Ngaire Kerse

Research interests

Publications

• Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals

  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd005465.pub4

• Variation in GP decisions on antihypertensive treatment in oldest-old and frail individuals across 29 countries

  BMC Geriatrics · 2017 · 10.1186/s12877-017-0486-4

• Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy in older people: a Cochrane systematic review

  BMJ Open · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009235

• How are falls and fear of falling associated with objectively measured physical activity in a cohort of community-dwelling older men?

  BMC Geriatrics · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-114

• Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy for older people

  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd008165.pub3

• The Psychosocial Effects of a Companion Robot: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.007

• Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals

  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd005465.pub3

• Health equity in the New Zealand health care system: a national survey

  International Journal for Equity in Health · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-10-45

• Resilience from the point of view of older people: ‘There's still life beyond a funny knee’

  Social Science & Medicine · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.005

• Attitudes towards health‐care robots in a retirement village

  Australasian Journal on Ageing · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00551.x

• Interventions for preventing falls in older people in nursing care facilities and hospitals

  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd005465.pub2

• Validation of PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 to Screen for Major Depression in the Primary Care Population

  The Annals of Family Medicine · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1139

• Age and gender factors in user acceptance of healthcare robots

  Journal · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1109/roman.2009.5326292

• Antidepressants versus placebo for depression in primary care

  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd007954

• Older people and their social spaces: A study of well-being and attachment to place in Aotearoa New Zealand

  Social Science & Medicine · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.030

• Falls After Stroke

  Stroke · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.107.509885

• Falls, Depression and Antidepressants in Later Life: A Large Primary Care Appraisal

  PLoS ONE · 2008 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0002423

• Depression in Older People: Visual Impairment and Subjective Ratings of Health

  Optometry and Vision Science · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1097/opx.0b013e318157a6b1

• Effect of Telephone Counseling on Physical Activity for Low‐Active Older People in Primary Care: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2007 · 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01203.x

• Randomised controlled trial of prevention of falls in people aged ≥75 with severe visual impairment: the VIP trial

  BMJ · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38601.447731.55

• Is Physical Activity Counseling Effective for Older People? A Cluster Randomized, Controlled Trial in Primary Care

  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00466.x

• Effect of the addition of a “help” question to two screening questions on specificity for diagnosis of depression in general practice: diagnostic validity study

  BMJ · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38607.464537.7c

• Fall Prevention in Residential Care: A Cluster, Randomized, Controlled Trial

  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2004 · 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52157.x

• Physician-Patient Relationship and Medication Compliance: A Primary Care Investigation

  The Annals of Family Medicine · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.139

Current projects

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