Karen Davies

Summary

Affiliation: University of Newcastle
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Engaging the oldest old in research: lessons from the Newcastle 85+ study
    Karen Davies
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL, UK
    BMC Geriatr 10:64. 2010
  2. ncbi Prevalence of left ventricular dysfunction in a UK community sample of very old people: the Newcastle 85+ study
    Fahad Yousaf
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK
    Heart 98:1418-23. 2012
  3. ncbi Losing the ability in activities of daily living in the oldest old: a hierarchic disability scale from the Newcastle 85+ study
    Andrew Kingston
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e31665. 2012
  4. ncbi Capability and dependency in the Newcastle 85+ cohort study. Projections of future care needs
    Carol Jagger
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL UK
    BMC Geriatr 11:21. 2011
  5. ncbi The impact of visual impairment on Mini-Mental State Examination Scores in the Newcastle 85+ study
    Joanna Mary Jefferis
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK
    Age Ageing 41:565-8. 2012
  6. ncbi The personal and health service impact of falls in 85 year olds: cross-sectional findings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study
    Joanna Collerton
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e33078. 2012
  7. ncbi Frailty and the role of inflammation, immunosenescence and cellular ageing in the very old: cross-sectional findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study
    Joanna Collerton
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, United Kingdom
    Mech Ageing Dev 133:456-66. 2012
  8. ncbi Assessment of a large panel of candidate biomarkers of ageing in the Newcastle 85+ study
    Carmen Martin-Ruiz
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK
    Mech Ageing Dev 132:496-502. 2011
  9. ncbi Health and disease in 85 year olds: baseline findings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study
    Joanna Collerton
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL
    BMJ 339:b4904. 2009
  10. ncbi Nutrition in advanced age: dietary assessment in the Newcastle 85+ study
    A J Adamson
    Human Nutrition Research Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 63:S6-18. 2009

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Publications10

  1. ncbi Engaging the oldest old in research: lessons from the Newcastle 85+ study
    Karen Davies
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL, UK
    BMC Geriatr 10:64. 2010
    ..This paper describes the methods employed for the successful recruitment, retention and evaluation of this cohort...
  2. ncbi Prevalence of left ventricular dysfunction in a UK community sample of very old people: the Newcastle 85+ study
    Fahad Yousaf
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK
    Heart 98:1418-23. 2012
    ..We used domiciliary echocardiography to estimate the prevalence of LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction in 87-89 year olds and the proportion remaining undiagnosed...
  3. ncbi Losing the ability in activities of daily living in the oldest old: a hierarchic disability scale from the Newcastle 85+ study
    Andrew Kingston
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e31665. 2012
    ..To investigate the order in which 85 year olds develop difficulty in performing a wide range of daily activities covering basic personal care, household care and mobility...
  4. ncbi Capability and dependency in the Newcastle 85+ cohort study. Projections of future care needs
    Carol Jagger
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL UK
    BMC Geriatr 11:21. 2011
    ..Little is known of the capabilities of the oldest old, the fastest growing age group in the population. We aimed to estimate capability and dependency in a cohort of 85 year olds and to project future demand for care...
  5. ncbi The impact of visual impairment on Mini-Mental State Examination Scores in the Newcastle 85+ study
    Joanna Mary Jefferis
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK
    Age Ageing 41:565-8. 2012
    ..This may be due to poor vision limiting performance on cognitive tasks specifically requiring vision, or an association between visual and neurodegenerative disorders...
  6. ncbi The personal and health service impact of falls in 85 year olds: cross-sectional findings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study
    Joanna Collerton
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e33078. 2012
    ..We investigated the prevalence and impact of falls, and the overlap between falls, dizziness and blackouts, in a population-based sample of 85 year olds...
  7. ncbi Frailty and the role of inflammation, immunosenescence and cellular ageing in the very old: cross-sectional findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study
    Joanna Collerton
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, United Kingdom
    Mech Ageing Dev 133:456-66. 2012
    ..Difficulties in operationalizing the Fried model, due to high levels of co-morbidity, limit its utility in the very old...
  8. ncbi Assessment of a large panel of candidate biomarkers of ageing in the Newcastle 85+ study
    Carmen Martin-Ruiz
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK
    Mech Ageing Dev 132:496-502. 2011
    ..As future data accrues on health outcomes within the cohort, it will become possible also to evaluate the predictive value of these and others of the candidate biomarkers...
  9. ncbi Health and disease in 85 year olds: baseline findings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study
    Joanna Collerton
    Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL
    BMJ 339:b4904. 2009
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  10. ncbi Nutrition in advanced age: dietary assessment in the Newcastle 85+ study
    A J Adamson
    Human Nutrition Research Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 63:S6-18. 2009
    ..This paper describes a comparison of two different methods of dietary assessment within the Newcastle 85+ Study; a UK cohort study of health and ageing in the oldest old...