By Professor Jacqueline Close

Journal articles

Mikolaizak AS; Lord SR; Tiedemann A; Simpson P; Caplan GA; Bendall J; Howard K; Webster L; Payne N; Hamilton S; Lo J; Ramsay E; O'Rourke S; Roylance L; Close JC, 2017, 'A multidisciplinary intervention to prevent subsequent falls and health service use following fall-related paramedic care: A randomised controlled trial', Age and Ageing, 46, pp. 200 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw190

Mitchell R; Harvey L; Brodaty H; Draper B; Close J, 2016, 'Hip fracture and the influence of dementia on health outcomes and access to hospital-based rehabilitation for older individuals', Disability and Rehabilitation, 38, pp. 2286 - 2295, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1123306

Harvey L; Mitchell R; Brodaty H; Draper B; Close J, 2016, 'Differing trends in fall-related fracture and non-fracture injuries in older people with and without dementia', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 67, pp. 61 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.06.014

Toson B; Harvey LA; Close JCT, 2016, 'New ICD-10 version of the Multipurpose Australian Comorbidity Scoring System outperformed Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidities in an older population', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 79, pp. 62 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.04.004

Harvey L; Mitchell R; Draper B; Brodaty H; Close J, 2016, 'DIFFERENTIAL TRENDS IN FALL-RELATED FRACTURE AND NON-FRACTURE HOSPITALISATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA', INJURY PREVENTION, 22, pp. A36 - A36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042156.95

Mitchell R; Harvey L; Brodaty H; Draper B; Close J, 2016, 'HIP FRACTURE AND THE INFLUENCE OF DEMENTIA ON HEALTH OUTCOMES AND ACCESS TO REHABILIATION FOR OLDER PEOPLE', INJURY PREVENTION, 22, pp. A36 - A36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042156.96

Duque G; Lord SR; Mak J; Ganda K; Close JJT; Ebeling P; Papaioannou A; Inderjeeth CA, 2016, 'Treatment of Osteoporosis in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: Update on Consensus Recommendations for Fracture Prevention', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17, pp. 852 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2016.05.011

Sukumar DW; Harvey LA; Mitchell RJ; Close JCT, 2016, 'The impact of geographical location on trends in hospitalisation rates and outcomes for fall-related injuries in older people', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40, pp. 342 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12524

Loefler A; Close J, 2016, 'Rising costs of hip fractures', Medical Journal of Australia, 205, pp. 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/MJA16.00517

Hopewell S; Adedire O; Copsey BJ; Sherrington C; Clemson LM; Close JCT; Lamb SE, 2016, 'Multifactorial and multiple component interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012221

Harvey L; Howard K; Mitchell R; Mikolaizak S; Close JCT, 2016, 'The impact of length of stay on the cost of hip fracture care in NSW', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, 35, pp. 65 - 65, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000377202500123&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Menant JC; Wong AKW; Trollor JN; Close JCT; Lord SR, 2016, 'Depressive Symptoms and Orthostatic Hypotension Are Risk Factors for Unexplained Falls in Community-Living Older People', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64, pp. 1073 - 1078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14104

Harvey L; Mitchell R; Brodaty H; Draper B; Close J, 2016, 'Dementia: A risk factor for burns in the elderly', Burns, 42, pp. 282 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2015.10.023

Soon J; Buchbinder R; Close J; Hill C; Allan S; Turnour C, 2016, 'Identifying low-value care: the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ EVOLVE initiative', Medical Journal of Australia, 204, pp. 180 - 181.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/MJA15.01398

Henderson EJ; Lord SR; Brodie MA; Gaunt DM; Lawrence AD; Close JCT; Whone AL; Ben-Shlomo Y, 2016, 'Rivastigmine for gait stability in patients with Parkinson's disease (ReSPonD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial', The Lancet. Neurology, 15, pp. 249 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(15)00389-0

Sherrington C; Fairhall N; Kirkham C; Clemson L; Howard K; Vogler C; Close JC; Moseley AM; Cameron ID; Mak J; Sonnabend D; Lord SR, 2016, 'Exercise and fall prevention self-management to reduce mobility-related disability and falls after fall-related lower limb fracture in older people: Protocol for the RESTORE (Recovery Exercises and STepping on after fracturE) randomised controlled trial', BMC Geriatrics, 16, pp. 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0206-5

Farag I; Sherrington C; Hayes A; Canning CG; Lord SR; Close JCT; Fung VSC; Howard K, 2016, 'Economic evaluation of a falls prevention exercise program among people With Parkinson's disease', Movement Disorders, 31, pp. 53 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.26420

Farag I; Howard K; O'Rourke S; Ferreira ML; Lord SR; Close JCT; Vogler C; Dean CM; Cumming RG; Sherrington C, 2016, 'Health and social support services in older adults recently discharged from hospital: Service utilisation and costs and exploration of the impact of a home-exercise intervention', BMC Geriatrics, 16, pp. 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0254-x

Harvey L; Mitchell R; Brodaty H; Draper B; Close J, 2016, 'The influence of dementia on injury-related hospitalisations and outcomes in older adults', Injury, 47, pp. 226 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2015.09.021

Westlake C; Albert NM; Rice KL; Bautista C; Close J; Timmerman GM, 2015, 'Nursing journal clubs and the clinical nurse specialist', Clinical Nurse Specialist, 29, pp. E1 - E10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000095

Mitchell RJ; Harvey LA; Brodaty H; Draper B; Close JCT, 2015, 'Erratum :Dementia and intentional and unintentional poisoning in older people: A 10 year review of hospitalization records in New South Wales, Australia (International Psychogeriatrics (2015) DOI:10.1017/S1041610215001258)', International Psychogeriatrics, 27, pp. 2101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610215001581

Allen NE; Song J; Paul SS; Sherrington C; Murray SM; O'Rourke SD; Lord SR; Fung VSC; Close JCT; Howard K; Canning CG, 2015, 'Predictors of Adherence to a Falls Prevention Exercise Program for People with Parkinson's Disease', Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 2, pp. 395 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.12208

Mitchell RJ; Harvey LA; Brodaty H; Draper B; Close JCT, 2015, 'Dementia and intentional and unintentional poisoning in older people: A 10 year review of hospitalization records in New South Wales, Australia', International Psychogeriatrics, 27, pp. 1757 - 1768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610215001258

Close JCT, 2015, 'The end of shared rooms in hospitals: A cause for celebration?', Age and Ageing, 44, pp. 907 - 908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv150

Farag I; Howard K; Hayes AJ; Ferreira ML; Lord SR; Close JT; Vogler C; Dean CM; Cumming RG; Sherrington C, 2015, 'Cost-effectiveness of a home-exercise program among older people after hospitalization', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16, pp. 490 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2015.01.075

Zeltzer J; Mitchell RJ; Toson B; Harris IA; Close J, 2015, 'Determinants of time to surgery for patients with hip fracture (vol 84, pg 633, 2014)', ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 85, pp. 200 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.13007

Kvelde T; Lord SR; Close JCT; Reppermund S; Kochan NA; Sachdev P; Brodaty H; Delbaere K, 2015, 'Depressive symptoms increase fall risk in older people, independent of antidepressant use, and reduced executive and physical functioning', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 60, pp. 190 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2014.09.003

Delbaere K; Valenzuela T; Woodbury A; Davies T; Yeong J; Steffens D; Miles L; Pickett L; Zijlstra GAR; Clemson L; Close JCT; Howard K; Lord SR; Valenzuela Arteaga T, 2015, 'Evaluating the effectiveness of a home-based exercise programme delivered through a tablet computer for preventing falls in older community-dwelling people over 2 years: Study protocol for the Standing Tall randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e009173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009173

Canning CG; Sherrington C; Lord SR; Close JCT; Heritier S; Heller GZ; Howard K; Allen NE; Latt MD; Murray SM; O'Rourke SD; Paul SS; Song J; Fung VSC, 2015, 'Exercise for falls prevention in Parkinson disease: A randomized controlled trial', Neurology, 84, pp. 304 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000001155

Mitchell RJ; Lord SR; Harvey LA; Close JCT, 2015, 'Obesity and falls in older people: Mediating effects of disease, sedentary behavior, mood, pain and medication use', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 60, pp. 52 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2014.09.006

Toson B; Harvey LA; Close JCT, 2015, 'The ICD-10 Charlson Comorbidity Index predicted mortality but not resource utilization following hip fracture', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 68, pp. 44 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.09.017

Sherrington C; Lord S; Vogler C; Close J; Howard K; Dean C; Clemson L; Barraclough E; Ramsay E; O’Rourke S; Kirkham C; Cumming R, 2015, 'Increased falls with home exercise for older people after hospital stays: exploration of an unexpected finding from a randomised trial', Physiotherapy, 101, pp. e1380 - e1381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.1323

Canning CG; Farag I; Sherrington C; Lord SR; Close JCT; Howard K; Heritier S; Heller GZ; Hayes A; Allen NE; Latt MD; Murray SM; O’Rourke SD; Paul SS; Song J; Fung VSC, 2015, 'Minimally-supervised exercise is effective and cost-saving in reducing falls in people with mild, but not more severe Parkinson's disease', Physiotherapy, 101, pp. e199 - e199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.362

