Dr. Siobhan Scarlett
Senior Data Manager, Medical Gerontology
Senior Data Manager, Sch Office - Social Work & Social Policy
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Winning Lewis, Scarlett Siobhan, Ward Mark, Crowe Michael, Kenny Rose Anne, O'Connell Brian, Tooth Loss and 12-Year Mortality Risk in 8494 Older Adults From Ireland , Journal of the American Geriatrics Society , n/a , (n/a ), 2025
Matthew P. Herring, Sinéad Moylett, Derek C. Monroe, Siobhán Scarlett, Emma Connolly, Cathal McCrory, Rose Anne Kenny, Biopsychosocial Factors That Classify Meeting/exceeding Optimal Physical Activity For Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Random Forest, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 57, (10S), 2025, p145 - 145, p145-145
Doyle Kate, Scarlett Siobhan, Knight Silvin P, Moriarty Frank, Lavan Amanda, Kenny Rose-Anne, Briggs Robert, The association between STOPPFall medication use and falls and fractures in community-dwelling older people , Age and Ageing , 54 , (5 ), 2025, pafaf138 -
O'Maoileidigh, B and Ward, M and Kenny, RA and Scarlett, S, Examining the relationships between in-person and remote religious attendance and loneliness, quality of life, stress, and anxiety among older adults during COVID-19 in Ireland [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review], HRB Open Research, 7, (76), 2024
Brendan O"Maoileidigh, Mark Ward, Rose Anne Kenny and Siobhan Scarlett, Examining the relationship between religious involvementand psychological health, loneliness, and well-being duringthe COVID-19 pandemic among community dwelling older adults living in Ireland, Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 27, (4), 2024, p405 - 417
Grace Lehane, Siobhán Scarlett, Psychological Health Outcomes of Older Adult Volunteers: Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Age and Ageing, 53, (Supplement_4), 2024
Emma Connolly, Silvin P. Knight, Eoin Duggan, Siobhan Scarlett, Louise Newman, Mark Cahill, Rose Anne Kenny, Sarah L. Doyle, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Cardiovascular autonomic function and progression of age-related macular degeneration in The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2024
O'Maoileidigh, B., Ward, M., Kenny, R. A., & Scarlett, S., 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, Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 2024
Winning, L. and Scarlett, S. and Crowe, M. and O'Sullivan, M. and Kenny, R.A. and O'Connell, B., Vitamin D, periodontitis and tooth loss in older Irish adults, British Journal of Nutrition, 2024
Wolf S., Meinzinger E., Frei A.K., Seiffer B., Lochner J., Takano K., Scarlett S., Kenny R.A., Derhon V., Adornes Guimaraes M.E., Schuch F.B., Is higher physical activity behaviour associated with less subsequent use of any psychotropic medication: Results of a random-effects meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies, Mental Health and Physical Activity, 27, 2024
Ryan, David J., De Looze, Céline, McGarrigle, Christine A., Scarlett, Siobhan, Kenny, Rose Anne, Examining mental health and autonomic function as putative mediators of the relationship between sleep and trajectories of cognitive function: findings from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA), Aging & Mental Health, 2024, p1-8
Brendan O"Maoileidigh, Rose Anne Kenny, M.D. Ward, Siobhán Scarlett, 166 Effect of religious attendance on loneliness, quality of life, stress and anxiety among older adults during COVID-19 in Ireland, Age and Ageing, 52, (Supplement_3), 2023
Brendan O"Maoileidigh, Rose Anne Kenny, M.D. Ward, Siobhán Scarlett, P127 Religious involvement and psychological health among older irish adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the irish longitudinal study on ageing, SSM Annual Scientific Meeting, 2023, pA109.3 - A110, pA109.3-A110
Brendan O"Maoileidigh, Rose Anne Kenny, M.D. Ward, Siobhán Scarlett, 127 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: FINDINGS FROM THE IRISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGEING, Age and Ageing, 51, (Supplement_3), 2022
