Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (378)

Does older adults’ use of social care influence their healthcare utilisation? A systematic review of international evidence (2019)
Journal Article
Spiers, G., Matthews, F. E., Moffatt, S., Barker, R., Jarvis, H., Stow, D., Kingston, A., & Hanratty, B. (2019). Does older adults’ use of social care influence their healthcare utilisation? A systematic review of international evidence. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(5), e651-e662. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12798

Improving our understanding of the complex relationship between health and social care utilisation is vital as populations age. This systematic review aimed to synthesise evidence on the relationship between older adults’ use of social care and their... Read More about Does older adults’ use of social care influence their healthcare utilisation? A systematic review of international evidence.

A comprehensive model of factors associated with capability to "live well" for family caregivers of people living with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal study (2019)
Journal Article
Clare, L., Wu, Y. T., Jones, I. R., Victor, C. R., Nelis, S. M., Martyr, A., Quinn, C., Litherland, R., Pickett, J. A., Hindle, J. V., Jones, R. W., Knapp, M., Kopelman, M. D., Morris, R. G., Rusted, J. M., Thom, J. M., Lamont, R. A., Henderson, C., Rippon, I., Hillman, A., & Matthews, F. E. (2019). A comprehensive model of factors associated with capability to "live well" for family caregivers of people living with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal study. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 33(1), 36-41. https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0000000000000286

Introduction: We aimed to better understand what predicts the capability to "live well" with dementia by identifying the relative contribution of life domains associated with the subjective experience of living well. Methods: We analyzed data from 15... Read More about A comprehensive model of factors associated with capability to "live well" for family caregivers of people living with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal study.

Impact of social care supply on healthcare utilisation by older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Spiers, G., Matthews, F. E., Moffatt, S., Barker, R. O., Jarvis, H., Stow, D., Kingston, A., & Hanratty, B. (2019). Impact of social care supply on healthcare utilisation by older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and ageing, 48(1), 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy147

Objective to investigate the impact of the availability and supply of social care on healthcare utilisation (HCU) by older adults in high income countries. Design systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources medline, EMBASE, Scopus, Health Manag... Read More about Impact of social care supply on healthcare utilisation by older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

A comprehensive model of factors associated with capability to "live well" for family caregivers of people living with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal study (2019)
Journal Article
Clare, L., Wu, Y. T., Quinn, C., Jones, I. R., Victor, C. R., Nelis, S. M., Martyr, A., Litherland, R., Pickett, J. A., Hindle, J. V., Jones, R. W., Knapp, M., Kopelman, M. D., Morris, R. G., Rusted, J. M., Thom, J. M., Lamont, R. A., Henderson, C., Rippon, I., Hillman, A., & Matthews, F. E. (2019). A comprehensive model of factors associated with capability to "live well" for family caregivers of people living with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal study. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 33(1), 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0000000000000285

Introduction: Understanding key influences on outcomes for caregivers of people with dementia is hampered by inconsistent conceptualization and measurement of outcomes and limited evidence about the relative impact of different variables. We aimed to... Read More about A comprehensive model of factors associated with capability to "live well" for family caregivers of people living with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal study.

Erratum to: Sensory attenuation in Parkinson’s disease is related to disease severity and dopamine dose (Scientific Reports, (2018), 8, 1, (15643), 10.1038/s41598-018-33678-3) (2018)
Journal Article
Wolpe, N., Zhang, J., Nombela, C., Ingram, J. N., Wolpert, D. M., Tyler, L. K., Brayne, C., Bullmore, E. T., Calder, A. C., Cusack, R., Dalgleish, T., Duncan, J., Matthews, F. E., Marslen-Wilson, W. D., Shafto, M. A., Cheung, T., Geerligs, L., McCarrey, A., Mustafa, A., Price, D., …Rowe, J. B. (2018). Erratum to: Sensory attenuation in Parkinson’s disease is related to disease severity and dopamine dose (Scientific Reports, (2018), 8, 1, (15643), 10.1038/s41598-018-33678-3). Scientific reports, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35439-8

The original version of this Article contained an error in the order of author names, which were incorrectly listed as ‘Noham Wolpe, Jiaxiang Zhang, Cristina Nombela, James N. Ingram, Daniel M. Wolpert, James B. Rowe & Cam-CAN’. This error has now be... Read More about Erratum to: Sensory attenuation in Parkinson’s disease is related to disease severity and dopamine dose (Scientific Reports, (2018), 8, 1, (15643), 10.1038/s41598-018-33678-3).

