Mercer’s Institute for Research in Ageing (MIRA) fosters a vibrant and exciting environment which advances high-quality research that is translated into policies, innovative technologies and improved healthcare services. MIRA champions multi-disciplinary investigations in bone health, brain ageing, falls and syncope, stroke, heart disease, frailty, population health, mental health, nursing, end-of-life-care, elder abuse, biomedical engineering, smart cities, pensions and financial security.
See our recent publications below:
2017
Alderson T, Kehoe E, Maguire L, Farrell D, Lawlor B, Kenny RA, Lyons D, Bokde ALW, Coyle D. Disrupted Thalamus White Matter Anatomy and Posterior Default Mode Network Effective Connectivity in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Front Aging Neurosci. 2017 Nov 8;9:370. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00370. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 29167639; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5682321.
Bhangu J, King-Kallimanis BL, Donoghue OA, Carroll L. & Kenny RA. 2017. Falls, non-accidental falls and syncope in community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older: Implications for cardiovascular assessment. PLoS One, 12, e0180997.
Briggs R, Kenny RA & Kennelly SP. 2017. Does baseline hypotension predict incident depression in a cohort of community-dwelling older people? Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Age Ageing, 46, 648-653.
Canney M, O’Connell MDL, Sexton DJ, O’Leary N, Kenny RA, Little MA & O’Seaghdha CM. 2017. Graded association between kidney function and impaired orthostatic blood pressure stabilization in older adults. J Am Heart Assoc, 6.
Canney M, Sexton DJ, O’Connell MDL, Kenny RA, Little MA. & O’Seaghdha, C. M. 2017b. Kidney function estimated from cystatin c, but not creatinine, is related to objective tests of physical performance in community-dwelling older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 72, 1554-1560.
Cassarino M, O’Sullivan V, Kenny RA & Setti A. 2017. Disabilities moderate the association between neighbourhood urbanity and cognitive health: Results from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing. Disabil Health J.
Donoghue O, Feeney J, O’Leary N. & Kenny RA. 2017a. Baseline Mobility is Not Associated with Decline in Cognitive Function in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings From The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Am J Geriatr Psychiatry.
Donoghue, OA, Setti A, O’Leary N. & Kenny RA. 2017b. Self-reported unsteadiness predicts fear of falling, activity restriction, falls, and disability. J Am Med Dir Assoc, 18, 597-602.
Duggan E, Donoghue O, Kenny RA, Cronin H, Loughman J, Finucane C. Time to Refocus Assessment of Vision in Older Adults? Contrast Sensitivity but Not Visual Acuity Is Associated With Gait in Older Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 Nov 9;72(12):1663-1668.
Feeney J, O’Leary N, Moran R, O’Halloran AM, Nolan JM, Beatty S, Young IS. & Kenny, RA. 2017. Plasma Lutein and Zeaxanthin Are Associated With Better Cognitive Function Across Multiple Domains in a Large Population-Based Sample of Older Adults: Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 72, 1431-1436.
Finucane C, Kenny RA. Orthostatic Hypotension, and Optimum Blood Pressure Management: Is It All in Our Heads? American Journal of Hypertension, Volume 30, Issue 2, 1 February 2017, Pages 115–117, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpw129.
Finucane C, Savva GM, Kenny R. Reliability of orthostatic beat-to-beat blood pressure tests: implications for population and clinical studies. Clin Auton Res. 2017 Feb;27(1):31-39. doi: 10.1007/s10286-016-0393-3. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
Finucane C, O’Connell M, Donoghue O, Richardson K, Savva GM, Kenny RA. Impaired Orthostatic Blood Pressure Recovery is associated with Unexplained and Injurious Falls. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Mar;65(3):474-482. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14563. Epub 2017 Mar 10.
Fiorito G, Polidoro S, Dugue PA, Kivimaki M, Ponzi E, Matullo G, Guarrera S, Assumma MB, Georgiadis P, Kyrtopoulos SA, Krogh V, Palli D, Panico, S., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Stringhini, S., Severi, G., Hodge, A. M., Giles, G. G., Marioni, R, Karlsson Linner, R., O’Halloran, A. M., Kenny, R. A., Layte, R., Baglietto, L., Robinson, O., Mccrory, C., Milne, R. L. & Vineis, P. 2017. Social adversity and epigenetic ageing: a multi-cohort study on socioeconomic differences in peripheral blood DNA methylation. Sci Rep, 7, 16266.
Laird E, O’Halloran AM, Carey D, Healy M, O’Connor D, Moore P, Shannon T, Molloy AM, Kenny RA. 2017. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and the determinants of 25(OH)D concentration in older Irish adults: Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci.
Maguire F J, Killane I, Creagh AP, Donoghue O, Kenny RA, Reilily RB. 2018. Baseline Association of Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome With Sustained Attention, Memory, and Global Cognition. J Am Med Dir Assoc, 19, 53-58.
Moran R, Nolan JM, Stack J, O’Halloran AM, Feeney J, Akuffo KO, Kenny RA, Beatty S. 2017. Non-dietary correlates and determinants of plasma lutein and zeaxanthin concentrations in the irish population. J Nutr Health Aging, 21, 254-261.
Moriarty F, Cahir C, Bennett K, Hughes CM, Kenny RA, Fahey T. 2017. Potentially inappropriate prescribing and its association with health outcomes in middle-aged people: a prospective cohort study in Ireland. BMJ Open, 7, e016562.
Murphy C, Shelley E, O’Halloran AM, Fahey T, Kenny RA. 2017. Failure to control hypercholesterolaemia in the Irish adult population: cross-sectional analysis of the baseline wave of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Ir J Med Sci, 186, 1009-1017.
McCrory C, Berkman LF, Moore PV, Kenny RA. 2017. What Explains Socioeconomic Differences in the Speed of Heart Rate Recovery to Postural Challenge? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 72, 1717-1723.
McNicholas T, Tobin K, O’Callaghan S and Kenny RA. 2017. Is orthostatic hypotension more common in individuals with atrial fibrillation?—Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Age and Ageing, Volume 46, Issue 6, 1 November 2017, Pages 1006–1010
O’Hare C, Kenny RA, Aizenstein H, Boudreau R, Newman A, Launer L, Satterfield S, Yaffe K, Rosano C, Health ABCS. 2017a. Cognitive status, grey matter atrophy, and lower orthostatic blood pressure in older adults. J Alzheimers Dis, 57, 1239-1250.
