Institute of Geriatrics and Active Ageing (IGA)
IGA strives to support active and meaningful ageing - Inspiring Growth through the Ages.
Established in 2013, IGA advances the health and quality of life of older persons through evidence‑based practice.
About Us
Our Focus Areas
Landmark Studies GeriLABS
Educational Resources
Publications
Established in 2013, the Institute of Geriatrics and Active Ageing (IGA) at Tan Tock Seng Hospital advances the health and quality of life of older persons through evidence‑based practice. Guided by the World Health Organization’s Healthy Ageing framework, we believe that ageing can be embraced as a stage of life where individuals continue to grow, contribute, and thrive.
Building on the legacy of Singapore’s first and largest Geriatric Medicine department, our clinician‑researchers are embedded in daily care of older persons, ensuring that research and practice remain closely linked. Inspired by our vision of adding years of healthy life, IGA strives to support active and meaningful ageing - Inspiring Growth through the Ages.
Our Vision
Adding Years of Healthy Life
Our Mission
Advancing the health and quality of life of older persons through evidence-based practice
Our Leadership
Director
Deputy Director
Lead, Research & Innovation
Assistant Lead, Research & Innovation
Lead, Education & Learning
Assistant Lead, Education & Learning
Lead, Translation & Practice
Co-Lead, Translation & Practice
Assistant Lead, Translation & Practice
IGA drives healthier ageing through research, innovation, education, and translation in three key domains.
Muscle Health & Sarcopenia
Advancing the prevention, detection, and management of age-related muscle loss to preserve strength, mobility, and independence in later life.
Intrinsic Capacity & Frailty
Promoting healthy ageing by understanding, measuring, and enhancing the physical and mental capacities that enable older persons to live well and function independently.
Brain Health & Dementia
Improving brain health and dementia care through research, innovation, early detection, and person-centred interventions that support individuals and their caregivers.
Our Impact
Across all our focus areas, IGA advances healthy ageing through:
Research & Innovation
Generating evidence and developing innovative solutions for ageing-related challenges.
Education & Learning
Building capability among healthcare professionals, caregivers, and the public.
Translation & Practice
Bringing evidence into real-world practice, policy, and community care.
GeriLABS: Advancing Muscle Health and Healthy Ageing
When IGA launched the GeriLABS study in 2013, research on sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss) and muscle health was still in its infancy in Singapore. Recognising the importance of muscle health as a foundation for healthy ageing, we embarked on one of the country's pioneering longitudinal studies to better understand the biological and functional changes associated with ageing.
Over the years, hundreds of community-dwelling older adults partnered with us in this research journey, undergoing comprehensive assessments that included physical performance testing, imaging, and biomarker analyses. Through GeriLABS, we have generated valuable insights into sarcopenia, frailty, and functional decline, helping to advance both scientific understanding and clinical practice.
Building on the success of the original study, GeriLABS-2 expanded this work to investigate the complex interactions between muscle, bone, and fat health, an emerging area known as osteosarcopenic obesity. Findings from GeriLABS have contributed to international scientific developments, including the 2025 and 2019 Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia consensus updates, and have been recognised through awards such as the JAMDA Morley Award and the NHG Research Impact Award.
Today, GeriLABS-3 continues this legacy by focusing on intrinsic capacity — the physical and mental abilities that enable individuals to age well. Through advanced assessments including imaging, microbiome, and multi-omics research, GeriLABS-3 seeks to identify factors that influence resilience, frailty, functional decline, and quality of life in later years.
Together, the GeriLABS studies reflect IGA's longstanding commitment to generating meaningful evidence that improves the health, function, and quality of life of older persons, while helping to shape the future of healthy longevity research in Singapore and beyond.
Find out more about our study team and accolades below:
Core Team
Publications
- AWK Tan, CS Wong, HE Smith, YL Munro, JD Best, WS Lim. Prevalence, risk factors, and adverse health outcomes of osteosarcopenia in middle-aged and older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus – A scoping review. Osteoporosis International. 2025. Submitted
- AC Srinivasa, BKN Prakash, SS Bhat, MS Sherin,, D Baduwal, A Amarapur, SS Patil, ZTJ Sim, JLH Chew, AJP Yeo, WX Chen, WS Lim, CH Tan. AI -driven MR thigh scan analysis for body composition phenotypic classification of healthy older persons. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. 2025. Submitted.
- JEJ Koh, JP Lim, JQ Chia, CN Tan, A Yeo, J Chew, WS Lim (2025). Sarcopenia definitions in sarcopenic obesity: differences in prevalence, agreement and association with functional outcomes and quality of life. J Frailty Aging. Submitted.
- HE Shin, JY Jang, H Arai, WS Lim, LK Chen, M Kim, CW Won. Obesity Indicators and Risk of Mortality and Functional Health Outcomes in Asian Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Exp Gerontol. 2025. Submitted.
