Browsing Medical Gerontology by Author "Kearney, Patricia M."
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Cohort Profile: the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
KENNY, ROSE ANNE; O'REGAN, CLAIRE; WHELAN, BRENDAN JAMES; CRONIN, HILARY; SAVVA, GEORGE; Kearney, Patricia M.; Kamiya, Yumiko (2011)How did the study come about? Ireland shares with other developed countries the prospect of rapid and sustained population ageing. The age distribution of the Irish population is undergoing a dramatic change at present ... -
Comparison of centre and home-based health assessments: early experience from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).
KENNY, ROSE ANNE; O'REGAN, CLAIRE; CRONIN, HILARY; Kearney, Patricia M.; Kamiya, Yumiko; Whelan, Brendan J. (2011)Background: some cohort studies of ageing and health supplement questionnaire-based surveys with in-home measurements of biological parameters and others have required respondents to attend assessment centres. Centre-based ...