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Dr. Louise Lynch

Dr. Louise Lynch

Research Fellow, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P. & Burke, E.,, Sedentary behaviour levels in adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2021 (THEconf2021): 'Transforming healthcare in a changing world: new ways of thinking and working', 9th - 11th March, 2021Oral Presentation, 2021, URL
  • McDermott, S., O'Donovan, M-A., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Lynch, L., & Burke, E., Training Older Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) as Physical Activity leaders 2020 (PPALS2), Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2021 (THEconf2021): 'Transforming healthcare in a changing world: new ways of thinking and working', Dublin, 9th - 11th March, 2021Oral Presentation, 2021, URL
  • McDermott, S., O'Donovan, M-A., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Lynch, L., & Burke, E., Older adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) as physical activity leaders in Ireland and Spain, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference: Integrated Health Care Developing Integrated Person-Centered Health Systems, TheConfo2020, Dublin, 3rd - 5th March, 2020Oral Presentation, 2020, URL
  • Lynch L, McCarron M, McCallion P and Burke E., Sedentary behaviour levels in adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis, HRB Open Res, 4, (69), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., Eustace-Cook, J., McCallion, P. & Burke, E. , Physical health effects of sedentary behaviour on adults with an intellectual disability: A scoping review, Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022, p1 - 27Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
  • Wormald, A., McCallion, P., Lynch, L., Kelly, K. & McCarron, M., Quality care at end-of-life: comparing reported delivery to European consensus norms for palliative care of people with an intellectual disability., IASSIDD: Virtual 2022 International Conference Series, VIrtual, 6th November 2022, 2022Oral Presentation, 2022, URL
  • McMahon M, Wormald A, Eustace-Cook J, McCarron M, McCallion P and Smith V, Prevalence and incidence of cancer amongst adults with intellectual disability " a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol, HRB Open, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P. and Burke, E. A., A longitudinal exploration of self-reported TV behaviours as a surrogate for sedentary behaviour in older adults with an intellectual disability from the intellectual disability supplement to the Irish longitudinal study on aging (IDS-TILDA) study, Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P. and Burke, EA., To identify and compare objectively measured and self-reported activity levels among older adults with an intellectual disability., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2024):, Trinity College Dublin, 5-7th March 2024, 2024Conference Paper, 2024
  • Lynch, L. and McCarron, M. and McCallion, P. and Burke, E., An exploration into self-reported inactivity behaviours of adults with an intellectual disability using physical activity questionnaires, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 68, (12), 2024, p1396 - 1407Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P. & Burke, E., To Identify and Compare ActivPAL Objectively Measured Activity Levels With Self-Reported Activity From the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in Older Adults With Intellectual Disability, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 38, (1), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • McCarron, M., Burke, E., Lynch, L. McCallion, P., Health disparities in the lives of women ageing with an intellectual disability, IASSIDD 17th World Congress 2024, Chicago, 5 - 8 August, 2024Oral Presentation, 2024, DOI
  • McCarron, M., Burke, E., Haigh, M., McCausland, D., McMahon, M., Lynch, L. McCallion, P., Measuring intergenerational change in the lives of people with an intellectual disability aged 40-49 years: Findings from IDS-TILDA, IASSIDD 17th World Congress 2024, Chicago, 5 - 8 August, 2024Oral Presentation, 2024, DOI
  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P. & Burke, E., Objectively measured sedentary behaviour and its physical health effects among older adults with an intellectual disability, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, IASSIDD 17th World Congress 2024, Chicago, 5 - 8 August, 2024Oral Presentation, 2024, DOI
  • O"Dwyer, M., Gorman, A., Keating, K., Yap, M.L., O"Farrell-Molloy, S., Dartnell, D., Doran, D., Lynch, C., Roche, J., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., Burke, E., MacLachlan, M., Henman, M., Moran, M., O"Connell, J., Walsh, M., Shankar, R. & Leslie, K., Meaningful and informative involvement of PPI in a longitudinal study on psychotropic medicines, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, IASSIDD 17thWorld Congress 2024,, Chicago, 5 - 8 August, 2024Oral Presentation, 2024, DOI