O’Hare C, McCrory C, O’Connell MD, Kenny RA. 2017b. Sub-clinical orthostatic hypotension is associated with greater subjective memory impairment in older adults. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 32, 429-438.
O’Hare C, McCrory C, O’Leary N, O’Brien H, Kenny RA. 2017c. Childhood trauma and lifetime syncope burden among older adults. J Psychosom Res, 97, 63-69.
Peeters G, Leahy S, Kennelly S, Kenny RA. 2017. Is fear of falling associated with decline in global cognitive functioning in older adults: findings from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing. J Am Med Dir Assoc.
Peklar J, Kos M, O’Dwyer M, McCarron M, McCallion P, Kenny RA, Henman MC. 2017. Medication and supplement use in older people with and without intellectual disability: An observational, cross-sectional study. PLoS One, 12, e0184390.
Sexton DJ, Canney M, O’Connell MDL, Moore P, Little MA, O’Seaghdha CM, Kenny RA. 2017. Injurious falls and syncope in older community-dwelling adults meeting inclusion criteria for SPRINT. JAMA Intern Med, 177, 1385-1387.
Van Wijnen VK, Finucane C, Harms MPM, Nolan H, Freeman RL, Westerhof BE, Kenny RA, Ter Maaten, Wieling W. Noninvasive beat-to-beat finger arterial pressure monitoring during orthostasis: a comprehensive review of normal and abnormal responses at different ages. J Intern Med. 2017 Dec;282(6):468-483. doi: 10.1111/joim.12636. Epub 2017 Jul 10.
Vaughan RM, Coen RF, Kenny RA, Lawlor BA. Semantic/phonemic verbal fluency discrepancy in MCI: Potential predictor of conversion to Alzheimer’s Disease. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, in press)
Wilson L, Power C, Owens R, Lawlor BA. (2017) Psychiatric consultation in the nursing home: reasons for referral and recognition of delirium Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2017.71
2016
Briggs R, Kenny RA, Kennelly SP. Systematic Review: The Association between Late Life Depression and Hypotension. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016;17(12):1076-1088
Briggs R, Coary R, Collins RA, Coughlan T, O’Neill D, Kennelly SP. Acute hospital care: how much activity is attributable to caring for patients with dementia? QJM. 2016 Jan;109(1):41
Burke EA, Walsh JB, McCallion P, McCarron M, Carroll R. An exploration of the bone health of older adults with an intellectual disability in Ireland. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. April 2016 doi: 10 11 11/jir.12273
Canney, M, O’Connell, MD, Murphy, CM, O’Leary, N, Little, MA, O’Seaghdha, CM, Kenny, RA. Single Agent Antihypertensive Therapy and Orthostatic Blood Pressure Behaviour in Older Adults Using Beat-to-Beat Measurements: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. PLoS One. 11(1).
Cassarino M, Kenny RA, O’Sullivan V, Setti A. Environment and Cognitive Aging: A Cross-Sectional Study of Place of Residence and Cognitive Performance in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Neuropsychology. 30(5):543-57.
Coen RF, Robertson DA, Kenny RA, King-Kallimanis BL. Strengths and Limitations of the MoCA for Assessing Cognitive Functioning Findings From a Large Representative Sample of Irish Older Adults. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 29(1):18-24.
Coen RF, McCarroll K, Casey M, McNulty H, Laird E, Molloy AM, Ward M, Strain S, Hoey L, Hughes C, Cunningham CJ. (2016)
The Frontal Assessment Battery: Normative Performance in a Large Sample of Older Community-Dwelling Hospital Outpatient or General Practitioner Attenders. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. DOI: 10.1177/0891988716666381 [Epub ahead of print]
Coen RF, Robertson DA, Kenny RA, King-Kallimanis BL. Strengths and limitations of the MoCA for assessing cognitive functioning: findings from a large representative sample of Irish older adults. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 29(1), 18-24 DOI: 10.1177/0891988715598236
Devenney K, Sanders M, Aaronson J, Abeln V, Coen RF, Guinan E, Kessels R, Montag C. Polidori MC, Reuter M, Stuckenschneider T, Vogt T, Walsh C, Weber B, Lawlor BA, Rikkert MO, Schneider SR. The Effects of an Extensive Exercise Program on the Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial.
BMC Geriatrics
Donoghue O, Dooley C, Kenny RA. Usual and dual task walking speed: implications for pedestrians crossing the road. Journal of Aging and Health. 28(5): 850–862.
Feeney J, O’Leary N, Kenny RA. Impaired orthostatic blood pressure recovery and cognitive performance at two-year follow up in older adults: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Clinical Autonomic Research. 1;26(2):127-33.
Feeney J, Savva GM, Regan CO, King-Kallimanis B, Cronin H, Kenny RA. Measurement Error Reliability and Minimum Detectable Change in the Mini-Mental State Examination Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Color Trails Test among Community Living Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 53(3):1107-14.
Feeney J, O’Leary N, Kenny RA. Erratum to: Impaired orthostatic blood pressure recovery and cognitive performance at two- year follow up in older adults: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Clinical Autonomic Research, 26(3): 243
Finucane C, Colgan MP, O’Dwyer C, Fahy C, Collins O, Boyle G, Kenny RA. The accuracy of anatomical landmarks for locating the carotid sinus. Age Ageing. July 4 [Epub ahead of print]
French HP, Galvin R, Horgan NF, Kenny RA. Prevalence and burden of osteoarthritis amongst older people in Ireland: findings from The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). European Journal of Public Health. 26(1):192-8.
Gallagher DJ, Coen RF, Lawlor BA. (2016). Alzheimer’s Disease. In Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Clinical Guide, 2nd Ed, O. Hardiman & C.P. Doherty eds, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. 57-74. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23309-3
Glynn RW, Dolan C, Shelley E, Lawlor B. Evidence-based prevention and treatment of dementia. Lancet Neurol. 2016 Sep;15(10):1006-7. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30122-3. PubMed PMID: 27450470.
