Dr. Robert Briggs

• Briggs R, Coary R, Collins R, Coughlan T, O'Neill D, Kennelly SP, Acute hospital care: How much activity is attributable to caring for patients with dementia?, QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 109, (1), 2016, p41 - 44Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, O'Neill D, The informant history: a neglected aspect of clinical education and practice., QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 109, (5), 2016, p301-302Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Dyer AH, Nabeel S, Briggs R, O'Neill D, Kennelly SP, Cognitive assessment of older adults at the acute care interface: the informant history., Postgraduate medical journal, 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Dyer AH, Briggs R, Nabeel S, O'Neill D, Kennelly SP, The Abbreviated Mental Test 4 for cognitive screening of older adults presenting to the Emergency Department., European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine, 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, O'Neill D, Chronic stroke disease., British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005), 77, (5), 2016, pC66-9Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, O'Shea E, de Siún A, O'Neill D, Gallagher P, Timmons S, Kennelly S, Does admission to a specialist geriatric medicine ward lead to improvements in aspects of acute medical care for older patients with dementia?, International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Kennelly SP, O'Neill D, Drug treatments in Alzheimer's disease., Clinical medicine (London, England), 16, (3), 2016, p247-53Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Dyer A, Nabeel S, Collins R, Doherty J, Coughlan T, O'Neill D, Kennelly SP, Dementia in the Acute Hospital: The prevalence and clinical outcomes of acutely unwell patients with dementia., QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Kenny R.A, Kennelly S.P, Systematic Review: The Association between Late Life Depression and Hypotension, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17, (12), 2016, p1076 - 1088Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Coughlan T, Doherty J, Collins DR, O'Neill D, Kennelly SP, Investigation and diagnostic formulation in patients admitted with transient loss of consciousness. , Ir Med J, 110, (5), 2017, p563Journal Article, 2017, URL
• Briggs R, McDonough A, Ellis G, Bennett K, O'Neill D, Robinson D, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for community-dwelling, high-risk, frail, older people, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (6), 2017, pCD012705Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, McHale C, Fitzhenry D, O'Neill D, Kennelly S, Dementia, disclosing the diagnosis, QJM, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
• Fallon A, Kilbane L, Briggs R, Dyer A, Nabeel S, McElwaine P, Collins DR, Coughlan T, O'Neill D, RyanD, Kennelly SP, Screening for frailty in older emergency department patients: The utility of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe Frailty Instrument (SHARE-FI) , QJM, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Carey D, O'Halloran A, Kenny RA, Kennelly SP, Validation of the 8-item Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in a cohort of community-dwelling older people: data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) , European Geriatric Medicine, 9, (1), 2018, p121-126Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Carey D, Kenny RA, Kennelly SP, What is the Longitudinal Relationship between Gait Abnormalities and Depression in a Cohort of Community-Dwelling Older People? Data From the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) , Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 26 , (1), 2018, p75-86Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Briggs R, Kennelly SP, Kenny RA. , Does baseline depression increase the risk of unexplained and accidental falls in a cohort of community-dwelling older people? Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). , Int J Geriatr Psychiatry., 33, (2), 2018, pe205-e211Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Briggs R, Kenny RA, Kennelly SP, Does baseline hypotension predict incident depression in a cohort of community-dwelling older people? Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). , Age and Ageing, 2017Journal Article, 2017
• Briggs R, McCarroll K, O'Halloran A, Healy M, Kenny RA, Laird E, Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With an Increased Likelihood of Incident Depression in Community-Dwelling Older Adults., Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20, (5), 2019, p517 - 523Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Carey D, Claffey P, McNicholas T, Newman L, Nolan H, Kennelly SP, Kenny RA, The association between frontal lobe perfusion and depressive symptoms in later life., Britis Jounal of Psychiatry, 2018, p1 - 7Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Carey D, McNicholas T, Claffey P, Nolan H, Kennelly SP, Kenny RA, The association between antidepressant use and orthostatic hypotension in older people: a matched cohort study., Journal of the American Soc Hypertension, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Carey D, Kennelly SP, Kenny RA, Longitudinal Association Between Orthostatic Hypotension at 30 Seconds Post-Standing and Late-Life Depression., Hypertension, 2018, p816-Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Briggs R, Tobin K, Kenny RA, Kennelly SP, What is the prevalence of untreated depression and death ideation in older people? Data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging., International Psychogeriatrics, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
• Grace AR, Briggs R, Kieran RE, Corcoran RM, Romero-Ortuno R, Coughlan TL, O'Neill D, Collins R, Kennelly SP., A comparison of beers and STOPP criteria in assessing potentially inappropriate medications in nursing home residents attending the emergency department., 2014Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL
• Cognition and Health Aging in, editor(s)Coll, PP , Healthy Aging: A Complete Guide to Clinical Management,, New York, Springer-Verlag New York, 2019, pp169 - 180, [Briggs R, Kennelly S, O'Neill D]Book Chapter, 2019, DOI , URL