Sensory attenuation in Parkinson’s disease is related to disease severity and dopamine dose (2018)
Journal Article
Wolpe, N., Zhang, J., Nombela, C., Ingram, J. N., Wolpert, D. M., Rowe, J. B., Tyler, L. K., Brayne, C., Bullmore, E. T., Calder, A. C., Cusack, R., Dalgleish, T., Duncan, J., Matthews, F. E., Marslen-Wilson, W. D., Shafto, M. A., Cheung, T., Geerligs, L., McCarrey, A., Mustafa, A., …Villis, L. (2018). Sensory attenuation in Parkinson’s disease is related to disease severity and dopamine dose. Scientific reports, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33678-3

Abnormal initiation and control of voluntary movements are among the principal manifestations of Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, the processes underlying these abnormalities and their potential remediation by dopamine treatment remain poorly under... Read More about Sensory attenuation in Parkinson’s disease is related to disease severity and dopamine dose.

Inequalities in living well with dementia—The impact of deprivation on well-being, quality of life and life satisfaction: Results from the improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life study (2018)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Clare, L., Jones, I. R., Martyr, A., Nelis, S. M., Quinn, C., Victor, C. R., Lamont, R. A., Rippon, I., & Matthews, F. E. (2018). Inequalities in living well with dementia—The impact of deprivation on well-being, quality of life and life satisfaction: Results from the improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life study. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 33(12), 1736-1742. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4998

Objectives: Area level factors, such as deprivation and urban/rural settings, have been associated with variation in local resources and services and health inequality in later life. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential impact of dep... Read More about Inequalities in living well with dementia—The impact of deprivation on well-being, quality of life and life satisfaction: Results from the improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life study.

Loneliness as a risk factor for care home admission in the english longitudinal study of ageing (2018)
Journal Article
Hanratty, B., Stow, D., Moore, D. C., Valtorta, N. K., & Matthews, F. (2018). Loneliness as a risk factor for care home admission in the english longitudinal study of ageing. Age and ageing, 47(6), 896-900. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy095

Background: loneliness has an adverse effect on health and well-being, and is common at older ages. Evidence that it is a risk factor for care home admission is sparse. Objective: to investigate the association between loneliness and care home admiss... Read More about Loneliness as a risk factor for care home admission in the english longitudinal study of ageing.

Understanding the relationship between cognition and death: a within cohort examination of cognitive measures and mortality (2018)
Journal Article
Hayat, S. A., Luben, R., Dalzell, N., Moore, S., Hogervorst, E., Matthews, F. E., Wareham, N., Brayne, C., & Khaw, K. T. (2018). Understanding the relationship between cognition and death: a within cohort examination of cognitive measures and mortality. European Journal of Epidemiology, 33(11), 1049-1062. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-018-0439-z

Despite several studies demonstrating an independent and inverse association between cognition and mortality, the nature of this association still remains unclear. To examine the association of cognition and mortality after accounting for sociodemogr... Read More about Understanding the relationship between cognition and death: a within cohort examination of cognitive measures and mortality.

Metallothionein-I/II expression associates with the astrocyte DNA damage response and not Alzheimer-type pathology in the aging brain (2018)
Journal Article
Waller, R., Murphy, M., Garwood, C. J., Jennings, L., Heath, P. R., Chambers, A., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., Ince, P. G., Wharton, S. B., & Simpson, J. E. (2018). Metallothionein-I/II expression associates with the astrocyte DNA damage response and not Alzheimer-type pathology in the aging brain. Glia, 66(11), 2316-2323. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23465

Oxidative stress and oxidative DNA damage are early features of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (AD), occurring before the formation of classical AD neuropathology, and resulting from an imbalance between pro- and anti-oxidants. Ast... Read More about Metallothionein-I/II expression associates with the astrocyte DNA damage response and not Alzheimer-type pathology in the aging brain.

Protocol for the IDEAL-2 longitudinal study: Following the experiences of people with dementia and their primary carers to understand what contributes to living well with dementia and enhances active life (2018)
Journal Article
Silarova, B., Nelis, S. M., Ashworth, R. M., Ballard, C., Bieńkiewicz, M., Henderson, C., Hillman, A., Hindle, J. V., Hughes, J. C., Lamont, R. A., Litherland, R., Jones, I. R., Jones, R. W., Knapp, M., Kotting, P., Martyr, A., Matthews, F. E., Morris, R. G., Quinn, C., Regan, J., …Clare, L. (2018). Protocol for the IDEAL-2 longitudinal study: Following the experiences of people with dementia and their primary carers to understand what contributes to living well with dementia and enhances active life. BMC public health, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6129-7

Background: There is a major need for longitudinal research examining the experiences of people with dementia and their primary carers, as relatively little is known about how the factors associated with capability to 'live well' vary over time. The... Read More about Protocol for the IDEAL-2 longitudinal study: Following the experiences of people with dementia and their primary carers to understand what contributes to living well with dementia and enhances active life.