Henretta JC, McCrory C. Childhood Circumstances and Mid-Life Functional Mobility. J Aging Health. 28(3):440-59.
Jansen S, Bhangu J, de Rooij S, Daams J, Kenny RA, van der Velde N. The association of cardiovascular disorders and falls: a systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. s17(3):193-9.
Kenny RA, McNicholas T. The management of vasovagal syncope. QJM: monthly journal of the Association of Physicians. 2016;109(12):767-73.
Lawlor B, Kennelly S, O’Dwyer S. Correction. NILVAD protocol: a European multicenter double-blind placebo-controlled trial of nilvadipine in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. BMJ Open. 2015 Sep 28;5(9):e006364. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006364corr1. PubMed PMID: 26416510; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4593160.
Meulenbroek O, O’Dwyer S, de Jong D, van Spijker G, Kennelly S, Cregg F, Olde Rikkert M, Abdullah L, Wallin A, Walsh C, Coen R, Kenny RA, Daly L, Segurado R, Borjesson-Hanson A, Crawford F, Mullan M, Lucca U, Banzi R, Pasquier F, Breuilh L, Riepe M, Kalman J, Molloy W, Tsolaki M, Howard R, Adams J, Gaynor S, Lawlor B. European multicentre double-blind placebo-controlled trial of Nilvadipine in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease-the substudy protocols: NILVAD frailty; NILVAD blood and genetic biomarkers; NILVAD cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers; NILVAD cerebral blood flow. BMJ Open. 2016 Jul 19;6(7):e011584. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011584. PubMed PMID: 27436668; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4964180.
Miller AM, Rutkowska A, Bahl JM, Herukka SK, Koel-Simmelink MJ, Kruse N, Mollenhauer B, Siloaho M, Skinningsrud A, Zetterberg H, Teunissen CE, Lawlor BA. Multicenter immunoassay validation of cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light: a biomarker for neurodegeneration. Bioanalysis. 2016 Nov;8(21):2243-2254. PubMed PMID: 27684648.
Miller, A.M., Begley, E., Coen, R.F., Doyle, M., Dunne, J., Hutchinson, S., Kennelly, S.P., Kenny, R.A., Killeen, R.P., O’Dwyer, S., O’Neill, C., O’Sullivan, S.S., Rowan, M.J., Sheehy, N., McGuigan, C., Lawlor, B.A. (2016). Clinical consensus guidelines on the application of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis: recommendations of the Irish Network for Biomarkers in Neurodegeneration. Irish Medical Journal, 109(10), 483 http://imj.ie /clinical-consensus- guidelines-on- the-application-of-cerebrospinal-fluid-biomarkers-for-alzheimers-disease-diagnosis- recommendations-of-the-irish-network-for-biomarkers-in-neurodegeneration/
Moriarty F, Bennett K, Cahir C, Kenny RA, Fahey T. Potentially inappropriate prescribing according to STOPP and START and adverse outcomes in community-dwelling older people: a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. May [Epub ahead of print]
Mosca, I, Barrett, A. The Impact of Voluntary and Involuntary Retirement on Mental Health: Evidence from Older Irish Adults. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. 19(1): 33-44.
Mosca, I, McCrory, C. Personality and wealth accumulation among older couples: Do dispositional characteristics pay dividends? Journal of Economic Psychology. 56:1-19.
Moriarty F, Bennett K, Cahir C, Kenny RA, Fahey T. Potentially inappropriate prescribing according to STOPP and START and adverse outcomes in community-dwelling older people: a prospective cohort study. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 82(3):849-57.
McCrory C, Berkman L, Nolan H, O’Leary N, Foley M, Kenny RA. Speed of Heart Rate Recovery in Response to Orthostatic Challenge: A Strong Risk Marker of Mortality. Circulation Research. 119(5):666-75.
McCrory C, Finucane C, O’Hare C, Frewen J, Nolan H, Layte R, Kearney PM, Kenny RA. Social Disadvantage and Social Isolation Are Associated with a Higher Resting Heart Rate: Evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 71(3):463-73
McHugh JE, Kenny RA, Lawlor BA, Steptoe A, Kee F. The discrepancy between social isolation and loneliness as a clinically meaningful metric: findings from the Irish and English longitudinal studies of ageing (TILDA and ELSA). Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2016 Jun 1. doi: 10.1002/gps.4509. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27246181.
McHugh JE, Lee O, Aspell N, Connolly L, Lawlor BA, Brennan S. Peer volunteer perspectives following a complex social cognitive intervention: a qualitative investigation. Int Psychogeriatr. 2016 Sep;28(9):1545-54. doi:10.1017/S1041610216000144. PubMed PMID: 26888653.
McHugh Power J, Carney S, Hannigan C, Brennan S, Wolfe H, Lynch M, Kee F, Lawlor B. Systemic inflammatory markers and sources of social support among older adults in the Memory Research Unit cohort. J Health Psychol. 2016 Nov 3. pii:1359105316676331. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27815328.
McHugh Power J, Tang J, Lawlor B, Kenny RA, Kee F. Mediators of the relationship between social activities and cognitive function among older Irish adults: results from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing. Aging Ment Health.2016 Sep 27:1-6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27676290.
McHugh Power JE, Lee O, Aspell N, McCormack E, Loftus M, Connolly L, Lawlor B, Brennan S. RelAte: pilot study of the effects of a mealtime intervention on social cognitive factors and energy intake among older adults living alone. Br J Nutr. 2016 Nov;116(9):1573-1581. PubMed PMID: 27788696.
McMahon CG, Power Foley M, Robinson D, O’Donnell K, Poulton M, Kenny RA, Bennett K. High prevalence of frequent attendance in the over 65s. European Journal of Emergency Medicine. May [Epub ahead of print]
McNamara, P., Zaporojan, L., Doherty, C.P. Coen, R.F., Bergin, C. (2016). HIV and Other Infectious Causes of Dementia.
In Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Clinical Guide, 2nd Ed. O. Hardiman & C.P. Doherty eds, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. 255-268. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23309-3
O’Brien H, Mohan H, Hare CO, Reynolds JV, Kenny RA. Mind Over Matter? The Hidden Epidemic of Cognitive Dysfunction in the Older Surgical Patient. Ann Surg. 2016 – Aug 17 [Epub ahead of print]
O’Callaghan S, Kenny RA. Neurocardiovascular Instability and Cognition. Yale J Biol Med. 2016;89(1):59-71.