• Dyer AH, Briggs R, Mockler D, Gibney J, Kennelly SP, Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Cognition in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review., Quarterly Journal Medicine, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Briggs R, Drumm B, Dwyer R, O'Neill D, Kennelly SP, Coughlan T, Collins R, Awareness of atrial fibrillation-effectiveness of a pilot national awareness campaign, Ir J Med Sci, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
• Gannon, J., Claffey, P., Laird, E., Newman, L., Kenny, R.A., Briggs, R., The cross"sectional association between diabetes and orthostatic hypotension in community"dwelling older people, Diabetic Medicine, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Briggs, Robert, Donoghue, Orna A., Carey, Daniel, O'Connell, Matthew D. L., Newman, Louise, Kenny, Rose Anne, What Is the Relationship Between Orthostatic Blood Pressure and Spatiotemporal Gait in Later Life?, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Donoghue OA, Briggs R, Moriarty F, Kenny RA., Association of Antidepressants With Recurrent, Injurious and Unexplained Falls is Not Explained by Reduced Gait Speed., The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 28, (3), 2020, p274-284Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• O'Neill D, Briggs R, Holmerova I, Samuelsson O, Gordon AL, Martin FC on behalf of the Special Interest Group in Long-Term Care of the EuGMS, COVID-19 highlights the need for universal adoption of Standards of Medical Care for Physicians in Nursing Homes in Europe, European Geriatric Medicine, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
• Ward, Mark. May Peter, Briggs Robert, McNicholas Triona, Normand Charles, Kenny Rose Anne, Nolan Anne, Linking death registration and survey data: Procedures and cohort profile for The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, HRB Open Res, 3, (43), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Ward, M; Turner, N; Briggs, R; O'Halloran, A M; Kenny, R A, Resilience does not mediate the association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and later life depression. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Íde O'Shaughnessy, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Lucinda Edge, Aoife Dillon, Sinéad Flynn, Robert Briggs, Darragh Shields, Geraldine McMahon, Arthur Hennessy, Una Kennedy, Paul Staunton, Rosa McNamara, Suzanne Timmons, Frances Horgan, Conal Cunningham, Home FIRsT: interdisciplinary geriatric assessment and disposition outcomes in the Emergency Department, European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Jusmanova K, Rice C, Bourke R, Lavan A, McMahon CG, Cunningham C, Kenny RA, Briggs R., Impact of a Specialist Service in the Emergency Department on Admission, Length of Stay and Readmission of Patients Presenting with Falls, Syncope and Dizziness., QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Sullivan R, McNicholas T, Claffey P, Kenny RA, Briggs R., Unreported urinary incontinence: population-based prevalence and factors associated with non-reporting of symptoms in community-dwelling people"""50 years., European geriatric medicine, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Jusmanova K, Rice C, Bourke R, Lavan A, McMahon G, Cunningham C, Kenny RA, Briggs R., Letter to the Editor, Reply re: "Impact of a Specialist Service in the Emergency Department on Admission, Length of Stay and Readmission of Patients Presenting with Falls, Syncope and Dizziness"., QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Dyer AH, Murphy C, Briggs R, Lawlor B, Kennelly SP, NILVAD Study Group, Antidepressant use and orthostatic hypotension in older adults living with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease., International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2020Journal Article, 2020
• Bailey L, Ward M, DiCosimo A, Baunta S, Cunningham C, Romero-Ortuno R, Kenny RA, Purcell R, Lannon R, McCarroll K, Nee R, Robinson D, Lavan A, Briggs R , Physical and Mental Health of Older People while Cocooning during the COVID-19 Pandemic, QJM, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Briggs R, Ward M, Kenny RA, The 'Wish to Die' in Later Life: Prevalence, Longitudinal Course and Mortality. Data from TILDA., Age and Ageing, 2020Journal Article, 2020
• Doyle K, Lavan A, Kenny RA, Briggs R., Delayed Blood Pressure Recovery After Standing Independently Predicts Fracture in Community-Dwelling Older People., Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Briggs R, McDonagh R, Mahon O, Harbison J., In-hospital stroke: characteristics and outcomes., Irish medical journal, 108, (1), 2015, p24-25Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• Ragab I, Ward M, Moloney D, Kenny RA, Briggs R., 'Wish to Die' is independently associated with Cardiovascular Mortality in Later Life. Data from TILDA., International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Caring for people with dementia in the acute hospital in, Diagnosis and Management in Dementia, Elsevier, 2020, pp665--680 , [Briggs, Robert and Claffey, Paul and Kennelly, Sean P]Book Chapter, 2020
• Briggs, Robert and Ward, Mark and Kenny, Rose Anne, The â€~Wish to Die†in later life: prevalence, longitudinal course and mortality. Data from TILDA, Age and ageing, 2021Journal Article, 2021
• Kirwan G, O'Leary A, Walsh C, Briggs R, Robinson V, Rodzlan R, Redmond P, Grimes T., Potential Costs and Consequences Associated with Medication Error at Hospital Discharge: An Expert Judgement Study, European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Donnell DO, Romero-Ortuno R, Kennelly SP, O'Neill D, Donoghue PO, Lavan A, Cunningham C, McElwaine P, Kenny RA, Briggs R., The 'Bermuda Triangle' of orthostatic hypotension, cognitive impairment and reduced mobility: prospective associations with falls and fractures in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. , Age and Ageing, 52, (2), 2023, pafad005Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Briggs R, Robinson S, O'Neill D, Ageism and clinical research, Irish Medical Journal, 105, (9), 2012, p311 - 312Journal Article, 2012
• Robinson S, Briggs R, O'Neill D, Cognitive ageing, geriatrics textbooks and unintentional ageism, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60, (11), 2012, p2183-2185Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• Briggs R, Coughlan T, Collins R, O'Neill D, Kennelly SP, Nursing home residents attending the emergency department: clinical characteristics and outcomes., QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2013Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text

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• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland now