Browsing Medical Gerontology (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Haemodynamic Parameters Underlying the Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Blood Pressure Recovery on Standing
(2023)Background: Sarcopenia, delayed blood pressure (BP) recovery following standing, and orthostatic hypotension (OH) pose significant clinical challenges associated with ageing. While prior studies have established a link ... -
Hand-held dynamometry: tester strength is paramount, even in frail populations.
(2011)To determine test-retest and inter-rater reliability of hand-held dynamometry when used to measure knee--extensor strength in patients with advanced cancer. SUBJECTS: Adults with metastatic or locally advanced cancer ... -
Health and aging: development of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
(2013)To assist researchers planning studies similar to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), concerning the development of the health assessment component, to promote use of the archived data set, to inform researchers ... -
Health and social factors associated with a delayed discharge amongst inpatients in acute geriatric wards: A retrospective observational study
(2018)Aim: In the English National Health Service there is an increasing interest in understanding the factors associated with delayed discharges in older hospitalized adults. The present study sought to analyze whether clinical ... -
Health Insurance, Healthcare Utilisation and Screening
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Hemodynamic and structural brain measures in high and low sedentary older adults
(2021)Due to its cardiovascular effects sedentary behaviour might impact cerebrovascular function in the long term, affecting cerebrovascular regulatory mechanisms and perfusion levels. Consequently this could underly potential ... -
High on-treatment platelet reactivity on commonly prescribed antiplatelet agents following transient ischaemic attack or ischaemic stroke: results from the TRinity AntiPlatelet responsiveness (TRAP) study.
(2013)Background and purpose The prevalence of ex vivo ‘high on-treatment platelet reactivity’ (HTPR) to antiplatelet regimens in patients with ischaemic cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is uncertain. Methods HTPR was assessed ... -
A high prevalence of vitamin d deficiency observed in an irish south east asian population: A cross-sectional observation study
(2020)At northern latitudes, non-ethnic population groups can be at an increased risk of vitamin D deficiency (defined as a 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] status ≤30 nmol/L). The vitamin D status of ethnic minority groups has ... -
Home FIRsT: interdisciplinary geriatric assessment and disposition outcomes in the Emergency Department
(2020)Background: Older people in the Emergency Department (ED) are clinically heterogenous and some presentations may be better suited to alternative out-of-hospital pathways. A new interdisciplinary comprehensive geriatric ... -
Hospital-associated deconditioning: not only physical, but also cognitive
(2022)Introduction Hospital-associated deconditioning (HAD) or post-hospital syndrome is well recognized as reduced functional performance after an acute hospitalization. Recommendations for the management of HAD are still ... -
Hospitalisation and surgery: Are there hidden cognitive consequences? Evidence from The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2018)Background: the dramatic shift in the global population demographic has led to increasing numbers of older people undergoing hospitalisation and surgical procedures.Objectives:to determine whether hospitalisation or ... -
How does socio-economic position (SEP) get biologically embedded? A comparison of allostatic load and the epigenetic clock(s)
(Elsevier, 2019)Individuals of lower socio-economic position (SEP) carry a heavier burden of disease and morbidity and live shorter lives on average compared with their more advantaged counterparts. This has sparked research interest in ... -
The Impact of Parental Earnings and Education on the Schooling of Children
(University College Dublin, 2011)This paper addresses the intergenerational transmission of education and investigates the extent to which early school leaving (at age 16) may be due to variations in parental background. An important contribution of ... -
The Impact of Positive Affect on Falls and Fear of Falling in the Older Adult Population.
(Oxford Journals, 2013)Falling can have detrimental impacts both physically and psychologically on older people. Recent falls prevention guidelines from the American and British Geriatric Societies tend to minimise the psychological factors ... -
The Impact of Positive Affect on Falls Efficacy in the Older Adult Population.
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Impaired orthostatic heart rate recovery is associated with smaller thalamic volume: Results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (TILDA)
(Wiley, 2020)The thalamus is a central hub of the autonomic network and thalamic volume has been associated with high‐risk phenotypes for sudden cardiac death. Heart rate response to physiological stressors (e.g., standing) and the ...