Academic Papers

Journal Articles

In Press

• Barrett A and Mosca I. Increasing the State Pension Age, the Recession and Expected Retirement Ages. Economic and Social Review. [In press].

• Barrett A and Mosca I. Social Isolation, Loneliness and Return Migration: Evidence from Older Irish Adults. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. [In press].

• Feeney J, Finucane C, Savva GM, Cronin H, Beatty S, Nolan JM, Kenny RA. Low macular pigment optical density is associated with lower cognitive performance in a large, population-based sample of older adults. Neurobiology of Aging. [In press].

• Mosca I. Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference and Employment: Evidence from Older Irish Adults. Economics and Human Biology. [In press].

• Richardson K, Kenny RA, Peklar J, Bennett K. Agreement between patient interview data on prescription medication use and pharmacy records in the over 50s varied by therapeutic group and reporting of indicated health conditions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. [In press].

2013

• Kamiya Y, Doyle M, Henretta, JC, Timonen V. 2013. Early-Life Circumstances and Later-Life Loneliness in Ireland. The Gerontologist. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt097.

• Mosca I, Ní Bhuachalla B, Kenny RA. 2013. Explaining significant differences in subjective and objective measures of cardiovascular health: evidence for the socioeconomic gradient in a population-based study. BMC Cardiovascualar Disorders. 13(64).

• Barrett A and Mosca I. 2013. Early-life Causes and Later-life Consequences of Migration: Evidence from Older Irish Adults. Journal of Population Ageing. 6(1-2): 29-45.

• Peklar J, Henman MC, Richardson K, Kos M, Kenny RA. 2013. Food supplement use in the community dwelling population aged 50 and over in the Republic of Ireland. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 21(4): 333-41.

• Kenny, RA. 2013. An Introduction to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61(s2): S263-64.

• Cronin H, O'Regan C, Kearney P, Finucane C, Kenny RA. 2013. Health and Ageing: Development of the TILDA health assessment. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61(s2): S269-278.

• Kenny RA, Coen RF, Frewen J, Cronin H, Donoghue OA, Savva GM. 2013. Normative values of cognitive and physical function in the older population: Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61(s2): S279-90.

• Layte R, Sexton E, Savva G. Quality of Life in Older Age: Evidence from an Irish Cohort Study. 2013. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61(s2): S299-305.

• Whelan BJ and Savva GM. 2013. Design and Methodology of the TILDA Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61(s2): S265-68.

• Savva GM, Maty SC, Setti A, Feeney J. 2013. Cognitive and Physical Health of the Older Populations of England, the United States, and Ireland: International Comparability of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61 (s2): S291-98.

• Barrett A and Mosca I. April 2013. The Psychic Costs of Migration: Evidence from Irish Return Migrants. Journal of  Population Economics. 26(2): 483-506.

• Sexton E, King-Kallimanis BL, Conroy R, Hickey A. March 2013. Psychometric evaluation of the CASP-19 quality of life scale in an older Irish cohort. Quality of Life Research.

• Kamiya Y, Doyle M, Henretta JC., Timonen V. 2013. Depressive symptoms among older adults: The impact of early and later life circumstances and marital status. Aging and Mental Health. 17(3): 349-357.

• Savva GM, Donoghue OA, Horgan F, O'Regan C, Cronin H, Kenny RA. 2013. Using Timed Up-and-Go to Identify Frail Members of the Older Population. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 68(4): 441-446.

2012

• Donoghue OA et al. 2012. Effects of fear of falling and activity restriction on normal and dual task walking in community dwelling older adults. Gait & Posture. 38(1): 120-4.

• Nolan JM, Feeney J, Kenny RA, Cronin H, O'Regan C, Savva GM, Loughman J, Finucane C, Connolly E, Meagher K, Beatty S. 2012. Education is positively associated with macular pigment: the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 53(12): 7855-7861.

• Donoghue OA, Horgan NF, Savva GM, Cronin H, O'Regan C, Kenny RA. 2012. Association Between Timed Up-and-Go and Memory, Executive Function, and Processing Speed. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 60(9):1681-6.

• Gallagher D, O'Regan C, Savva GM, Cronin H, Lawlor BA, Kenny RA. 2012. Depression, anxiety and cardiovascular disease: Which symptoms are associated with increased risk in community dwelling older adults? Journal of Affective Disorders. 142(1-3): 132-8.

• Fan CW, Savva GM, Finucane C, Cronin H, O'Regan C, Kenny RA, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. 2012. Factors affecting continuous beat-to-beat orthostatic blood pressure response in community-dwelling older adults. Blood Pressure Monitor. 17(4):160-3.

2011

• Kearney PM, Cronin H, O'Regan C, Kamiya Y, Savva GM, Whelan B, Kenny RA. 2011. Cohort Profile: the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. International Journal of Epidemiology. 40(4):877-84.

• Kearney PM, Cronin H, O'Regan C, Kamiya Y, Whelan BJ, Kenny RA. 2011. Comparison of centre and home-based health assessments: early experience from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Age and Ageing. 40(1):85-90.

• Nolan JM, Kenny R, O'Regan C, Cronin H, Loughman J, Connolly EE, Kearney P, Loane E, Beatty S. 2010. Macular pigment optical density in an ageing Irish population: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Ophthalmic Research. 44(2):131-9.

Working Papers

• Barrett, A and Kamiya, Y. 2012. Childhood Sexual Abuse and Later-Life Economic Consequences. IZA Discussion Paper 6332.

• O'Sullivan, V. 2012. The Long Term Health Effects of Education. ESRI Working Paper 429.

Research Bulletins

• Barrett, A and Mosca, I. 2013. Learning more about the causes and consequences of migration through the Experiences of Ireland's older people. ESRI Research Bulletin.