Rose Anne Kenny
Biographic Data
| ID | 1737359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rose Anne Kenny |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rose Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Kenny |
| SIGNATURE | KENNY R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trinity College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9336-8124 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries
Social disconnection correlates of a “Wish to Die” among a large community-dwelling cohort of older adults
Introduction: Social disconnection and deaths by suicide among older adults are both important public health concerns, particularly in the context of ageing populations. The association between death ideation and behaviours, and social disconnection is well established and both functional and structural social relationships have been identified as predictive of suicide-related thoughts and behaviours. The "Wish to Die" (WTD) involves thoughts of …
Examining the relationship between religious involvement and psychological health, loneliness, and well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic among community dwelling older adults living in Ireland
During the COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdown in Ireland, public health restrictions created a barrier to in person religious participation. The aim of this paper is to understand the effect this had on psychological health. Data were from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). The final sample was made up of 3044 adults living in Ireland aged 60 years and older. Relationships between religious participation and psychological health we…
An investigation of what protective individual- and community-level factors are associated with life satisfaction in middle-aged and older family carers in Ireland
Background: Family care plays an essential role in providing care in society. However, caring can cause stress, and mental and physical responses to caring vary widely. Different outcomes for carers may reflect different approaches or adaptability to caring and their ability to maintain or recover their mental health and wellbeing following an adverse event (psychosocial resilience). We aim to identify factors that may promote psychosocial resili…
World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults
BACKGROUND: falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health related costs. Current guidelines are inconsistent, with no up-to-date, globally applicable ones present. OBJECTIVES: to create a set of evidence- and expert consensus-based falls prevention and management recommendations applicable to older a…
Public health insurance and mortality in the older population
Religiosity and Quality of Life in Older Christian Women in Ireland
This study used a mixed methods approach to understand the ways in which religion and quality of life (QoL) are associated in later life in Ireland. Longitudinal quantitative data from 2112 Christian women aged 57 and over at baseline (2009–10) participating in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), as well as qualitative data from semi-structured interviews from 11 Christian women aged 65 and over in 2018, were used. The quantitative da…
Investigation of the role of sleep and physical activity for chronic disease prevalence and incidence in older Irish adults
Worse sleep quality and lower physical activity were associated with higher odds of chronic diseases. Interventions to improve sleep and physical activity may improve health outcomes
Intergenerational Social Mobility and Allostatic Load in Midlife and Older Ages
Findings provide evidence for an accumulation model of social inequalities in which disparities in health are diluted rather than increased by social mobility (i.e., gradient constraint), with the socially mobile having an AL score that is intermediate between their origin class and destination class. This implies that the effects of origin SEP on health are not immutable, but are instead responsive to changing socioeconomic circumstances across …
Comparisons of disease cluster patterns, prevalence and health factors in the USA, Canada, England and Ireland
This information can be used to better understand the complex nature of multimorbidity and identify appropriate prevention and management strategies for treating multimorbidity across countries
Risk Factors for Incident Dementia Among Older Cubans
Introduction: Little is known about risk factors of dementia in Latin American countries. We aimed to identify socio-demographic, health and lifestyle risk factors of incident dementia in Cuban older adults. Methods: Data were from 1846 participants in the Cuban cohort of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group. Participants completed questionnaires, health examinations, and cognitive tests at baseline (2003-06) and 4.5 years later (2007-10). Associati…
More than health
Life Course Transitions and Changes in Alcohol Consumption Among Older Irish Adults
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether trajectories of older adults' alcohol consumption are influenced by the following life course transitions, relationship status, employment status, and self-rated health. Method: Volume and frequency of drinking were harmonized across first three waves of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA; N = 4,295). Multilevel regression models were used to model frequency, average weekl…
Examining the utility of cystatin C as a confirmatory test of chronic kidney disease across the age range in middle-aged and older community-dwelling adults
Background Cystatin C has been proposed as a confirmatory test of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is most applicable to older individuals with CKD, the majority of whom have a creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 45–59 mL/min/1.73 m 2 (CKD stage 3a). We sought to examine the utility of cystatin C as a confirmatory test of CKD across the age range in the general population of older adults. Methods Cross-sectional anal…
An exploration of strategies used by older people to obtain information about health‐ and social care services in the community