- WS Lim, D Yang. Singapore Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sarcopenia: Screening, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention. Singapore Family Physician. 2025;51(3):6-14. doi: 10.33591/sfp.51.3.u1
- Chew J, Lee J, Hernandez HHC, Munro YL, Lim CL, Lim WS. The vitality domain of intrinsic capacity: A scoping review of conceptual frameworks and measurements. J Frailty Aging. 2025; 14(4):100058. doi: 10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100058. [Epub ahead of print.]
- Beaudart C, Alcazar J, Aprahamian, I, Batis J, Yamada Y, Prado C,…Lim WS, et al. Health outcomes of sarcopenia: a consensus report by the outcome working group of the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS). Aging Clin Exp Res. 2025; 37(100). doi:10.1007/s40520-025-02995-9
- W Muangpaisan, P Assantachai, H Arai, WS Lim, J Woo, CW Won, et al. Prioritizing Integrated Care and Sarcopenia Prevention for Healthy Ageing across Asia. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2025; 136:105771. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2025.105771
- Piodena-Aportadera MRB, Lau S, Tan CN, Chew J, Lim JP, Hafizah N, Ding YY, Lim WS. Yubi-wakka Test for sarcopenia screening: Influence of abdominal obesity on diagnostic performance. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2025; 29(1):138-141. doi: 10.4235/agmr.24.0150.
- Yang DZ, Kua J, Lim WS. The impact of lifestyle factors across the life course on sarcopenia and physical frailty. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2025;28(3):208-223. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000001111.
- Chua S, Chia JQ, Lim JP, Chew J, Lim WS. Case-Finding for Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Comparison of Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment with SARC-F and SARC-CalF. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2024;28(1):57-64. doi:10.4235/agmr.23.0190
- Kirk B, Cawthon PM, Arai H, Ávila-Funes JA, Barazzoni R, Bhasin S, et al. The Conceptual Definition of Sarcopenia: Delphi Consensus from the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS). Age Ageing. 2024;53(3). doi:10.1093/ageing/afae052
- Lee ST, Lim JP, Tan CN, Yeo A, Chew J, Lim WS. SARC-F and modified versions using arm and calf circumference: Diagnostic performance for sarcopenia screening and the impact of obesity. Geriatrics & gerontology international. 2024; 24(S1):182-188. doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14758.
- Piodena-Aportadera MRB, Lau S, Tan CN, Chew J, Lim JP, Ismail NH, et al. Yubi-Wakka Test for Sarcopenia Screening in the Community: Comparative Agreement, Diagnostic Performance and Validity with Calf Circumference Measurements. J Frailty Aging. 2024;13(2):98-107. doi:10.14283/jfa.2024.25
- Yong K, Chew J, Low K, Yeo A, Tan CN, Lim JP, et al. Predictive Validity of Intrinsic Capacity Composite Scores for Risk of Frailty at 2 Years: A Comparison of 4 Scales. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024;25(9):105146. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105146
- Hernandez HHC, Yang D, Tan CN, Kua J, Ismail NH, & Lim WS. Short Physical Performance Battery Cutoff Points Using Clinical Outcomes for At-Risk Older Adults in Singapore: An Exploratory Study. Annals of geriatric medicine and research, 2023;27(4): 358–360. doi.org/10.4235/agmr.23.0164
- Prakash BK, Srinivasa AC, Yeow LY, Chen WX, Yeo AJP, Lim WS, et al. MultiRes Attention Deep Learning Approach for Abdominal Fat Compartment Segmentation and Quantification. 2023. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.111555
- Lim WS. Singapore Clinical Practice Guidelines For Sarcopenia: Screening, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention. Singapore Family Physician 2023;49(3):6-14. doi.org/10.33591/sfp.49.3.u1
- Yamada M, Lee WJ, Akishita M, Yang M, Kang L, Kim S, et al. Clinical practice for sarcopenia in Asia: Online survey by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2023;115:105132. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2023.105132
- Chia JQ, Low K, Chew J, Lim JP, Goh LL, Wansaicheong G, Lim WS. Self-Reported Frailty Screening Tools: Comparing Construct Validity of the Frailty Phenotype Questionnaire and FRAIL. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(11), 1870.e1–1870.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.04.046.
- Lim JP, Chew J. Spectrum bias in derivations of cut-offs for five-repetition sit-to-stand test: A proposal for alternative analysis. Geriatrics & gerontology international. 2022. doi: 10.1111/ggi.14384.
- Lim WS, Cheong CY, Lim JP, Tan MMY, Chia JQ, Malik NA, et al. Singapore Clinical Practice Guidelines For Sarcopenia: Screening, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2022; 11(4):348-369 doi: 10.14283/jfa.2022.59.
