Search Results - "Ramsay, Sheena E"
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Frailty, aging, and periodontal disease: Basic biologic considerations
Published in Periodontology 2000 (01-10-2021)“…Aging is associated with the development of disease. Periodontal disease is one of the many diseases and conditions that increase in prevalence with age. In…”
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Influence of Poor Oral Health on Physical Frailty: A Population‐Based Cohort Study of Older British Men
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) (01-03-2018)“…Objectives To investigate the associations between objective and subjective measures of oral health and incident physical frailty. Design Cross‐sectional and…”
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From Drugs to Dry Mouth: A Systematic Review Exploring Oral and Psychological Health Conditions Associated with Dry Mouth in Older Adults with Polypharmacy
Published in Drugs & aging (01-04-2023)“…Background Approximately 60% of older adults complain of dry mouth, which may be associated with polypharmacy, common in this population. Existing studies have…”
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Investigating changes in mental health services utilisation in England and their impact on health outcomes and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Protocol for a health data-linkage study
Published in PloS one (06-04-2023)“…Linking routinely collected health care system data records for the same individual across different services and over time has enormous potential for the NHS…”
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Oral health and all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory mortality in older people in the UK and USA
Published in Scientific reports (12-08-2021)“…Preventing deterioration of oral health in older age can be crucial for survival. We aimed to examine associations of oral health problems with all-cause,…”
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Nutrition and Frailty: Opportunities for Prevention and Treatment
Published in Nutrients (01-07-2021)“…Frailty is a syndrome of growing importance given the global ageing population. While frailty is a multifactorial process, poor nutritional status is…”
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Ability of Self-Reported Frailty Components to Predict Incident Disability, Falls, and All-Cause Mortality: Results From a Population-Based Study of Older British Men
Published in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (01-02-2017)“…Abstract Background Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability to disability, falls, and mortality. The Fried frailty phenotype includes assessments of grip…”
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Associations between inflammation, cardiovascular biomarkers and incident frailty: the British Regional Heart Study
Published in Age and ageing (10-11-2021)“…Introduction cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic inflammation are implicated in the development of frailty. Longitudinal analyses of inflammatory markers,…”
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Self-reported vision impairment and incident prefrailty and frailty in English community-dwelling older adults: findings from a 4-year follow-up study
Published in Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) (01-11-2017)“…BackgroundLittle is known about vision impairment and frailty in older age. We investigated the relationship of poor vision and incident prefrailty and…”
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Oral health problems and risk of incident disability in two studies of older adults in the United Kingdom and the United States
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) (01-07-2022)“…Preventing oral health problems can be crucial for maintaining physical independence in older adults. We aimed to examine the associations of a range of oral…”
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Self‐Reported Hearing Impairment and Incident Frailty in English Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: A 4‐Year Follow‐Up Study
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) (01-05-2017)“…Objectives To examine the association between hearing impairment and incident frailty in older adults. Design Cross‐sectional and longitudinal analyses with…”
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Oral nutritional interventions in frail older people who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition: a systematic review
Published in Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) (01-12-2022)“…Malnutrition worsens the health of frail older adults. Current treatments for malnutrition may include prescribed oral nutritional supplements, which are…”
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What are the key influences and challenges around weight management faced by patients in UK adult secure mental health settings? A focused ethnographic approach
Published in BMJ open (29-03-2024)“…ObjectivesExcess weight is highly prevalent in secure (forensic) mental health services and impacts negatively on patients’ physical and mental health. This…”
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Improving oral health and related health behaviours (substance use, smoking, diet) in people with severe and multiple disadvantage: A systematic review of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions
Published in PloS one (18-04-2024)“…People experiencing homelessness co-occurring with substance use or offending ('severe and multiple disadvantage' SMD) often have high levels of poor oral…”
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Associations of poor oral health with frailty and physical functioning in the oldest old: results from two studies in England and Japan
Published in BMC geriatrics (18-03-2021)“…Very few studies have examined the relationship of oral health with physical functioning and frailty in the oldest old (> 85 years). We examined the…”
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Oral Health, Disability and Physical Function: Results From Studies of Older People in the United Kingdom and United States of America
Published in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (01-12-2019)“…Studies examining the associations between oral health and disability have limited oral health measures. We investigated the association of a range of…”
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Investigating associations between the built environment and physical activity among older people in 20 UK towns
Published in Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) (01-02-2018)“…BackgroundPolicy initiatives such as WHO Age Friendly Cities recognise the importance of the urban environment for improving health of older people, who have…”
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Diet quality in older age: the influence of childhood and adult socio-economic circumstances
Published in British journal of nutrition (14-05-2015)“…Socio-economic gradients in diet quality are well established. However, the influence of material socio-economic conditions particularly in childhood, and the…”
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What are the consequences of caring for older people and what interventions are effective for supporting unpaid carers? A rapid review of systematic reviews
Published in BMJ open (29-09-2021)“…ObjectivesTo identify and map evidence about the consequences of unpaid caring for all carers of older people, and effective interventions to support this…”
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Hearing impairment and incident disability and all-cause mortality in older British community-dwelling men
Published in Age and ageing (01-09-2016)“…hearing impairment is common in older adults and has been implicated in the risk of disability and mortality. We examined the association between hearing…”
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