posited to provide a measure of cumulative physiological dysregulation across multiple biological systems and demonstrates promise as a sub-clinical marker of overall health. Despite the large ... -
Driving as a travel option for older adults: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(2019)The role of transport in the health and wellbeing of older people is increasingly recognized: driving is the main form of personal transportation across the adult life-span. Patterns of changed mobility and driving cessation ... -
Driving assessment for maintaining mobility and safety in drivers with dementia.
(2013)Abstract Background Demographic changes are leading to an increase in the number of older drivers: as dementia is an age-related disease, there is also an increase in the numbers of drivers with dementia. Dementia can ...