- Loh DR, Tan RS, Lim WS, Koh AS. Cardio-sarcopenia: A syndrome of concern in aging. Frontiers in Medicine. 2022;9. doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.1027466
- Ong M, Pek K, Tan CN, Chew J, Lim JP, Yew S, . . . Lim WS. Social Frailty and Executive Function: Association with Geriatric Syndromes, Life Space and Quality of Life in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The Journal of frailty & aging. 2022; 11(2):206-213. doi:10.14283/jfa.2021.43
- Piodena-Aportadera RBM, Lau S, Chew J, Lim JP, Ismail NH, Ding YY, Lim WS. Calf Circumference Measurement Protocols for Sarcopenia Screening: Differences in Agreement, Convergent Validity and Diagnostic Performance. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2022;26(3):215-24. doi:10.4235/agmr.22.0057
- Yamada M, Lim JY, Assantachai P, Tanaka T, Kim M, Lee SY, . . . Lim WS, et al. Five-repetition sit-to-stand test: End with the fifth stand or sit? Geriatrics & gerontology international. 2022;22(4):362-4. doi:10.1111/ggi.14358
- Yamada M, Lim JY, Assantachai P, Tanaka T, Kim M, Lee SY, Lim WS, et al. Reply to the comments on “Five-repetition sit-to-stand test: End with the fifth stand or sit?”. Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2022;22(7):539-40. doi:10.1111/ggi.14395
- Afandy NO, Lock HS, Tay L, Yeo A, Yew S, Leung BP, Lim WS. Association of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 and Dickkopf-1 with Body Composition and Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore. J Frailty Sarcopenia Falls. 2021;6(1):25-31. doi:10.22540/jfsf-06-025
- Bhanu PK, Arvind CS, Yeow LY, Chen WX, Lim WS, Tan CH. CAFT: a deep learning-based comprehensive abdominal fat analysis tool for large cohort studies. Magma (New York, NY). 2021. doi:10.1007/s10334-021-00946-9
- Bhanu PK, Arvind CS, Yeow LY, Chen WX, Lim WS, Tan CH. Correction to: CAFT: a deep learning-based comprehensive abdominal fat analysis tool for large cohort studies. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine. 2022;35(2):221-. doi:10.1007/s10334-021-00956-7
- Chew J, Lim JP, Yew S, Yeo A, Ismail NH, Ding YY, Lim WS. Disentangling the Relationship between Frailty and Intrinsic Capacity in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cluster Analysis. The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 2021;25(9):1112-8. doi:10.1007/s12603-021-1679-2
- Lee HX, Yeo A, Tan CN, Yew S, Tay L, Ding YY, Lim WS. Combined Impact of Positive Screen for Sarcopenia and Frailty on Physical Function, Cognition and Nutrition in the Community Dwelling Older Adult. Annals of geriatric medicine and research. 2021;25(3):210-6. doi:10.4235/agmr.21.0068
- Lim JP, Chew J, Ismail NH, Lim WS. Letter to the Editor: Obesity Definition for Muscle Outcomes in Sarcopenic Obesity: Utility of Waist Circumference Revisited. The Journal of frailty & aging. 2021;10(4):334-6. doi:10.14283/jfa.2021.28
- Lim WS. Sarcopenia: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment in an Asian Community Setting. The Singapore Family Physician. 2021;47(6):5-12. Available from: https://ddei5-0-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cfps.org.sg%2fpublications%2fthe%2dsingapore%2dfamily%2dphysician%2farticle%2f1671%5fpdf&umid=0653D2A7-585A-3A06-B645-657E65741EAF&auth=6bc204c9f41dd899ed8441c0791dca42ae24634b-622dca99517fc6ddf34bcb9f79a2ffc6ac8e143e
- Pek K, Tan CN, Yew S, Yeo A, Lim JP, Chew J, Lim WS. Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 Pandemic Control Measures: Impact on Social Frailty and Health Outcomes in Non-Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 2021;25(6):816-8. doi:10.1007/s12603-021-1635-1
- Chen LK, Woo J, Assantachai P, Auyeung TW, Chou MY, Iijima K, …, Lim WS, et al. Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia: 2019 Consensus Update on Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Treatment. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2020;21(3):300-7.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2019.12.012
- Chew J, Yeo A, Yew S, Lim JP, Tay L, Ding YY, Lim WS. Muscle Strength Definitions Matter: Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Predictive Validity for Adverse Outcomes Using the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 (EWGSOP2) Criteria. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2020;24(6):614-8. doi:10.1007/s12603-020-1371-y
- Chew J, Yeo A, Yew S, Tan CN, Lim JP, Hafizah N, Lim WS. Nutrition Mediates the Relationship between Osteosarcopenia and Frailty: A Pathway Analysis. Nutrients. 2020;12(10). doi:10.3390/nu12102957
- Khor EQ, Lim JP, Tay L, Yeo A, Yew S, Ding YY, Lim WS. Obesity Definitions in Sarcopenic Obesity: Differences in Prevalence, Agreement and Association with Muscle Function. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2020;9(1):37-43.