PURPOSE: To explore the strategies used by older people living in Ireland to obtain information about community health and social services. METHODS: A qualitative exploratory design was used. Focus groups (n = 3) were conducted with community dwelling older people (n = 17). A series of vignettes were used to guide discussion regarding hypothetical situations that approximated real-life scenarios for older people. Data were transcribed verbatim an…
Associations of eldercare and competing demands with health and work outcomes among manufacturing workers
Employees juggling eldercare and work report work–family conflicts and poor health-related outcomes, but little is known about eldercare demands (ECDs) in the context of competing demands in the manufacturing workforce. This study determines how ECDs vary by age, gender, income, and job category, and how ECDs and competing demands are associated with health-related and work-related outcomes, among manufacturing workers. Employees from six manufac…
Usual and Dual-Task Walking Speed
Based on these data, many older people would have insufficient time to cross the road at light-controlled pedestrian crossings. Increasing the time provided would be an advantage for many older pedestrians
Intergenerational Occupational Mobility and Objective Physical Functioning in Midlife and Older Ages
The mechanisms through which childhood origin affects health in later life are complex, but the position attained in adult life is most important. Intergenerational mobility is important only insofar as it leads to a destination occupation. The present findings suggest that the musculoskeletal system may accommodate environmental modification in adulthood
Social Disadvantage and Social Isolation Are Associated With a Higher Resting Heart Rate
The finding that poorer people have a higher RHR reinforces the need for additional research exploring the pathways through which social inequalities are translated into biological inequalities
Sustained Attention and Frailty in the Older Adult Population
Sustained attention performance and variability were associated with prefrailty and frailty in the older adult population and may represent a novel, objective, and modifiable cognitive marker of frailty progression
Intergenerational Social Mobility and Allostatic Load in Midlife and Older Ages
Findings provide evidence for an accumulation model of social inequalities in which disparities in health are diluted rather than increased by social mobility (i.e., gradient constraint), with the socially mobile having an AL score that is intermediate between their origin class and destination class. This implies that the effects of origin SEP on health are not immutable, but are instead responsive to changing socioeconomic circumstances across …
Associations of eldercare and competing demands with health and work outcomes among manufacturing workers
Employees juggling eldercare and work report work–family conflicts and poor health-related outcomes, but little is known about eldercare demands (ECDs) in the context of competing demands in the manufacturing workforce. This study determines how ECDs vary by age, gender, income, and job category, and how ECDs and competing demands are associated with health-related and work-related outcomes, among manufacturing workers. Employees from six manufac…
Intergenerational Occupational Mobility and Objective Physical Functioning in Midlife and Older Ages
The mechanisms through which childhood origin affects health in later life are complex, but the position attained in adult life is most important. Intergenerational mobility is important only insofar as it leads to a destination occupation. The present findings suggest that the musculoskeletal system may accommodate environmental modification in adulthood
Social Disadvantage and Social Isolation Are Associated With a Higher Resting Heart Rate
The finding that poorer people have a higher RHR reinforces the need for additional research exploring the pathways through which social inequalities are translated into biological inequalities
Sustained Attention and Frailty in the Older Adult Population
Sustained attention performance and variability were associated with prefrailty and frailty in the older adult population and may represent a novel, objective, and modifiable cognitive marker of frailty progression
Sustained Attention and Frailty in the Older Adult Population
Sustained attention performance and variability were associated with prefrailty and frailty in the older adult population and may represent a novel, objective, and modifiable cognitive marker of frailty progression
Social Disadvantage and Social Isolation Are Associated With a Higher Resting Heart Rate
The finding that poorer people have a higher RHR reinforces the need for additional research exploring the pathways through which social inequalities are translated into biological inequalities
Usual and Dual-Task Walking Speed
Based on these data, many older people would have insufficient time to cross the road at light-controlled pedestrian crossings. Increasing the time provided would be an advantage for many older pedestrians
Intergenerational Occupational Mobility and Objective Physical Functioning in Midlife and Older Ages
The mechanisms through which childhood origin affects health in later life are complex, but the position attained in adult life is most important. Intergenerational mobility is important only insofar as it leads to a destination occupation. The present findings suggest that the musculoskeletal system may accommodate environmental modification in adulthood
An exploration of strategies used by older people to obtain information about health‐ and social care services in the community
PURPOSE: To explore the strategies used by older people living in Ireland to obtain information about community health and social services. METHODS: A qualitative exploratory design was used. Focus groups (n = 3) were conducted with community dwelling older people (n = 17). A series of vignettes were used to guide discussion regarding hypothetical situations that approximated real-life scenarios for older people. Data were transcribed verbatim an…
Associations of eldercare and competing demands with health and work outcomes among manufacturing workers
