Medical Gerontology: Recent submissions
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The factors associated with self-reported physical activity in older adults living in the community
(2015)Background: despite the vast literature in the area, few studies examined the large range of factors associated with physical activity (PA) in the older adult collectively, information that could help develop a supportive ... -
AF is associated with self-reported syncope and falls in a general population cohort.
(2015)Background: syncope is an important, but underestimated clinical problem in older persons. It is often overlooked in clinical practice or mistaken for falls. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, ... -
Antidepressants strongly influence the relationship between depression and heart rate variability: findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2015)Background: Heart rate variability (HRV) is known to be reduced in depression; however, is unclear whether this is a consequence of the disorder or due to antidepressant medication. Methods: We analysed data on 4750 ... -
NILVAD protocol: a European multicentre double-blind placebo-controlled trial of nilvadipine in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.
(2014)This study is a European multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial investigating the efficacy and safety of nilvadipine as a disease course modifying treatment for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease ... -
Negative perceptions of aging and decline in walking speed: A self-fulfilling prophecy
(2015)Introduction Walking speed is a meaningful marker of physical function in the aging population. While it is a primarily physical measure, experimental studies have shown that merely priming older adults with negative ... -
Recent syncope and unexplained falls are associated with poor cognitive performance
(2015)Objective: to compare cognitive performance in participants with and without syncope and unexplained falls in a large population representative sample aged 50 years or older. Methods: participants of the Irish longitudinal ... -
Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in the Republic of Ireland.
(2015)Background Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) remains the most common cause of visual loss among subjects over 50 years of age in the developed world. The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA) is a population-based ... -
Measuring Frailty using Self-report and Test-based Health Measures.
(2015)Background: previously, frailty indices were constructed using mostly subjective health measures. The reporting error in this type of measure can have implications on the robustness of frailty findings. Objective: to ... -
Self-reported cardiovascular conditions are associated with falls and syncope in community-dwelling older adults.
(2015)Background: with increasing age, causes of syncope are more often of cardiac origin. Syncope in older persons is often mistaken for falls. Data regarding the association between specific cardiovascular conditions, falls ... -
Neuroimaging referral for dementia diagnosis: The specialist s perspective in Ireland
(2015)Background: Neuroimaging is an increasingly important tool in the diagnostic workup of dementia. Neurologists, geriatricians, and old-age psychiatrists are involved in key tasks in the diagnostic pro- cess, frequently ... -
Longitudinal prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines and potential prescribing omissions in a cohort of community-dwelling older people
(2015)Purpose This study aims to compare the prevalence of poten- tially inappropriate medicines (PIMs) and potential prescrib- ing omissions (PPOs) using several screening tools in an Irish community-dwelling older cohort, ... -
Relative Association of Processing Speed, Short-Term Memory and Sustained Attention With Task on Gait Speed: A Study of Community-Dwelling People 50 Years and Older.
(2014)For single gait tasks, associations have been reported between gait speed and cognitive domains. However, few studies have evaluated if this association is altered in dual gait tasks given gait speed changes with complexity ... -
Prevalence of Ex Vivo High On-treatment Platelet Reactivity on Antiplatelet Therapy after Transient Ischemic Attack or Ischemic Stroke on the PFA-100(®) and VerifyNow(®).
(2013)The prevalence of ex vivo high on-treatment platelet reactivity (HTPR) to commonly prescribed antiplatelet regimens after transient ischemic attack (TIA) or ischemic stroke is uncertain. METHODS: Platelet function ... -
Elder Abuse and Neglect: A Survey of Irish General Prectitioners
(2013)The objective of this study was to survey general practitioners (GPs) in Ireland regarding their experience with elder abuse. A random sample of 800 GPs were mailed a survey in March 2010, with a reminder in May 2010, ... -
Knowledge, skills and attitudes of doctors towards assessing cognition in older patients in the emergency department.
(2013)PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Although cognitive impairment and delirium are highly prevalent in older patients who present to the emergency department, multiple studies have highlighted inadequate detection by doctors. This ...