- Lau S, Pek K, Chew J, Lim JP, Hafizah N, Ding YY, …, Lim WS. The Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) as a Screening Tool for Risk of Malnutrition: Optimal Cutoff, Factor Structure, and Validation in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Nutrients. 2020;12(9). doi:10.3390/nu12092885
- Lim JP, Yew S, Tay L, Chew J, Yeo A, Hafizah N, Ding YY, Lim WS. Grip Strength Criterion Matters: Impact of Average Versus Maximum Handgrip Strength on Sarcopenia Prevalence and Predictive Validity for Low Physical Performance. The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 2020;24(9):1031-1035. doi: 10.1007/s12603-020-1461-x
- Lim WS, Lim JP, Chew J, Tan A. Calf Circumference as a Case-Finding Tool for Sarcopenia: Influence of Obesity on Diagnostic Performance. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020;21(9):1359-61. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2020.03.033
- Lim WS, Liang CK, Assantachai P, Auyeung TW, Kang L, Lee WJ, et al. COVID-19 and older people in Asia: Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia calls to actions. Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2020;20(6):547-58. doi:10.1111/ggi.13939
- Lim WS, Lim JP, Chew J, Tan A. Influence of Obesity on Diagnostic Accuracy and Optimal Cutoffs for Sarcopenia Screening in Non-Frail Older Adults: A Comparison of SARC-F Versus SARC-CalF. The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 2020;24(8):914-6. doi:10.1007/s12603-020-1393-5
- Pek K, Chew J, Lim JP, Yew S, Tan CN, Yeo A, Ding YY, Lim WS. Social Frailty Is Independently Associated with Mood, Nutrition, Physical Performance, and Physical Activity: Insights from a Theory-Guided Approach. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2020;17(12):4239. doi:10.3390/ijerph17124239
- Chew J, Tay L, Lim JP, Leung BP, Yeo A, Yew S, Ding YY, Lim WS. Serum Myostatin and IGF-1 as Gender-Specific Biomarkers of Frailty and Low Muscle Mass in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Ageing. 2019;23(10):979-86. doi:10.1007/s12603-019-1255-1
- Lim WS, Tay L, Yeo A, Yew S, Hafizah N, Ding YY. Modulating Effect of Contextual Factors on Factor Structure and Reliability of SARC-F. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2018;19(6):551-3.
- Yang YX, Chong MS, Lim WS, Tay L, Yew S, Yeo A, et al. Validity of estimating muscle and fat volume from a single MRI section in older adults with sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. Clinical Radiology. 2017;72(5):427.e9-.e14.
- Yang YX, Chong MS, Tay L, Yew S, Yeo A, Tan CH. Automated assessment of thigh composition using machine learning for Dixon magnetic resonance images. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine. 2016;29(5):723-31.
- Tay L, Ding YY, Leung BP, Ismail NH, Yeo A, Yew S, et al. Sex-specific differences in risk factors for sarcopenia amongst community-dwelling older adults. Age. 2015;37(6):121.
- Lim JP, Leung BP, Ding YY, Tay L, Ismail NH, Yeo A, et al. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1: a proinflammatory cytokine elevated in sarcopenic obesity. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2015;10:605-9.
- Chong MS, Tay L, Ismail NH, Tan CH, Yew S, Yeo A, et al. The Case for Stage-Specific Frailty Interventions Spanning Community Aging to Cognitive Impairment. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2015;16(11):1003.e13–.e19.
Conference Presentations
4th International Conference on Healthy Aging and Psychological Wellbeing 2025, Miaoli, Taiwan
- Social Frailty: Emerging Evidence and Future Directions. (Invited speaker: Dr Kenneth Yong)
Asian Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia (ACFS) 2025, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Social frailty complements intrinsic capacity in predicting frailty risk: evidence of a synergistic relationship among community-dwelling older adults. (Poster: Dr Kenneth Yong)
- Revisiting SARC-F cutoffs: Comparison of diagnostic performance, concurrent validity and cutoff definition. (Poster: Melissa Aportadera)
- Social Frailty in older adults: why it matters. (Invited speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
European Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) 2025, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Predictive validity of Social Frailty Typologies on Physical Frailty, Depressive Symptoms and Self-Rated Health at 2 Years: A Latent Class Analysis. (Poster: A/Prof WS Lim)
Mini Symposium on healthy longevity and ageing 2025, Singapore
- Healthy Longevity and Ageing. (Panel discussion: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
ILSI Southeast Asia Symposium 2025, Singapore
- Bridging innovation and tools, policy and practice (Panel discussion: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2025, Chicago, USA
- Association of oral frailty with nutrition, mood, falls, mobility and quality of life in community-dwelling older adults: Results from the Oral Frailty Index-8 questionnaire. (Poster: Dr Hernandez Herb Howard Cunanan)
International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR) 2025, Toulouse, France
- Sarcopenic Obesity Definitions: Differences in Prevalence and Associations with Blood Biomarkers, Body Composition Measures and Clinical Outcomes. (Poster: Dr Chia Jia Qian)
- Vitality in the World Health Organization (WHO) Intrinsic Capacity Framework: A Scoping Review of Definitions and Measures. (Poster: Dr Justin Chew)
- Social Frailty Typologies and Influence of Intrinsic Capacity on Risk of Physical Frailty at 2 Years: A Latent Class Analysis. (Poster: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
Family Physicians Skills Course 2025 Update: Achieving Muscle and Metabolic Health, Singapore
- Singapore Clinical Practice Guidelines For Sarcopenia: Screening, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention. (Invited speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, USA
- Validity of Oral Frailty Index-8 (OFI-8) Questionnaire and Its Association With Sarcopenia, Physical Performance, and Functional Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. (Poster: Dr Hernandez Herb Howard Cunanan)