Lifestyle activities in mid-life contribute to cognitive reserve in late-life, independent of education, occupation, and late-life activities (2018)
Journal Article
Chan, D., Shafto, M., Kievit, R., Matthews, F., Spink, M., Valenzuela, M., & Henson, R. N. (2018). Lifestyle activities in mid-life contribute to cognitive reserve in late-life, independent of education, occupation, and late-life activities. Neurobiology of Aging, 70, 180-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.06.012

This study tested the hypothesis that mid-life intellectual, physical, and social activities contribute to cognitive reserve (CR). Two hundred five individuals (196 with magnetic resonance imaging) aged 66–88 years from the Cambridge Centre for Agein... Read More about Lifestyle activities in mid-life contribute to cognitive reserve in late-life, independent of education, occupation, and late-life activities.

Frailty trajectories to identify end of life: A longitudinal population-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Stow, D., Matthews, F. E., & Hanratty, B. (2018). Frailty trajectories to identify end of life: A longitudinal population-based study. BMC medicine, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1148-x

Background: Timely recognition of the end of life allows patients to discuss preferences and make advance plans, and clinicians to introduce appropriate care. We examined changes in frailty over 1 year, with the aim of identifying trajectories that c... Read More about Frailty trajectories to identify end of life: A longitudinal population-based study.

Dementia subtype and living well: results from the Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL) study (2018)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Clare, L., Hindle, J. V., Nelis, S. M., Martyr, A., & Matthews, F. E. (2018). Dementia subtype and living well: results from the Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL) study. BMC medicine, 16(1), 140. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1135-2

BACKGROUND: The heterogeneity of symptoms across dementia subtypes has important implications for clinical practice and dementia research. Variation in subtypes and associated symptoms may influence the capability to live well for people with dementi... Read More about Dementia subtype and living well: results from the Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL) study.

Is frailty a stable predictor of mortality across time? Evidence from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (2018)
Journal Article
Mousa, A., Savva, G. M., Mitnitski, A., Rockwood, K., Jagger, C., Brayne, C., & Matthews, F. E. (2018). Is frailty a stable predictor of mortality across time? Evidence from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies. Age and ageing, 47(5), 721-727. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy077

Background: age-specific mortality reduction has been accompanied by a decrease in the prevalence of some diseases and an increase in others. Whether populations are becoming 'healthier' depends on which aspect of health is being considered. Frailty... Read More about Is frailty a stable predictor of mortality across time? Evidence from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies.

The impact of dementia on service use by individuals with a comorbid health condition: A comparison of two cross-sectional analyses conducted approximately 10 years apart (2018)
Journal Article
Bennett, H. Q., Norton, S., Bunn, F., Robinson, L., Rait, G., Goodman, C., Brayne, C., & Matthews, F. E. (2018). The impact of dementia on service use by individuals with a comorbid health condition: A comparison of two cross-sectional analyses conducted approximately 10 years apart. BMC medicine, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1105-8

Background: The presence of concomitant medical conditions in people with dementia is common. Dementia may be related to differential use of health, social and informal care. Methods: Data from two large UK population-based studies (CFAS I & II) of a... Read More about The impact of dementia on service use by individuals with a comorbid health condition: A comparison of two cross-sectional analyses conducted approximately 10 years apart.

Evaluating frailty scores to predict mortality in older adults using data from population based electronic health records: Case control study (2018)
Journal Article
Stow, D., Matthews, F. E., Barclay, S., Iliffe, S., Clegg, A., De Biase, S., Robinson, L., & Hanratty, B. (2018). Evaluating frailty scores to predict mortality in older adults using data from population based electronic health records: Case control study. Age and ageing, 47(4), 564-569. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy022

Background: recognising that a patient is nearing the end of life is essential, to enable professional carers to discuss prognosis and preferences for end of life care. Objective: investigate whether an electronic frailty index (eFI) generated from r... Read More about Evaluating frailty scores to predict mortality in older adults using data from population based electronic health records: Case control study.

Hippocampal sclerosis, hippocampal neuron loss patterns and TDP-43 in the aged population (2018)
Journal Article
Hokkanen, S. R., Hunter, S., Polvikoski, T. M., Keage, H. A., Minett, T., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2018). Hippocampal sclerosis, hippocampal neuron loss patterns and TDP-43 in the aged population. Brain Pathology, 28(4), 548-559. https://doi.org/10.1111/bpa.12556

Hippocampal neuron loss is a common neuropathological feature in old age with various underlying etiologies. Hippocampal sclerosis of aging (HS-Aging) is neuropathologically characterized by severe CA1 neuronal loss and frequent presence of transacti... Read More about Hippocampal sclerosis, hippocampal neuron loss patterns and TDP-43 in the aged population.

Accuracy of death certification of dementia in population-based samples of older people: Analysis over time (2018)
Journal Article
Gao, L., Calloway, R., Zhao, E., Brayne, C., & Matthews, F. E. (2018). Accuracy of death certification of dementia in population-based samples of older people: Analysis over time. Age and ageing, 47(4), 589-594. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy068

Background: death certification data are routinely collected in most developed countries. Coded causes of death are a readily accessible source and have the potential advantage of providing complete follow-up, but with limitations. Objective: to inve... Read More about Accuracy of death certification of dementia in population-based samples of older people: Analysis over time.