Deirdre M. A. O"Connor, Siobhan Scarlett, Céline De Looze, Aisling M. O"Halloran, Eamon Laird, Anne M. Molloy, Robert Clarke , Christine A. McGarrigle and Rose Anne Kenny, Low folate predicts accelerated cognitive decline: 8-year follow-up of 3140 older adults in Ireland, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 76, 2022, p950-957
O'Connor DMA, Scarlett S, De Looze C, O'Halloran AM, Laird E, Molloy AM, Clarke R, McGarrigle CA, Kenny RA., Low folate predicts accelerated cognitive decline: 8-year follow-up of 3140 older adults in Ireland., European journal of clinical nutrition, 76, (7), 2022, p950 - 957
Kim D.J., Massa M.S., Clarke R, Scarlett S, and O'Halloran A.M., Kenny R.A., and Bennett, D, Variability and agreement of frailty measures and risk of falls, hospital admissions and mortality in TILDA, Scientific Reports, 12, (1), 2022
Looze, Céline De, Scarlett, Siobhan, Newman, Louise, Kenny, Rose Anne, Sleep duration and disturbance are associated with orthostatic heart rate recovery: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Sleep Health, 8, (6), 2022, p654-662
Belinda Hernández, Siobhán Scarlett, Frank Moriarty, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Rose Anne Kenny, Richard Reilly, Investigation of the role of sleep and physical activity risk for chronic disease prevalence in older Irish adults, BMC Public Health, 2022
Moloney D, O'Connor J, Newman L, Scarlett S, Hernandez B, Kenny RA, Romero-Ortuno R, Clinical clustering of eight orthostatic haemodynamic patterns in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Age and Ageing, 50, (3), 2021, p854 - 860
Rory Boyle, Siobhan Scarlett, Silvin P Knight, Celine Looze, Yaakov Stern, Ian H Robertson, Kenny Rose Anne, Robert Whelan, Validation of composite proxy measures of cognitive reserve: What can longitudinal cohorts tell us about the association between modifiable dementia risk factors and the ageing, Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2020 Alzheimer's Association International Conference, 16, 2021, ppe041824-
Maasakkers, Carlijn M., Claassen, Jurgen A.H.R., Scarlett, Siobhan, Thijssen, Dick H.J., Kenny, Rose Anne, Feeney, Joanne, Melis, René J.F., Is there a bidirectional association between sedentary behaviour and cognitive decline in older adults? Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Preventive Medicine Reports, 23, 2021, p101423
Boyle R, Knight SP, De Looze C, Carey D, Scarlett S, Stern Y, Robertson IH, Kenny RA, Whelan R., Verbal intelligence is a more robust cross-sectional measure of cognitive reserve than level of education in healthy older adults., Alzheimer's research & therapy, 13, (1), 2021, p128
De Looze C, Feeney JC, Scarlett S, Hirst R, Knight SP, Carey D, Meaney JF, Kenny RA., Sleep duration, sleep problems and perceived stress are associated with hippocampal subfield volumes in later life: Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)., Sleep, 2021
Maasakkers, Carlijn M, Thijssen, Dick HJ, Knight, Silvin P, Newman, Louise, O'Connor, John D, Scarlett, Siobhan, Carey, Daniel, Buckley, Anne, McMorrow, Jason P, Leidhin, Caoilfhionn Ní, Feeney, Joanne, Melis, René JF, Kenny, Rose Anne, Claassen, Jurgen AHR, Looze, Céline De, Hemodynamic and structural brain measures in high and low sedentary older adults, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2021, p0271678X2110093
Silvin P. Knight, Louise Newman, Siobhan Scarlett, John D. O'Connor, James Davis, Celine De Looze, Rose Anne Kenny, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Associations between Cardiovascular Signal Entropy and Cognitive Performance over Eight Years, Entropy, 2021
Boyle, Rory, Scarlett, Siobhan, Knight, Silvin P, Looze, Celine, Stern, Yaakov, Robertson, Ian H, Anne, Kenny Rose, Whelan, Robert, Validation of composite proxy measures of cognitive reserve, 16, (S10), 2020
Scarlett, Siobhán, Nolan, Hugh, Kenny, Rose Anne, O'Connell, Matthew DL, Objective Sleep Duration in Older Adults: Results From The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68, (1), 2020, p120-128