2024 International Conference for Healthy Aging and Nutrition. Miaoli, Taiwan.
- Nutritional interventions for the prevention and management of sarcopenic obesity: An evidence-based approach. (Invited speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
10th Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2024. Bangkok, Thailand.
- Osteosarcopenia in older persons: From evidence to practice. (Invited speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Operationalizing the definition of sarcopenic obesity in Asian populations: An update. (Invited speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Loss of weight definitions for Fried Frailty Phenotype: Influence on frailty prevalence and diagnostic performance for social and physical activities and quality of life. (Poster: Audrey Yeo)
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2024. Singapore.
- Validity of Oral Frailty-8 (OFI-8) Questionnaire and Its Association with Sarcopenia, Physical Performance and Functional Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. (Poster: Dr Herb Hernandez)
- Phase angle from bioelectrical impedance analysis as a predictor of muscle quality and function in older adults. (Poster: Meusia Neo)
- Comparative Agreement of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry in measuring Appendicular Lean Mass Index in community dwelling older adults in Singapore. (Poster: Gautham Premanathan)
- Prevalence and Associations of Sarcopenia with Exercise Frequency, Falls Risk, and Frailty: Comparison of Six Diagnostic Criteria. (Poster: Ng Sheang Wen)
International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research 2024, Albuquerque, USA.
Malaysian Congress of Geriatric Medicine 2024, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Sarcopenia in Older Persons - From Evidence to Practice. (Invited speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Sarcopenia vs Cachexia: Same, Same, Yet Different. (Invited speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2024, Philadelphia, USA.
2023 International Conference for Healthy Aging and Biomarkers. Taipei, Taiwan.
14th Congress of the Korean Society of Sarcopenia 2023. South Korea.
- Making sarcopenia a part of routine care: From evidence to practice (Speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
9th Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2023. Singapore.
- Forging a frailty resilient health system - The Singapore journey. (Speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Disentangling the relationship between Intrinsic Capacity and Frailty (Speaker: Dr Justin Chew)
- Sarcopenic Obesity: Controversies, updates and next steps. (Speaker: Dr Lim Jun Pei)
- Comparison of CFS-A and CFS-Fast with functional outcomes in a community-dwelling population. (Oral finalist: Dr Grace Chia)
- SARC-CalF modified version with mid-upper arm circumference: Muscle function and mass across different body compositions. (Poster finalist: Dr Lee Shi Teng)
- Predictive validity of intrinsic capacity for frailty progression at 2 years in community-dwelling older adults: Comparison of 4 scales. (Poster finalist: Dr Kenneth Yong)
- Comparison of three InBody-770 Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Cut-offs for Sarcopenia Diagnosis amongst Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore. (Poster finalist: Dr Xie Weilin)
- Short Physical Performance Battery Cutoffs Using Clinical Outcomes for At-Risk Older Adults in Singapore. (Poster finalist: Dr Herb Hernandez)
- Osteosarcopenic Obesity and Overlap Syndromes: Comparison of body composition, blood biomarkers and 2-year muscle strength in healthy older adults. (Poster finalist: Ms Audrey Yeo)
- Validating the Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment Questionnaire (MSRA) for Sarcopenia Case-finding Amongst Community-Dwelling Older Adults. (Poster: Dr Chua Shiyun)
- Yubi-wakka Test for sarcopenia screening: influence of abdominal obesity on diagnostic performance. (Poster: Dr Melissa Piodena-Aportadera)
- Association of Intrinsic Capacity and Social Frailty in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults. (Poster: Ms Tan Cai Ning)
Family Physicians Skills Course 2023 Update: Achieving Muscle and Metabolic Health, Singapore.
Singapore Congress of Radiology and Workshops in Interventional Radiology Education 2023, Singapore.
