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Dr Elsa Dent is a former NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow (2016 to 2020) and a current Senior Research Fellow in Public Health and Health Systems research. 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.
In 2023, Dr Dent published a first-author Review in the Lancet on Malnutrition in Older Adults
Dr Dent was recently interviewed by MJA Iinsight on the topic of frailty in olders: Emerging focus on frailty
In 2019, Dr Dent led a Series on frailty in older people for the Lancet: Management of frailty: opportunities, challenges, and future directions - The Lancet
Dr Dent has led the development of international clinical practice guidelines for frailty and sarcopenia:
Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management
The Asia-Pacific Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Frailty
Dr Dent is an expert panel member of Qld Health's FRAIL Collaborative: https://clinicalexcellence.qld.gov.au/improvement-exchange/frail-collaborative
Research Interests
Frailty, Sarcopenia & Malnutrition Health Systems Research Exercise Physiology
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD, The University of Adelaide
Award Date: 31 Jul 2013
Applied Science Human Movement Studies - Exercise Science (Hons), Bachelor
External positions
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Population Health, The University of Adelaide
Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
Keywords
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
- frailty
- geriatrics and gerontology
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Consensus guidelines for sarcopenia prevention, diagnosis and management in Australia and New Zealand
Zanker, J., Sim, M., Anderson, K., Balogun, S., Brennan-Olsen, S. L., Dent, E., Duque, G., Girgis, C. M., Grossmann, M., Hayes, A., Henwood, T., Hirani, V., Inderjeeth, C., Iuliano, S., Keogh, J., Lewis, J., Lynch, G. S., Pasco, J. A., Phu, S., Reijnierse, E. M., & 9 others, 2023, In: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exercise to Prevent and Manage Frailty and Fragility Fractures
Dent, E., Daly, R. M., Hoogendijk, E. O. & Scott, D., 2023, In: Current Osteoporosis Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Malnutrition in older adults
Dent, E., Wright, O. R. L., Woo, J. & Hoogendijk, E. O., 2023, In: The Lancet.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resting metabolic rate in relation to incident disability and mobility decline among older adults: the modifying role of frailty
Flores Ruano, T., Hoogendijk, E. O., Romero Rizos, L., Ariza Zafra, G., León Ortiz, M., Luengo Márquez, C., Martín Senbastiá, E., Navarro López, J. L., Fernández Sánchez, M., García Molina, R., Avendaño Céspedes, A., Sánchez-Flor Alfaro, V., Gómez Ballesteros, C., López Bru, R., Dent, E. & Abizanda, P., 2023, In: Aging clinical and experimental research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understanding actions and challenges in protecting older people during covid-19 pandemic in indonesia: A qualitative study with female caregivers
Asa, G. A., Fauk, N. K., Ratu, M., Dent, E. & Ward, P. R., 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 3, p. e0273761Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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