  • Kennedy Smihula, Mikayla Danon, Shauna Walsh, Martin McMahon, Louise Lynch, A literature review of cancer diagnostic tests and treatments in adults with intellectual disability, HRB Open, 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
  • Mary-Ann O"Donovan, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Louise Lynch, Hasheem Mannan, Elaine Byrne, A narrative synthesis scoping review of life course domains within health service utilisation frameworks, HRB Open Research, 2, 2019, p6 - 6, p6-6Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Lynch, L., Walsh, S., Wormald, A., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Burke, E., Lowery, M., Mahar, A., O"Halloran, A., Ward, M., Romero-Ortuno, R., Ryan, C., & McMahon, M., Cancer and intellectual disability: Lived experiences and healthcare professionals" perspectives (The EuCan Study)., IASSIDD. (2025, October 14"17). IASSIDD 5th Asia-Pacific Congress: Person-centricity as an approach to well-being of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Singapore, 2025Conference Paper, 2025
  • Lynch, L., Walsh, S., Wormald, A., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Burke, E., Lowery, M., Mahar, A., O"Halloran, A., Ward, M., Romero-Ortuno, R., Ryan, C., & McMahon, M., A longitudinal exploration of cancer and associated mortality in older adults with intellectual disability: Findings from IDS-TILDA, IASSIDD. (2025, October 14"17). IASSIDD 5th Asia-Pacific Congress: Person-centricity as an approach to well-being of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities., Singapore, 2025Conference Paper, 2025
  • McMahon, M., Wormald, A., Walsh, S., Eustace-Cook, J., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Smith, V., Mahar, A., & Lynch, L., Cancer in adults with intellectual disability: a systematic review of prevalence and incidence, BMC Cancer, 25, 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Benejam, B., McCarron, M., Carmona-Iragui, M., Dunne, P., Maure-Blesa, L., Altuna, M., Arranz, J., Barroeta, I., Bejanin, A., Del Hoyo Soriano, L., Fernández, S., Giménez, S., Lleó, A., Lynch, L., McCallion, P., Mulryan, N., Pertierra, L., Rebillat, A.-S., Rodríguez-Baz, Í., Sanjuan Hernández, A., Vaqué-Alcázar, L., Videla, L., Wormald, A., Fortea, J. & McGlinchey, E., Factors impacting survival in individuals with Down syndrome-associated Alzheimer"s disease, Alzheimer's & Dementia, 22, (2), 2026Journal Article, 2026, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Louise Lynch, PRISMA-P_LouiseLynch_Sedreview_0820.doc, Harvard Dataverse, 2020Dataset, 2020, DOI
  • Louise Lynch, Study Quality Assessment Tools_sysrevprotocol.odt, Harvard Dataverse, 2020Dataset, 2020, DOI
  • Mary-Ann O"Donovan, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Louise Lynch, Hasheen Mannan, Elaine Byrne, A narrative synthesis analysis of lifecourse domains within health service utilisation frameworks, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2019Dataset, 2019, DOI
  • Burke, Eilish, Lynch, Louise, Sedentary Behaviour and its Implications for the Bone Health of those with Intellectual Disability, World Osteoporosis Conference 2025, Rome, Italy, April 2025, 2025Conference Paper, 2025
  • Louise Lynch, Shauna Walsh, Martin McMahon, Information barriers for older patients with intellectual disability in accessing cancer treatment including radiation therapy, 2025Journal Article, 2025
  • Eimear McGlinchey, Bessy Benejam, Louise Lynch, Juan Fortea Ormaechea, Mary McCarron, Philip McCallion., Factors Influencing Survival in Adults with Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease", Genetically Determined Alzheimer"s Disease: ADAD-DSAD Conference, Barcelona, Spain, May 2025, 2025Conference Paper, 2025
  • Louise Lynch, Darren McCausland, Kristian Mallon, Eilish Burke, Martin McMahon, Literature Review on Autism, Ageing and Life Expectancy, April 2026, 2026Report, 2026
  • Zhou, C., Graves, M., Walsh, S., Lynch, L., Corrigan, S., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Gorman, A., & Mc Mahon, M., Visual voices, an interpretive methodology: Advocating for inclusion in cancer research for people with intellectual disabilities through artwork analysis., British Journal of Learning DisabilitiesJournal Article
  • Oppewal, A., Lynch, L and Burke, EA., Feasibility of physical fitness measurements in older adults with intellectual disabilities within two large cohort studies: the HA-ID and IDS-TILDA study., Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2026Journal Article, 2026
  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P. & Burke, E., Tv viewing as a proxy for sedentary behaviour among older adults with an intellectual disability, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, IASSIDD 17th World Congress 2024, Chicago, 5 - 8 August, 2024Oral Presentation, DOI
  • Louise Lynch, Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour"., Conference for Professionals and Caregivers Supporting the Health and Wellbeing of Adults with Down Syndrome, Dublin, Ireland, November 2025, 2025Conference Paper