Employees juggling eldercare and work report work–family conflicts and poor health-related outcomes, but little is known about eldercare demands (ECDs) in the context of competing demands in the manufacturing workforce. This study determines how ECDs vary by age, gender, income, and job category, and how ECDs and competing demands are associated with health-related and work-related outcomes, among manufacturing workers. Employees from six manufac…
More than health
Life Course Transitions and Changes in Alcohol Consumption Among Older Irish Adults
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether trajectories of older adults' alcohol consumption are influenced by the following life course transitions, relationship status, employment status, and self-rated health. Method: Volume and frequency of drinking were harmonized across first three waves of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA; N = 4,295). Multilevel regression models were used to model frequency, average weekl…
Examining the utility of cystatin C as a confirmatory test of chronic kidney disease across the age range in middle-aged and older community-dwelling adults
Background Cystatin C has been proposed as a confirmatory test of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is most applicable to older individuals with CKD, the majority of whom have a creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 45–59 mL/min/1.73 m 2 (CKD stage 3a). We sought to examine the utility of cystatin C as a confirmatory test of CKD across the age range in the general population of older adults. Methods Cross-sectional anal…
Risk Factors for Incident Dementia Among Older Cubans
Introduction: Little is known about risk factors of dementia in Latin American countries. We aimed to identify socio-demographic, health and lifestyle risk factors of incident dementia in Cuban older adults. Methods: Data were from 1846 participants in the Cuban cohort of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group. Participants completed questionnaires, health examinations, and cognitive tests at baseline (2003-06) and 4.5 years later (2007-10). Associati…
Comparisons of disease cluster patterns, prevalence and health factors in the USA, Canada, England and Ireland
This information can be used to better understand the complex nature of multimorbidity and identify appropriate prevention and management strategies for treating multimorbidity across countries
World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults
BACKGROUND: falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health related costs. Current guidelines are inconsistent, with no up-to-date, globally applicable ones present. OBJECTIVES: to create a set of evidence- and expert consensus-based falls prevention and management recommendations applicable to older a…
Public health insurance and mortality in the older population
Religiosity and Quality of Life in Older Christian Women in Ireland
This study used a mixed methods approach to understand the ways in which religion and quality of life (QoL) are associated in later life in Ireland. Longitudinal quantitative data from 2112 Christian women aged 57 and over at baseline (2009–10) participating in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), as well as qualitative data from semi-structured interviews from 11 Christian women aged 65 and over in 2018, were used. The quantitative da…
Investigation of the role of sleep and physical activity for chronic disease prevalence and incidence in older Irish adults
Worse sleep quality and lower physical activity were associated with higher odds of chronic diseases. Interventions to improve sleep and physical activity may improve health outcomes
Intergenerational Social Mobility and Allostatic Load in Midlife and Older Ages
Findings provide evidence for an accumulation model of social inequalities in which disparities in health are diluted rather than increased by social mobility (i.e., gradient constraint), with the socially mobile having an AL score that is intermediate between their origin class and destination class. This implies that the effects of origin SEP on health are not immutable, but are instead responsive to changing socioeconomic circumstances across …
An investigation of what protective individual- and community-level factors are associated with life satisfaction in middle-aged and older family carers in Ireland
Background: Family care plays an essential role in providing care in society. However, caring can cause stress, and mental and physical responses to caring vary widely. Different outcomes for carers may reflect different approaches or adaptability to caring and their ability to maintain or recover their mental health and wellbeing following an adverse event (psychosocial resilience). We aim to identify factors that may promote psychosocial resili…
Social disconnection correlates of a “Wish to Die” among a large community-dwelling cohort of older adults
Introduction: Social disconnection and deaths by suicide among older adults are both important public health concerns, particularly in the context of ageing populations. The association between death ideation and behaviours, and social disconnection is well established and both functional and structural social relationships have been identified as predictive of suicide-related thoughts and behaviours. The "Wish to Die" (WTD) involves thoughts of …
Examining the relationship between religious involvement and psychological health, loneliness, and well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic among community dwelling older adults living in Ireland
During the COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdown in Ireland, public health restrictions created a barrier to in person religious participation. The aim of this paper is to understand the effect this had on psychological health. Data were from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). The final sample was made up of 3044 adults living in Ireland aged 60 years and older. Relationships between religious participation and psychological health we…
Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries
Medicine (20 works) · Gerontology (16 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Longitudinal study (9 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 works) · Irish (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Public health (5 works)