Scarlett, Siobhan, Nolan, Hugh N., Kenny, Rose Anne, O'Connell, Matthew D.L., Discrepancies in self-reported and actigraphy-based sleep duration are associated with self-reported insomnia symptoms in community-dwelling older adults, Sleep Health, 7, (1), 2020, p83 - 92
Deirdre O"Connor, Siobhán Scarlett, Rose Anne Kenny, Dietary Patterns and Associations with Chronic Diseases of Ageing: Evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, 79, (OCE2), 2020
Paul Doody, Minjuan Wang, Siobhan Scarlett, Ann Hever, Paul O'Mahoney and Rose Anne Kenny, Internet access and use among adults aged over 50 and over in Ireland; Results from Wave 5 of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing., May, 2020, 1-13
Lorna Roe, Christine McGarrigle, Belinda Hernández, Aisling O"Halloran, Siobhan Scarlett, Mark Ward, Charles Normand, Rose Anne Kenny, Patterns in health service utilisation: Results from Wave 5 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, April, 2020, 1-22
Belinda Hernández, Donal Sexton, Frank Moriarty, Niall Cosgrave, Aisling O"Halloran, Christine McGarrigle, Siobhan Scarlett, Rose Anne Kenny, High-risk categories for COVID-19 and their distribution by county in Republic of Ireland-evidence from the TILDA study, April, 2020, 1-32
Leahy, Siobhan, Canney, Mark, Scarlett, Siobhan, Anne Kenny, Rose, McCrory, Cathal, Life-course social class is associated with later-life diabetes prevalence in women: evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2020
Scarlett, Siobhan, Kenny, Rose Anne, O'Connell, Matthew DL, Nolan, Hugh, De Looze, Céline, Associations between cognitive function, actigraphy"based and self"reported sleep in older community"dwelling adults: findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2020
Aisling O'Halloran, Christine McGarrigle, Siobhan Scarlett, Lorna Roe, Roman Romero-Ortuno and Rose Anne Kenny, TILDA Report on Population Estimates of Physical Frailty in Ireland to Inform Demographics for Over 50s in Ireland during the COVID-19 Pandemic, April, 2020, 1-21
Román Romero"Ortuño, Siobhán Scarlett, Rose Anne Kenny, 17 Is Phenotypical Prefrailty all the Same? A Longitudinal Investigation of Two Prefrailty Subtypes in a Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Age and Ageing, 48, (Supplement_3), 2019, piii1 - iii16, piii1-iii16
Romero-Ortuno R, Scarlett S, O'Halloran AM, Kenny RA., Is phenotypical prefrailty all the same? A longitudinal investigation of two prefrailty subtypes in TILDA., Age and ageing, 2019
Donoghue OA, McGarrigle CA, Foley M, Fagan A, Meaney J, Kenny RA., Cohort Profile Update: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)., International Journal of Epidemiology, 2018, p1398-1398
Aisling O"Halloran, Sharon Cruise, Lorna Roe, Siobhán Scarlett, Matthew O"Connell, Frank Kee, Rose Anne Kenny, 180Frailty and Disability in Ireland North and South: Preliminary Evidence from TILDA and NICOLA, Age and Ageing, 47, (suppl_5), 2018, pv1 - v12, pv1-v12
Canney, M., Leahy, S., Scarlett, S., Kenny, R.A,, Little, M., O'Seaghdha, C., McCrory, C, Kidney disease in women is associated with disadvantaged childhood socioeconomic position, American Journal of Nephrology, 47, (5), 2018, p292 - 299
Siobhán Scarlett, Hugh Nolan, Daniel Carey, Rose Anne Kenny, Matthew O"Connell, 184Adverse Change in Sleep Duration is Associated with a Decline in Cognition at Two-Year Follow Up, Age and Ageing, 47, (suppl_5), 2018, pv13 - v60, pv13-v60
O'Brien H., Scarlett S., O'Hare C., Ni Bhriain S., Kenny R.A., Hospitalisation and surgery: Is exposure associated with increased subsequent depressive symptoms? Evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33, (8), 2018, p1105 - 1113, p1105-1113
O'Brien H., O'Leary N., Scarlett S., O'Hare C., Kenny R.A., Hospitalisation and surgery: Are there hidden cognitive consequences? Evidence from The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA), Age and Ageing, 47, (3), 2018, p408 - 415, p408-415
O'Brien H., Scarlett S., Brady A., Harkin K., Kenny R.A., Moriarty J., Do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders: Understanding and interpretation of their use in the hospitalised patient in Ireland. A brief report, Journal of Medical Ethics, 44, (3), 2018, p201 - 203, p201-203