Stephens AS; Toson B; Close JCT, 2014, 'Current and future burden of incident hip fractures in New South Wales, Australia', Archives of Osteoporosis, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11657-014-0200-5

Harvey LA; Mitchell RJ; Lord SR; Close JCT, 2014, 'Determinants of uptake of home modifications and exercise to prevent falls in community-dwelling older people', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38, pp. 585 - 590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12243

Zeltzer J; Mitchell RJ; Toson B; Harris IA; Ahmad L; Close J, 2014, 'Orthogeriatric services associated with lower 30-day mortality for older patients who undergo surgery for hip fracture', Medical Journal of Australia, 201, pp. 409 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja14.00055

Close J, 2014, 'Falls Prevention Intervention', International Innovation, pp. 28 - 30, http://www.internationalinnovation.com/fall-prevention-intervention/

Callisaya ML; Srikanth VK; Lord SR; Close JC; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Phan T; Beare R; Trollor J; Wen W; Zheng JJ; Delbaere K, 2014, 'Sub-cortical infarcts and the risk of falls in older people: Combined results of TASCOG and Sydney MAS studies', International Journal of Stroke, 9, pp. 55 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijs.12279

Zeltzer J; Mitchell RJ; Toson B; Harris IA; Close J, 2014, 'Determinants of time to surgery for patients with hip fracture', ANZ journal of surgery, 84, pp. 633 - 638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.12671

Close JCT; Wesson J; Sherrington C; Hill KD; Kurrle S; Lord SR; Brodaty H; Howard K; Gitlin LN; O'Rourke SD; Clemson L, 2014, 'Can a tailored exercise and home hazard reduction program reduce the rate of falls in community dwelling older people with cognitive impairment: Protocol paper for the i-FOCIS randomised controlled trial', BMC Geriatrics, 14, pp. 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-89

Callisaya M; Sharman J; Close J; Lord S; Srikanth V, 2014, 'Greater daily defined dose of antihypertensive medication increases the risk of falls in older people - A population-based study', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, 33, pp. 37 - 37, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000337969400064&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Paul SS; Sherrington C; Canning CG; Fung VSC; Close JCT; Lord SR, 2014, 'The relative contribution of physical and cognitive fall risk factors in people with Parkinson's disease: A large prospective cohort study', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 28, pp. 282 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968313508470

Pereira LSM; Sherrington C; Ferreira ML; Tiedemann A; Ferreira PH; Blyth FM; Close JCT; Taylor M; Lord SR, 2014, 'Self-reported chronic pain is associated with physical performance in older people leaving aged care rehabilitation', Clinical Interventions in Aging, 9, pp. 259 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S51807

Mitchell RJ; Lord SR; Harvey LA; Close JCT, 2014, 'Associations between obesity and overweight and fall risk, health status and quality of life in older people', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38, pp. 13 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12152

Simpson PM; Bendall JC; Toson B; Tiedemann A; Lord SR; Close JCT, 2014, 'Predictors of Nontransport of Older Fallers Who Receive Ambulance Care', Prehospital Emergency Care, 18, pp. 342 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10903127.2013.864355

Simpson PM; Bendall JC; Tiedemann A; Lord SR; Close JCT, 2014, 'Epidemiology of Emergency Medical Service Responses to Older People Who Have Fallen: A Prospective Cohort Study', Prehospital Emergency Care, 18, pp. 185 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10903127.2013.856504

Sherrington C; Lord SR; Vogler CM; Close JCT; Howard K; Dean CM; Heller GZ; Clemson L; O'Rourke SD; Ramsay E; Barraclough E; Herbert RD; Cumming RG, 2014, 'A post-hospital home exercise program improved mobility but increased falls in older people: A randomised controlled trial', Plos One, 9, pp. e104412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104412

Hindmarsh D; Loh M; Finch CF; Hayen A; Close JC, 2014, 'Effect of comorbidity on relative survival following hospitalisation for fall-related hip fracture in older people', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 33, pp. E1 - E7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00638.x

Callisaya ML; Sharman JE; Close J; Lord SR; Srikanth VK, 2014, 'Greater daily defined dose of antihypertensive medication increases the risk of falls in older people - A population-based study', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62, pp. 1527 - 1533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12925

Wong AKW; Lord SR; Trollor JN; Sturnieks DL; Delbaere K; Menant J; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Close JCT, 2014, 'High arterial pulse wave velocity is a risk factor for falls in community-dwelling older people', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62, pp. 1534 - 1539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12931

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