O’Hare C, McCrory C, O’Connell MDL, Kenny RA. Sub-clinical Orthostatic Hypotension is Associated with Greater Subjective Memory Impairment in Older Adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 1 June [Epub ahead of print]
O’Hare C, O’ Sullivan V, Flood S, Kenny RA. Seasonal and Meteorological Associations with Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults: A Geo- Epidemiological Study. JAD. 191 (2016) 172–179.
Ometto F, Stubbs B , Annweiler C, Duval C, Wang J, McCarroll K, Cunningham C, Soysal P, Isik AT, Luchini C, Solmi M, Sergi, Veronese N. Hypovitaminosis D and orthostatic hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Hypertension 2016;34(6):1036-43
Porter K, Hughes CF, Hoey L, Ward M, Moore K, Strain JJ, Molloy AM, Cunningham C, Casey MC, Laird E, McCarroll K, Pentieva K, McNulty H. Biomarkers of folate and related B-vitamins as predictors of cognitive decline in older Irish adults over a 5 year follow up period. Journal of Nutrition – Volume 76 Issue OCE1
Power C, Greene E, Lawlor BA, Depression in Late Life: Aetiology, Presentation and Management, Chapter in: Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly. Edited by: Helen Chiu and Kenneth Shulman, Published by Springer. [In press].
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach – a case of swallow syncope. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 15:S15-S16 April 2016.
Robertson DA, Kenny RA. Negative perceptions of aging modify the association between frailty and cognitive function in older adults. Personality and Individual Differences. 31(1):71-81.
Robertson DA, King-Kallimanis BL, Kenny RA. Negative Perceptions of Aging Predict Longitudinal Decline in Cognitive Function. Psychol Aging. 31(7):71-81.
Ryan DJ, Kenny RA, Finucane C, Meaney JF, Collins DR, S Walsh. Abnormal orthostatic blood pressure control among subjects with lacunar infarction. European Stroke Journal, 2396987316663287 2016.
Santini ZI, Fiori KL, Feeney J, Tyrovolas S, Haro JM, Koyanagi A. Social relationships, loneliness, and mental health among older men and women in Ireland: A prospective community-based study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 204:59-69
Schepens ME, Lutomski JE, Bruce I, Olde Rikkert MG, Lawlor BA. Reliability and Validity of the International Dementia Alliance Schedule for the Assessment and Staging of Care in Ireland. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2016 Apr;24(4):297-300. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.10.002. PubMed PMID: 26796923.
Skrobot. O.A, O’Brien, J. et al. & VICCCS group incl R.F. Coen. The Vascular Impairment of Cognition Classification Consensus Study. (Alzheimer’s & Dementia, in press) DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.jalz.2016.10.007
Vaughan RM, Coen RF, Kenny R, Lawlor BA. Preservation of the Semantic Verbal Fluency Advantage in a Large Population-Based Sample: Normative Data from the TILDA Study. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2016 May;22(5):570-6. doi: 10.1017/S1355617716000291. PubMed PMID: 27055803.
Ungar A, Rivasi G, Rafanelli M, Toffanello G, Mussi C, Ceccofiglio A, McDonagh R, Drumm B, Marchionni N, Alboni P, Kenny RA.
Safety and tolerability of Tilt Testing and Carotid Sinus Massage in the octogenarians. Age Ageing, 45(2):242-8. [Epub 31 Jan]
Vaughan RM, Coen RF, Kenny R, Lawlor BA. Preservation of the Semantic Verbal Fluency Advantage in a Large Population-Based Sample: Normative Data from the TILDA Study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society: JINS. 22(5):570.
2015
Akuffo KO, Nolan J, Stack J, Moran R, Feeney J, Kenny RA, Peto T, Dooley C, O’Halloran AM, Cronin H, Beatty S. Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in the Republic of Ireland. Br J Ophthalmol, 99(8):1037-44.
Bhangu JS, Mc Mahon GC, Hall P, Bennett K, Rice CP, Crean P, Sutton R, Kenny RA. Long-term cardiac monitoring in older adults with unexplained falls and syncope. Heart. 2016 Jan 28. pii: heartjnl-2015-308706.
Bruce I, Ntlholang O, Crosby L, Cunningham C, Lawlor B. The clinical utility of naturalistic action test in differentiating mild cognitive impairment from early dementia in memory clinic. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, doi: 10.1002/gps.4331 (2015).
Burke EA, McCallion P, Walsh JB, McCarron M. An exploration of the bone health of older adults with an intellectual disability in Ireland. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research [in press].
Cassarino M, O’Sullivan V, Kenny RA, Setti A. Environment and Cognitive Aging: A Cross-Sectional Study of Place of Residence and Cognitive Performance in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Neuropsychology 23 Nov 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
Coen RF, McCarroll K, Casey M, McNulty H, Laird E, Molloy AM, Ward M, Strain S, Hoey L, Hughes C, Cunningham C.J. The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB): normative performance in a large sample of older community dwelling hospital out-patient or General Practitioner attenders. (submitted to Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology).
Coen RF, Robertson DA, Kenny RA, King-Kallimanis BL. Strengths and limitations of the MoCA for assessing cognitive functioning: findings from a large representative sample of Irish older adults. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, DOI: 10.1177/0891988715598236 [Epub ahead of print].
Crowe C, Coen RF, Kidd N, Hevey D, Cooney J, Harbison J. (2015). An in-depth exploration of experiences of psychological distress post-stroke. Journal of Health Psychology, DOI: 10.1177/1359105315581067 [Epub ahead of print].
Donoghue OA, Dooley C, Kenny RA. Usual and Dual-Task Walking Speed: Implications for Pedestrians Crossing the Road. Journal of Aging and Health 17 Nov 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
Donoghue OA, O’Hare C, King-Kallimanis B, Kenny RA.Antidepressants are independently associated with gait deficits in single and dual task conditions. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Feb;23(2):189-99 2015.
