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Research Interests
Frailty, Sarcopenia & Malnutrition
Health Systems Research
Exercise Physiology
Personal profile
Dr Elsa Dent is an NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow (2016 to 2020). Her research focuses on frailty and sarcopenia in older adults. She also has a keen research interest into integrating healthcare systems, including supporting older adults with frailty so that they can receive best care and avoid any unnecessary hospitalisations.
Dr Dent was recently interviewed by MJA Iinsight on the topic of frailty in older adults: https://www.doctorportal.com.au/mjainsight/2017/48/emerging-focus-on-frailty/
In an international collaborative effort during 2018, Dr Dent authored evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for identifying and managing sarcopenia in older adults: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12603-018-1139-9
In 2017, Dr Dent collaborated with several international experts on frailty to write evidence-based clinical practice guideilnes for frailty: https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(17)30241-4/abstract
Dr Dent is an expert panel member of Qld Health's FRAIL Collaborative: https://clinicalexcellence.qld.gov.au/improvement-exchange/frail-collaborative
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD
Award Date: 1 Jan 2013
Applied Science Human Movement Studies - Exercise Science, Bachelor
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Research Output
Association of Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution With Hand-Grip Strength Among Adults in Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Lin, H., Guo, Y., Ruan, Z., Kowal, P., Di, Q., Zheng, Y., Xiao, J., Hoogendijk, E. O., Dent, E., Vaughn, M. G., Howard, S. W., Cao, Z., Ma, W., Qian, Z. M. & Wu, F., 20 Jan 2020, In : The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 75, 2, p. 340-347 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Citation
(Scopus)
Commonly Used Screening Instruments to Identify Frailty Among Community-Dwelling Older People in a General Practice (Primary Care) Setting: A Study of Diagnostic Test Accuracy
Ambagtsheer, R. C., Visvanathan, R., Dent, E., Yu, S., Schultz, T. J. & Beilby, J., 22 May 2020, In : Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 75, 6, p. 1134-1142 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Citations
(Scopus)
Frailty and Seasonality
Dent, E., Ambagtsheer, R. C., Beilby, J. & Stewart, S., 1 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open Access
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to identify frailty within a residential aged care administrative data set
Ambagtsheer, R. C., Shafiabady, N., Dent, E., Seiboth, C. & Beilby, J., Apr 2020, In : International Journal of Medical Informatics. 136, 104094.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Citation
(Scopus)
A nurse-led model of care within an emergency department reduces representation rates for frail aged care residents
Shrapnel, S., Dent, E. & Nicholson, C., 1 Jan 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Aging clinical and experimental research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article