Family Physicians Skills Course 2023 Update: Achieving Muscle and Metabolic Health, Singapore.
International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research 2023, Toulouse, France.
American Geriatrics Society 2023, California, USA.
- Social Frailty and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Disentangling the Bi-Directional Relationship. (Presidential poster: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Use of the Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment Questionnaire (MSRA) in Sarcopenia Case-finding Amongst Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore. (Presidential poster: Dr Chua Shiyun)
Radiology Conference & Annual Meeting 2022, Chicago USA.
Singapore Muscle Health Network Symposium 2022. Singapore.
Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Meeting 2022, Virtual.
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions 2022. Singapore.
8th Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2022, Japan.
- Sarcopenia and biomarkers. (Oral: Dr Lim Jun Pei)
- Social Frailty and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Disentangling the Bi-Directional Relationship. (Oral: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Yubi-wakka Test for sarcopenia screening in the community: Comparative agreement, diagnostic performance and validity with calf circumference measurements. (Poster: Dr Melissa Piodena-Aportadera)
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2022. Singapore.
Singapore Physiotherapy Association (SPA) webinar.
Osteoporosis Society (Singapore) webinar.
7th Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2021, Virtual.
- Making sense of Osteosarcopenic obesity and overlap syndromes: Insights from the GeriLABS-2 study. (Speaker: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Calf circumference measurement protocols for sarcopenia screening: Differences in agreement, convergent validity and diagnostic performance. (Oral: Dr Melissa Piodena-Aportadera)
Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Conference 2021, Hong Kong.
Asia Pacific Virtual Symposium on Sarcopenia and Frailty Research 2021, Virtual.
European Geriatric Medicine Society 2021, E-conference.
- Disentangling the relationship between frailty and intrinsic capacity (IC): a cluster analysis. (Poster: Dr Justin Chew)
- Examining the construct validity of the self-reported Frailty Phenotype Questionnaire (FPQ) and FRAIL questionnaire in community-dwelling older adults. (Poster: Dr Chia Jia Qian)
- Residual global attention U-Net based fat depot segmentation for sarcopenic obesity profiling. (Poster: Mr Arvind CS)
- Differential association of abdominal fat depot measures on MRI with body composition phenotypes and anthropometric measures. (Poster: Dr Bhanu Prakash)
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2021. Singapore.
- SARC-F: Defining a Validated Cut-off for Screening of Sarcopenia in Community Dwelling Older Persons. (Poster: Dr Joyce Cabradilla-Escanlar)
- Calf circumference measurement protocols for sarcopenia screening: Differences in agreement, convergent validity and diagnostic performance. (Poster: Dr Melissa Piodena-Aportadera)
A*STAR Scientific Conference 2021. Singapore.
American Geriatrics Society 2020. Virtual.
6th Asian Conference for Frailty & Sarcopenia 2020. Virtual, Hong Kong.
- Unraveling the relationship between osteosarcopenia and nutrition. (Invited speaker: Dr Justin Chew)
- Sarcopenic Obesity: Controversies and Updates. (Invited speaker: Dr Lim Jun Pei)
- Social frailty and outcomes: Insights from a theory-driven approach. (Invited speaker: Ms Kalene Pek)
- The Frailty Phenotype Questionnaire (FPQ) as a screening tool for frailty in community-dwelling older adults. (Poster: Dr Kristabella Low)
8th EMSS-Mayo Virtual Course in Advanced Endocrinology. Virtual, Singapore.
European Geriatric Medicine Society e-Congress 2020. Virtual.
Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) Virtual International Conference 2020. Virtual, Singapore.
- Associations of social frailty with cognition and mood in community-dwelling older adults. (Poster: Ms Kalene Pek)
- Impact of Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity on Cognitive functioning in healthy community dwelling older adults (GeriLabs2 study) (Poster: Ms Suzanne Yew)
Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2019. Taipei, Taiwan.
- Osteosarcopenic Obesity in Non-Frail Older Adults: Influence of bone density definition on prevalence, body composition and muscle function. (Oral: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Muscle strength definitions matter in the EWGSOP2: influence on sarcopenia prevalence and predictive validity. (Oral: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Social frailty association with health domains: findings from the GeriLABS 2 Study. (Poster: Ms Kalene Pek)
American Geriatrics Society 2019. Portland, USA.
European Geriatric Medicine Society 2019. Krakow, Poland.
- Cardiometabolic profiles across body compositions: focus on sarcopenia and central adiposity. (Oral: Dr Lim Jun Pei)
- The association of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) - Derived phase angle with sarcopenia in non-frail community-dwelling older adults. (Oral: Dr Justin Chew)
International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research 2019. Miami Beach, USA.