Feeney J, Dooley C, Finucane C, Kenny RA. Stressful life events and orthostatic blood pressure recovery in older adults. Health Psychology, 34(7):765-74.
Feeney J, Kenny RA. The impact of prior exposure to stressful life events and current perceived stress on heart rate variability in older adults: Results from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 61:51.
Finucane C, O’ Connell M, Richardson K, Donoghue O, Savva G, Kenny RA. Impaired orthostatic blood pressure stabilization is highly prevalent and a novel risk factor for unexplained falls in older adults: Findings from a prospective national cohort study. European Heart Journal 36, 982-982.
Fitzgerald, MCC, Carton S, O’Keeffe F, Coen RF, Kelly S, Dockree P. Rehabilitation of Emergent Awareness of Errors Post Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Intervention. (submitted to Neuropsychological Rehabilitation)
French HP, Galvin R, Horgan NR, Kenny RA. Prevalence and burden of osteoarthritis amongst older people in Ireland: findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). European Journal of Public Health. doi:pii: ckv109. June 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
Frewen J, King-Kallimanis BL, Boyle G, Kenny RA. Recent syncope and unexplained falls are associated with poor cognitive performance Age and Ageing, 42 (2): 282-6.
Gallagher DJ, Coen RF, Lawlor BA.Alzheimer’s Disease. In Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Clinical Guide,
2nd Ed, O. Hardiman & C.P. Doherty eds, Springer-Verlag, London (in press).
Galligan N, Hevey D, Coen RF, Harbison J. (2015) Clarifying the Associations Between Anxiety, Depression and Fatigue following Stroke.Journal of Health Psychology doi:10.1177/1359105315587140 [Epub ahead of print].
Guilfoyle P, O’Brien H, O’Keeffe ST. Delusions of pregnancy in older women: a case series. Age Ageing. 2015 Nov;44(6):1058-61.
Hannigan C, Coen RF, Lawlor BA, Robertson IH, Brennan S. (2015). The NEIL Memory Research Unit: psychosocial, biological, physiological and lifestyle factors associated with healthy ageing: study protocol. BMC Psychology, 3(1), 20 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-015-0079-y. eCollection 2015.
Hayakawa T, McGarrigle CA, Coen RF, Soraghan CJ, Foran T, Lawlor BA, Kenny RA. Orthostatic blood pressure behaviour in people with mild cognitive impairment predicts conversion to dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63(9), 1868-1873 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13596.
Hudson E, Nolan A. Public healthcare eligibility and the utilisation of GP services by older people in Ireland
Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 6: 24-43.
Jansen S, Bhangu J, de Rooij S, Daams S, Kenny RA, van der Velde N. Association of Cardiovascular Disorders and Falls: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 8 Oct 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
Jansen S, Bhangu JS, de Rooij S, Daams J, Kenny RA, Van Der Velde N. The Association of Cardiovascular Disorders and Falls: A Systematic Review. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Oct 8. pii: S1525-8610(15)00562-9.
Jansen S, Frewen J, Finucane C, de Rooij SE, Van der Velde N, Kenny RA. AF is associated with self-reported syncope and falls in a general population cohort. Age Ageing, 44(4):598-603.
Jansen S, Kenny RA, de Rooij SE, van der Velde N. Self-reported cardiovascular conditions are associated with falls and syncope in community dwelling older adults.Age and Ageing, 44(3):525-9.
Kamiya Y, Timonen V, Kenny RA. The impact of childhood sexual abuse on the mental and physical health, and healthcare utilization of older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 19:1-8.
Kehoe EG, Farrell D, Metzler-Baddeley C,Lawlor BA, Kenny RA, Lyons D, McNulty JP, Mullins PG, Coyle D, Bokde Al. Fornix White Matter is correlated with resting-state functional connectivity of the Thalamus and Hippocampus in healthy ageing but not in mild cognitive impairment – a preliminary study. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 5 February 2015.
Kelly D, Coen RF, Akuffo K, Beatty S, Dennison J, Moran R, Stack J, Howard AN, Mulcahy R, Nolan JM. (2015). Cognitive function and its relationship with macular pigment optical density and serum concentrations of its constituent carotenoids. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 48(1), 261-277 DOI: 10.3233/JAD-150199.
Kelly ME, Lawlor BA, Coen RF, Robertson IH, Brennan S. Cognitive Rehabilitation for Early Stage Alzheimer’s disease. (submitted to Neuropsychological Rehabilitation).
Kenny RA, Brignole M, Dan GA, Deharo JC, van Dijk JG, Doherty C, Hamdan M, Moya A, Parry SW, Sutton R, Ungar A, Wieling A. et al. Syncope Unit: rationale and requirement – the European Heart Rhythm Association position statement endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society. Europace, 17(9):1325-40
Kenny RA, Rice C, Byrne L. The Role of the Syncope Management Unit. Cardiology Clinics, 33(3):483-96.
Laird E, McNulty H, Ward M, Hoey L, McSorley E, Wallace JM, Carson E, Molloy AM, Healy M, Casey MC, Cunningham C, Strain JJ. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with inflammation in older Irish adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 May; 99(5):1807-15. doi: 10.1210/jc.2013-3507.
Lawlor BA, Kennelly S, O’Dwyer S, Cregg F, Walsh C, Coen RF, Kenny RA, Howard R, Murphy C, Adams, J., Daly, L., Segurado, R., Gaynor, S., Crawford, F., Mullan, M., Lucca, U., Banzi, R., Pasquier, F., Breuilh, L., Riepe, M., Kalman, J., Wallin, A., Borjesson, A., Molloy, W., Tsolaki, M., Olde Rikkert, M. (2014) NILVAD protocol: a European multicentre double-blind placebo-controlled trial of nilvadipine in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. BMJ Open 2014;4:e006364 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006364
Leahy S, O’Halloran AM, O’Leary N, Healy M, McCormack M, Kenny RA, O’Connell J. Prevalence and correlates of diagnosed and undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes in older adults. Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 110(3): 241-9.
McCarroll K, Beirne A, Casey M, McNulty H, Ward M, Hoey L, Molloy A, Laird E, Healy M, Strain JJ, Cunningham C.
Determinants of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in older Irish adults. Age Ageing. 2015 Sep;44(5):847-53. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afv090.
