Multimorbidity and functional decline in community-dwelling adults: a systematic review

A Ryan, E Wallace, P O'Hara, SM Smith - Health and quality of life …, 2015 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity affects up to one quarter of primary care populations. It is
associated with reduced quality of life, an increased risk of mental health difficulties and …

Malnutrition in older adults: screening and determinants

CA Corish, LA Bardon - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2019 - cambridge.org
Older adults are at risk of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). PEM detrimentally impacts on
health, cognitive and physical functioning and quality of life. Given these negative health …

GrimAge outperforms other epigenetic clocks in the prediction of age-related clinical phenotypes and all-cause mortality

C McCrory, G Fiorito, B Hernandez… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The aging process is characterized by the presence of high interindividual variation between
individuals of the same chronical age prompting a search for biomarkers that capture this …

Anxiety, depression, loneliness and social network in the elderly: Longitudinal associations from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

J Domènech-Abella, J Mundó, JM Haro… - Journal of affective …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Social network, loneliness, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major
depression disorder (MDD) are interrelated. However, as the directions of these …

Social relationships, loneliness, and mental health among older men and women in Ireland: A prospective community-based study

ZI Santini, KL Fiori, J Feeney, S Tyrovolas… - Journal of affective …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Data is lacking on the association of interpersonal stressors and social isolation
with mental disorders and the mediating role of loneliness. Thus, we examined this …

Cohort profile update: the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA)

OA Donoghue, CA McGarrigle, M Foley… - International journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
As outlined in the original cohort profile, 1 The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is
a prospective cohort study designed to provide an evidence base for addressing the …

Loneliness, social networks, and health: a cross-sectional study in three countries

LA Rico-Uribe, FF Caballero, B Olaya… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objective It is widely recognized that social networks and loneliness have effects on health.
The present study assesses the differential association that the components of the social …

Polypharmacy including falls risk-increasing medications and subsequent falls in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults

K Richardson, K Bennett, RA Kenny - Age and ageing, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background: polypharmacy is an important risk factor for falls, but recent studies suggest
only when including medications associated with increasing the risk of falls. Design: a …

Validation of the 8-item Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in a cohort of community-dwelling older people: data from The Irish Longitudinal Study …

R Briggs, D Carey, AM O'Halloran, RA Kenny… - European Geriatric …, 2018 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to validate the 8-item Centre for Epidemiological
Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-8) against the 20-item version (CES-D-20) in a large …

Early life adversity and age acceleration at mid-life and older ages indexed using the next-generation GrimAge and Pace of Aging epigenetic clocks

C McCrory, G Fiorito, AM O'Halloran, S Polidoro… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This retrospective cross-sectional study was designed to explore whether the
experience of childhood adversity was associated with epigenetic age acceleration in mid …