O'Carroll, L., Mohan, H., Scarlett, S., Cahill, R. A., Reformatting of PACS images as video for convenient electronic dissemination - a video vignette, Colorectal Disease, 19, (4), 2017, p397-397
Siobhán Leahy, Mark Canney, Siobhán Scarlett, Rose Anne Kenny, Cathal McCrory, OP11 Life course socioeconomic position and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in later life. a cross-sectional analysis from the irish longitudinal study of ageing, 2017, pA6.2 - A7, pA6.2-A7
Mark Canney, Triona McNicholas, Siobhán Scarlett, Robert Briggs, Health and Wellbeing: Active Ageing for Older Adults in Ireland Evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, 2017
Siobhán Scarlett, Matthew O"Connell, Hugh Nolan, Helen O"Brien, Rose Anne Kenny, 191 AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP DURATION AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN OLDER ADULTS, Age and Ageing, 45, (suppl_2), 2016, pii13 - ii56, pii13-ii56
Siobhán Scarlett, Matthew O"Connell, Hugh Nolan, Rose Anne Kenny, 190AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF SLEEP QUALITY IN OLDER ADULTS IN IRELAND, Age and Ageing, 45, (suppl_2), 2016, pii13 - ii56, pii13-ii56
H. O"Brien, Neil O"Leary, Siobhán Scarlett, Celia O"Hare, Rose Anne Kenny, 182 HOSPITALIZATION AND SURGERY: ARE THERE HIDDEN COGNITIVE CONSEQUENCES? EVIDENCE FROM THE IRISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGEING (TILDA), Age and Ageing, 45, (suppl_2), 2016, pii1 - ii12, pii1-ii12
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Brendan O'Maoileidigh, Mark Ward , Rose Anne Kenny, Siobhan Scarlett, Examining the relationships between in-person and remote religious attendance and loneliness, quality of life, stress, and anxiety among older adults during COVID-19 in Ireland, HRB Open Research, 2024, p1-8
Siobhan Scarlett, Ann Hever, Mark Ward, Rose Anne Kenny, Creative activity in the ageing population: Key findings and conclusions, November, 2021, 1-8
Scarlett S, Hever A, Ward M, Kenny RA, Creative activity in the ageing population, 2021
Paul Doody, Minjuan Wang, Siobhan Scarlett, Ann Hever, Paul O'Mahoney and Rose Anne Kenny, Internet access and use among adults aged 50 and over in Ireland: Results from Wave 5 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, May, 2020
Aisling O'Halloran, Christine McGarrigle, Siobhan Scarlett, Lorna Roe, Roman Romero-Ortuno and Rose Anne Kenny, TILDA Report on Population Estimates of Physical Frailty in Ireland to Inform Demographics for Over 50s in Ireland during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, 2020
Belinda Hernández, Donal Sexton, Frank Moriarty, Niall Cosgrave, Aisling O'Halloran, Christine McGarrigle, Siobhan Scarlett, Rose Anne Kenny, High-risk categories for COVID-19 and their distribution by county in Republic of Ireland-evidence from the TILDA study, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, 2020
McGarrigle Christine, Ward Mark, Scarlett Siobhan, Kenny Rose Anne, The Contributions of the Over 70s to Irish Society: Results from Wave 5 of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, 2020
Roe, L., McGarrigle, C., Hernández, B., O'Halloran, A., Scarlett, S., Ward, M., Normand, C., Kenny, R.A., Patterns in healthcare utilisation: Results from Wave 5 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing., Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, March, 2020
Moore, PV, Scarlett S, Nolan A , Health Insurance, Healthcare Utilisation and Screening, Dublin, TILDA, March, 2017
McGarrigle, C., Donoghue, O., Scarlett, S., Kenny, R.A. , Health and Wellbeing. Active ageing for older adults in Ireland, Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, March, 2017
Orr, J., Scarlett, S., Donoghue, O., McGarrigle, C., Housing conditions of Ireland's older population: implications for physical and mental health, Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, October, 2016
Recognition
Memberships
Editorial Board, BMC Geriatrics