McCrory C, Dooley C, Layte R, Kenny RA. The lasting legacy of childhood adversity for disease risk in later life.
Health Psychology, 34(7):687-96.
McCrory C, Henretta JC, O’Connell MDL, Kenny RA. Intergenerational Occupational Mobility and Objective Physical Health Functioning in Midlife and Older Ages. Journals of Gerontology (Series B): Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 8 Oct 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
McGrath D, Greene BR, Sheehan K, Walsh L, Kenny RA, Caulfield B. Stability of daily home-based measures of postural control over an eight-week period in highly-functioning older adults European Journal of Applied Physiology 115(2): 437-49.
McKee G, Kearney PM, Kenny RA. The factors associated with self-reported physical activity in older adults living in the community. Age and Ageing, 44 (4): 586-592.
McNamara P, Zaporojan L, Doherty CP, Coen RF, Bergin C. HIV and Other Infectious Causes of Dementia. In Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Clinical Guide,2nd Ed, O. Hardiman & C.P. Doherty eds, Springer-Verlag, London.
MD O’Connell, GM Savva, CW Fan, RA Kenny. Orthostatic hypotension, orthostatic intolerance and frailty: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging-TILDA.Archives in Gerontology and Geriatrics, 60(3):507-13.
Moriarty F, Bennett K, Fahey F, Kenny RA, Cahir C. Longitudinal prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines and potential prescribing omissions in a cohort of community-dwelling older people. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 71(4):473-82.
Murphy CM, Bennett K, Fahey T , Shelley E, Graham I, Kenny RA. Statin use in adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease mortality: cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). BMJ Open, 5(7), online.
Murphy CM, Kearney PM, Shelley EB, Fahey T, Dooley C, Kenny RA. Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in the over 50s in Ireland: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Journal of Public Health, doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv057.
Murphy CM, Shelley E, Clarke R, Bennett K, Fahey T, Kenny RA. Antihypertensive treatment based on risk of cardiovascular disease or levels of risk factors? Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). European Heart Journal 36 (Abstract supplement): 334.
Ní Bhuachalla B, McGarrigle CA, Akuffo KO, Peto T, Beatty S, Kenny RA. Phenotypes of orthostatic blood pressure behaviour and association with visual acuity. Clin Auton Res. 2015 Dec;25(6):373-81.
Ní Bhuachalla B, McGarrigle CA, Kenny RA. Neurocardiovascular instability may modulate end-organ damage: A review of this hypothesis investigating the eye and manifestations of NCVI. Med Hypotheses. 2015 Nov;85(5):594-602.
Nolan J, Loskutova E, Howard, A, Mulcahy R, Moran R, Stack J, Bolger M, Coen RF, Dennison J, Akuffo KO, Owens N, Power R, Thurnham D, Beatty S. (2015) The impact of supplemental macular carotenoids in Alzheimer’s disease: CARDS report 2. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 44(4), 1157-1169 DOI: 10.3233/JAD-142265
Ntlholang O, McDonagh R, Nicholson S, Brett F, Bradley D, Harbison J. Is intimal hyperplasia associated with cranial arterial stenosis in cannabis-associated cerebral infarction? International Journal of Stroke 10 (6), E56-E59. Ntlholang O, Walsh S, Bradley D, Harbison J.
Identifying palliative care issues in inpatients dying following stroke. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971-), 1-4.
Ntlholang O, Walsh S, Bradley D, Harbison J. Palliative care issues in inpatients dying following stroke. International Journal of Stroke 10, 240-240.
Hare C, O’Sullivan V, Flood S, Kenny RA. Seasonal and meteorological associations with depressive symptoms in older adults: A geoepidemiological study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 191:172-9 1 Dec 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
O’Regan C, Kenny RA, Cronin H, Finucane C, Kearney PM. Antidepressants strongly influence the relationship between depression and heart rate variability: findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Psychological medicine, 2015, 45 (03), 623-636.
O’Sullivan M, Coen RF, O’Hora D, Shiel A. (2015). Cognitive rehabilitation for Mild Cognitive Impairment: Developing and piloting an intervention. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 22(3), 280-300 DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2014.927818
Peklar J, O’Halloran AM, Maidment ID, Henman MC, Kenny RA, Kos M. Sedative load and frailty among community-dwelling population aged >65 years. Journal of American Medical Directors Association, 16(4):282-9.
Reilly R et al Combined and independent effect of riboflavin and folic acid on blood pressure in adults with the MTHFR 677TT genotype (submitted for review).
Richardson K, Bennett K, Kenny RA. Polypharmacy including falls, risk-increasing medications and subsequent falls in community dwelling middle aged and older adults. Age and Ageing, 44(1):90-96.
Richardson K, Bennett K, Maidment ID, Fox C, Smithard D, Kenny RA. Use of Medications with Anticholinergic Activity and Self-Reported Injurious Falls in Older Community-Dwelling Adults. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 63(8):1561-9.
Robertson DA, King-Kallimanis BL, Kenny RA. Negative Perceptions of Aging Predict Longitudinal Decline in Cognitive Function Psychology and Aging 21 Dec 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
Robertson DA, Savva GM, Coen RF, Kenny RA. Response to Kara and Colleagues. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 63(6):1281-2.
Robertson DA, Savva GM, King-Kallimanis BL, Kenny RA. Negative perceptions of aging and decline in walking speed: a self-fulfilling prophecy. PLoS One, 10(4):e0123260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123260.
Robinson SM, Ní Bhuachalla B, Ní Mhaille B, Cotter PE, O’Connor M, O’Keeffe ST. Home, please: A conjoint analysis of patient preferences after a bad hip fracture. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2015 Oct;15(10):1165-70.
Romero-Ortuno R, O’Connell MD, Finucane C, Fan CW, Kenny RA. Higher orthostatic heart rate predicts mortality: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Aging Clin Exp Res., 27(2):239-42.
Ryan DJ, Harbison JA, Meaney JF, Rice CP, King-Kallimanis BL, Kenny RA. Syncope causes transient focal neurological symptoms. Quarterly Journal of Medicine January 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
Ryan DJ, Kenny RA, Christensen S, Meaney JF, Fagan AJ, Harbison J. Ischaemic stroke or TIA in older subjects associated with impaired dynamic blood pressure control in the absence of severe large artery stenosis. Age Ageing, 44(4): 655-661
Schepens ME, Lutomski JE, Bruce I, Olde Rikkert MG, Lawlor BA. Reliability and Validity of the International Dementia Alliance Schedule for the Assessment and Staging of Care in Ireland. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2015 Oct 27. pii: S1064-7481(15)00263-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.10.002.
Sexton E, Bedford D. GP supply, deprivation and emergency admission to hospital for COPD and diabetes complications in counties across Ireland: an exploratory analysis Irish Journal of Medical Science [Epub ahead of print].
Skrobot OA, et al. VICCCS group incl. Coen RF. Vascular Impairment of Cognition Classification Consensus Study (VICCCS). [submitted to The Lancet Neurology]
Theou O, O’Connell MD, King-Kallimanis BL, O’Halloran AM, Rockwood K, Kenny RA. Measuring frailty using self-report and test-based health measures. Age and Ageing, 44(3):471-7.
Vaughan RM, Coen RF, Kenny RA, Lawlor BA. Preservation of the Semantic Verbal Fluency Advantage in a large population-based sample: normative data from the TILDA Study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society [under review].
2014
Barrett A, O’Sullivan V. The wealth health and wellbeing of Ireland’s older people, before and during the economic crisis.
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Bhangu JS, King-Kallimanis B, Cunningham C, Kenny RA. The relationship between syncope, depression and anti-depressant use in older adults. Age Ageing 43(4): 502-9. July 2014.
Cousins GI, Galvin R, Flood M, Kennedy MC, Motterlini N, Henman MC, Kenny RA, Fahey T. 2014. Potential for alcohol and drug interactions in older adults: evidence from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing. BMC Geriatrics. 14(57).
Donoghue OA, Jansen S, Dooley C, De Rooij S, Van Der Velde N, Kenny RA. Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With Impaired Mobility in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 15(12): 929–933.
Donoghue OA, Savva GM, Cronin H, Kenny RA, Horgan NF. Using Timed Up-and-Go and usual gait speed to predict incident difficulty in daily activities among community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 95(10):1954-61.
Donoghue, OA, Ryan H, Duggan E, Finucane C, Savva GM, Cronin H, Loughman J, Kenny RA. Relationship between fear of falling and mobility varies with visual function among older adults. Geriatrics & Gerontology International 14(4):827-36
Donoghue OA, O’Hare C, King-Kallimanis B, Kenny RA. Antidepressants are Independently Associated with Gait Deficits in Single and Dual Task Conditions. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23 (2) 189-199 49.
Gallagher D, Coen RF, Lawlor BA. Alzheimer’s Disease. In Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Clinical Guide. 2nd Ed, O. Hardiman & C.P. Doherty eds, Springer-Verlag, London [in press].
Galvin R, Moriarty F, Cousins G, Cahir C, Motterlini N, Bradley M, Kenny, RA. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing and prescribing omissions in older Irish adults: findings from The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing study (TILDA).
European journal of clinical pharmacology, 70(5): 599-606.
Gillespie P, O’Shea E, Cullinan J, Buchanan J, Bobula J, Lacey L, Gallagher D, Mhaolain AN, Lawlor B. Longitudinal costs of caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease. Int Psychogeriatr. 2014 Sep 23:1-10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25248030.
Greene BR, Doheny EP, Kenny RA, Caulfield B. Classification of frailty and falls history using a combination of sensor-based mobility assessments. Physiol Meas. 35(10): 2053-66. 19 Sept 2014 [Epub ahead of print]
Griofa CO, Courtney J, Finucane C, Gray C. Tracking transverse 2D ultrasound images of the carotid artery. 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA).
Hayakawa T, McGarrigle CA, Coen RF, Soraghan CJ, Foran T, Lawlor BA, Kenny RA. Orthostatic blood pressure behaviour in people with mild cognitive impairment predicts conversion to dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, [in press]
Hegarty FJ, Amoore J, Scott, R. Blackett, P. & McCarthy, J.P. The role of Clinical Engineers in Hospitals, Ch. 7. Clinical Engineering Academic Press Elsevier,Oxford, UK. 2014.
Henretta J, McCrory C. Early Life Circumstances and Differences in Midlife Functional Mobility using the Timed-Up- and-Go (TUG) Measure. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, February 2014
Hudson E, Nolan A. Public healthcare eligibility and the utilisation of GP services by older people in Ireland. Journal of the Economics of Ageing 29 Sept 2014 [in press].
Hudson E, Barrett A. Peer Groups, Employment Status and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults in Ireland. Population Ageing 7: 43-54.
Jansen S, Frewen J, Finucane C, De Rooij SE, Van Der Velde N, Kenny RA. Atrial fibrillation is associated with syncope and falls in a general population cohort. European Heart Journal, 2014, 35, 256-256.
Jaspreet B, King-Kallimanis BL, Cunningham C, Kenny RA. The relationship between syncope, depression and anti-depressant use in older adults. Age and Ageing. 43(4): 502–509.
Kamiya, Y, Doyle, M, Henretta, JC., Timonen, V. Early-Life Circumstances and Later-Life Loneliness in Ireland. The Gerontologist 54(5): 773-783.
Kenny E, Coakley D, Boyle G (2014). Non-contact in vivo measurement of ocular microtremor using laser speckle correlation metrology. Physiological Measurement, 35, 2014, p1229_1243.
Kenny Gibson W, Cronin H, Kenny RA, Setti A. Validation of the self-reported hearing questions in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing against the Whispered Voice Test. BMC Research Notes. 7(361).
Kelly ME, Loughrey D, Lawlor BA, Robertson IH, Walsh C, Brennan S. The impact of exercise on the cognitive functioning of healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ageing Res Rev. 2014 Jul;16:12-31. doi:
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Killane I, Donoghue OA, Savva GM, Cronin H, Kenny RA, Reilly RB. 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.
Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 69(11): 1407-14.
King-Kallimanis BL, Kenny RA, Savva GM. Factor structure for the frailty syndrome was consistent across Europe.
J Clin Epidemiol 67(9): 1008-15. Sept 2014.
Lawlor BA, Kennelly S, O’Dwyer S, Cregg F, Walsh C, Coen RF, Kenny RA, Howard R, Murphy C, Adams, J., Daly, L., Segurado, R., Gaynor, S., Crawford, F., Mullan, M., Lucca, U., Banzi, R., Pasquier, F., Breuilh, L., Riepe, M., Kalman, J., Wallin, A., Borjesson, A., Molloy, W., Tsolaki, M., Olde Rikkert, M. (2014). NILVAD protocol: a European multicentre double-blind placebo-controlled trial of nilvadipine in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. BMJ open, 4, (10), 2014, pe006364.
Mellqvist Fässberg M, Östling S, Braam AW, Bäckman K, Copeland JR, Fichter M, Kivelä SL, Lawlor BA, Lobo A, Magnússon H, Prince MJ, Reischies FM, Turrina C, Wilson K, Skoog I, Waern M. Functional disability and death wishes in older Europeans: results from the EURODEP concerted action. Soc Psychiatry Epidemiol. 2014 Sep;49(9):1475-82. doi: 10.1007/s00127-014-0840-1. Epub 2014 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 24554123; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4143593.
McCarthy JP, Scott R. Blackett, Amoore J, Hegarty FJ. Health Technology Management. Ch. 4 Clinical Engineering, Academic Press Elsevier, Oxford, UK. 2014.
McCrory C, Dooley C, Layte R, Kenny RA. The Lasting Legacy of Childhood Adversity for Disease Risk in Later Life.
Health Psychol. 25 Aug 2014 [Epub ahead of print].
McCrory C, Finucane C, Frewen J,O’Hare C, Kenny RA, Kearney P. Social disadvantage and social isolation are associated with a higher resting heart rate in men: results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2014 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print].
McGarrigle CA, Cronin H, Kenny RA. The impact of being the intermediate caring generation and intergenerational transfers on self- reported health of women in Ireland. International Journal of Public Health. 59(2): 301-8.
Mosca I, and Kenny RA. Exploring differences in prevalence of diagnosed, measured and undiagnosed hypertension: the case of Ireland and the United States of America. International Journal of Public Health 59(5): 759-767.
Murphy C, Whelan B, Normand C. Formal home care utilisation by older adults in Ireland: Evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Health and Social Care in the Community, December 2014 [Epub ahead of print] DOI:10.111/HSC12157
Nivakoski, S. Determinants of Pension Coverage and Retirement Income Replacement Rates – Evidence from TILDA.
Economic and Social Review 45(3): 299-328.
Nolan A. Health: Funding, Access and Efficiency. Chapter 12 in O’Hagan, J. and Newman, C. (eds.) The Economy of Ireland: National and Sectoral Policy Issues, 12th edition, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 18 Sept 2014.
Nolan A, O’Regan C, Dooley C, Wallace D, Hever A, Cronin H, Hudson E, Kenny RA. (eds.) The Over 50s in a Changing Ireland: Economic Circumstances, Health and Well-Being TILDA Wave 2 Summary Report, 29th January 2014.
Nolan J, Loskutova E, Howard A, Mulcahy R, Moran R, Stack J, Bolger M, Coen RF, Dennison J, Akuffo KO, Owens N, Power R, Thurnham D, Beatty S. (2014). The impact of supplemental macular carotenoids in Alzheimer’s disease: CARDS report 2. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Epub ahead of print, PMID 25408222.
O’Halloran AM, Finucane C, Savva GM, Robertson IH, Kenny RA. Sustained Attention and Frailty in the Older Adult Population.
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 69(2): 147-56.
O’Halloran AM, Kenny RA, King-Kallimanis BL. The latent factors of depression from the short forms of the CES-D are consistent, reliable and valid in community-living older adults. European Geriatric Medicine. 5(2): 97–102.
O’Regan C, Kenny RA, Cronin H, Finucane C, Kearney PM. Antidepressants strongly influence the relationship between depression and heart rate variability: findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Psychological medicine, 2014, 45 (03), 623-636.
O’Sullivan M, Coen RF. O’Hora D, Shiel A. (2014). Cognitive rehabilitation for Mild Cognitive Impairment: Developing and piloting an intervention. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2014.927818
O’Sullivan, V, Nolan, B, Barrett, A, Dooley, C. 2014. Income and Wealth in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Economic and Social Review 45(3): 329-348.
Peklar J, Henman MC, Kos M, Richardson K, Kenny RA. Concurrent use of drugs and supplements in a community-dwelling population aged 50 years or more: potential benefits and risks. Drugs Aging 31(7): 527-40. July 2014.
Peklar J, O’Halloran AM, Maidment ID, Henman MC, Kenny RA, Kos M. Sedative load and frailty among community-dwelling population aged 65 years. Journal of American Medical Directors Association, November 2014 [Epub ahead of print].
Richardson K, Kenny RA, Bennett K. The effect of free health care on polypharmacy: a comparison of propensity score methods and multivariable regression to account for confounding. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 23(6): 656-65.
Robertson DA, Savva GM, Coen RF, Kenny RA (2014). Cognitive Function in the Prefrailty and Frailty Syndrome. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (early view access; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13111).
Romero-Ortuno R, O’Connell MDL, Finucane C, Fan CW, Dooley C, Kenny RA. Higher Orthostatic Heart Rate Predicts Mortality In The Irish Longitudinal Study Of Ageing (TILDA). Ageing Clin Exp Res. E. Pub [ahead of print) 18 July 2014.
Setti A, Stapleton J, Leahy D, Walsh C,æKenny RA, Newell FN. Improving the efficiency of multisensory integration in older adults: audio-visual temporal discrimination training reduces susceptibility to the sound-induced flash illusion. Neuropsychologia 61:259-68 Aug 2014
Soraghan C, Hermann S, Boyle G. Human-Computer Systems Interaction: Backgrounds and Applications 3. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Volume 300, 2014, pp 221-231.
Soraghan C, Fan CW, Hayakawa T, Cronin H, Foran T, Boyle G, Kenny RA, Finucane C. TILDA Signal Processing Framework (SPF) for the analysis of BP responses to standing in epidemiological and clinical studies. 2014 IEEE-EMBS International Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI). 793-796.