- Sarcopenic obesity in Asian populations: Influence of obesity definitions on prevalence and physical performance. (Oral: Mr Ezra Khor)
- Applying the EWGSOP2: Effect of muscle strength definitions on sarcopenia prevalence and predictive validity. (Poster: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Screening for sarcopenia: evaluating the performance of different case-finding strategies using SARC-F in combination with muscle strength and performance measures. (Poster: Dr Justin Chew)
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2018. Singapore.
- Comparison of 5 different measures of muscle strength amongst community-dwelling older adults: Insight from GeriLABS study. (Poster: Ms Tan Cai Ning)
- The EQ-5D-5L is more discriminative than the EQ-5D-3L in patients with osteosarcopenia in Singapore. (Poster: Ms Audrey Yeo)
- Average versus Maximal Hand Grip Strength: Impact on sarcopenia prevalence and physical performance at 2 year. (Poster: Ms Suzanne Yew)
- Impact of EWGSOP2 Criteria on classification of sarcopenia and clinical role of probable sarcopenia category (Poster: Dr Herb Hernandez)
- Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) phase angle - a new marker for diagnosing sarcopenia in older adults (Oral: Dr Justin Chew)
- Screening for sarcopenia: Optimal cut-off points for calf circumference in community-dwelling older adults in Singapore (Poster: Dr Loretta Wong)
- Social frailty association with health domains: Findings from the GeriLABS 2 Study. (Poster: Ms Kalene Pek)
- Muscle strength definitions matter in the EWGSOP2: Influence on sarcopenia prevalence and predictive validity. (Oral: Ms Audrey Yeo)
- Osteosarcopenic Obesity in Non-Frail Older Adults: influence of the bone density definition on prevalence, body composition and muscle function. (Oral: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
15th International Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) 2019. Kraków, Poland.
- The association of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)-derived phase angle with sarcopenia in non-frail community dwelling older adults. (Oral: Dr Justin Chew)
- Cardiometabolic profiles across body compositions: focus on sarcopenia and central adiposity. (Poster: Dr Lim Jun Pei)
American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Annual Scientific Meeting 2019. Portland, Oregon, USA.
International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research 2019. Miami Beach, USA.
- Sarcopenic obesity in Asian populations: Influence of obesity definitions on prevalence and physical performance. (Oral: Ezra Khor, Medical student)
- Applying the EWGSOP2: Effect of muscle strength definitions on sarcopenia prevalence and predictive validity. (Poster: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Screening for sarcopenia: evaluating the performance of different case-finding strategies using SARC-F in combination with muscle strength and performance measures. (Poster: Dr Justin Chew)
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2018. Singapore.
- Combined impact of sarcopenia and frailty on Health-related quality of life: Results from the GERILABS study (Poster: Ms Audrey Yeo)
- Longitudinal impact of Combined Sarcopenia and Frailty on Physical Performance in Community Dwelling Older Adults: The GERILABS Study. (Poster: Ms Suzanne Yew)
- Gender-specific pathways to sarcopenia and frailty: role of myostatin. (Poster: Dr Justin Chew)
International China Conference on Frailty 2018. Shanghai, China.
International Congress of the Euporean Geriatric Medicine Society 2018. Berlin, Germany.
International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research 2018. Miami Beach, USA.
- SARC-F and Anthropometric Measures: Enhancing Sarcopenia Screening in Clinical Practice. (Oral: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- SARC-F: Defining a validated cutoff for pre-sarcopenia for risk assessment among community dwelling older persons. (Poster: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Gender-specific Risk Factors for Sarcopenia Progression in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. (Poster: Dr Laura Tay)
- Sarcopenia, but not Frailty Predicts Falls in Well Older Adults with Diabetes. (Poster: Delwyn Lim, Medical student)
International Conference of Frailty & Sarcopenia Research 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research 2017. Adelaide, Australia.
- SARC-F: Defining a validated cutoff for pre-sarcopenia for risk assessment among community dwelling older persons. (Poster: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
- Construct and predictive validity of SARC-F as a risk assessment community screening tool for sarcopenia. (Poster: A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong)
The Australian Association of Gerontology 2017. Perth, Australia.
3rd Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2017. Korea.
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2017. Hawaii, USA.
- Magnetic resonance imaging estimates of intermuscular fat density in the thigh in sarcopenia population: correlation with physical performances. (Poster: Dr Yang Yuxin)
- Validity of estimating subcutaneous and visceral fat volume from single MRI slice in older adults with sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. (Poster: Dr Yang Yuxin)
- Longitudinal Changes in Nutritional Status; Sarcopenia Progression in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. (Poster: Ms Suzanne Yew)
- Trends and Predictors of 2-year Activity Participation in Community Dwelling Older Adults. (Poster: Ms Audrey Yeo)
International Conference of Frailty & Sarcopenia Research 2016. Philadelphia, USA.
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2016. Singapore.
RadiologyAsia 2015. Singapore.
- Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and its association with Sarcopenic Obesity (SO). (Poster: Amanda Chong, Medical student)
- Quantification of Muscle and Fat Volumes in Dixon MRI of Thigh with Extreme Learning Machine. (Oral: Dr Yang Yuxin)
- Examining the Impact of Nutrition on Physical Performance and Sarcopenia in Functionally Independent Community-Dwelling Older Adults. (Poster: Ms Suzanne Yew)
- Light Daily Physical Activity as a Potentially Modifiable Determinant of Sarcopenia in community dwelling older adults. (Poster: Ms Audrey Yeo)
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2015. Singapore.
- Assessment of Adipose Tissue and Muscle Content Using Extreme Learning Machine for Dixon Magnetic Resonance Images of Thigh. (Poster: Dr Yang Yuxin)
- Influence of Nutrition on Physical Performance and Sarcopenia in Functionally Independent community-dwelling older adults. (Poster: Ms Suzanne Yew)
- Light Daily Physical Activity as a Potentially Modifiable Determinant of Sarcopenia in community dwelling older adults. (Poster: Ms Audrey Yeo)
67th Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting 2014. Washington, DC, USA.
Scientific Awards
- Most Highly Cited Award
Dr Melissa Piodena-Aportadera
Calf circumference measurement protocols for sarcopenia screening: Differences in agreement, convergent validity and diagnostic performance.
74th Annual Meeting of the Korean Geriatrics Society 2024, South Korea
- Poster Presentation (Silver)
Ms Audrey Yeo
Osteosarcopenic Obesity and Overlap Syndromes: Comparison of body composition, blood biomarkers and 2-year muscle strength in healthy older adults.
9th Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2023, Singapore
- Poster Presentation (Bronze)
Dr Xie Weilin
Comparison of three InBody-770 Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Cut-offs for Sarcopenia Diagnosis amongst Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore.
9th Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2023, Singapore
- Poster Presentation (Bronze)
Dr Lee Shi Teng
SARC-CalF modified version with mid-upper arm circumference: Muscle function and mass across different body compositions.
9th Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2023, Singapore
- Best Poster Award – Clinical Research (Silver)
Dr Lim Shi Teng
SARC-F and modified versions using arm and calf circumference: Diagnostic performance for sarcopenia screening and the impact of obesity.
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2022. Singapore
- Best Oral Presentation
Dr Melissa Piodena-Aportadera
Calf circumference measurement protocols for sarcopenia screening: Differences in agreement, convergent validity and diagnostic performance.
7th Asian Conference for Frailty and Sarcopenia 2021, Virtual
- NHG Research Impact Award 2021
Longitudinal Assessment of Biomarkers for characterisation of early Sarcopenia and Osteosaropenic Obesity in predicting frailty and functional decline in community-dwelling Asian older adults study (GeriLABS-2)
- Poster Presentation (Merit Award)
Mr Arvind CS
Residual global attention U-Net based fat depot segmentation for sarcopenic obesity profiling.
31st Singapore Congress of Radiology and 13th Workshops in Interventional Radiology Education in Singapore (SGCR-WIRES) 2021. Singapore
- JAMDA 2020 John Morley Award, for paper considered to be most impactful in terms of relevance for practice and policy in post-acute and long-term care.
Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia: 2019 Consensus Update on Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Treatment
- Best Poster Award – Allied Health (Bronze)
Ms Tan Cai Ning
Comparison of 5 different measures of muscle strength amongst community-dwelling older adults: insights from GeriLABS 2 study.
Singapore Health & Biomedical Congress 2019. Singapore
- Best Allied Health Poster Award (Gold)
Ms Audrey Yeo
Combined impact of sarcopenia and frailty on health-related Quality of Life.
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2018. Singapore
- Best Poster Award (Bronze)
Ms Suzanne Yew
Examining the impact of nutrition on physical performance and sarcopenia in functionally independent community-dwelling older adults.
Asia Pacific Geriatrics Conference 2016. Singapore
- Young Investigator Award – Clinical Research (Gold)
Dr Laura Tay
Inflammation and the interaction between anabolic-catabolic pathways in sarcopenia.
Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2014. Singapore
Media
- Is frailty and sarcopenia reversible?
19 June 2025, OneFM 91.3
- Let’s talk about health – sarcopenia, Season 2 episode 10
医聊大小事
2 Aug 2024, Mediacorp Channel 8
- Study flags loss of muscle and strength in people as they age
8 Nov 2023, The Straits Times
- 肌肉少脂肪多肥胖型肌少症年长者患病风险高
8 Nov 2023, Lianhe Zaobao
- 本地研究团队制定指南助医生及早诊断肌少症
8 Nov 2023, MediaCorp 8 World
- 逆转肌少症营养运动不能少
3 Oct 2023, Lianhe Zaobao
- 老了就会衰弱？医生教你抗衰弱
5 Jul 2023, Lianhe Zaobao
- 预防肌少症保住行动力
20 Jun 2023, Lianhe Zaobao
- Sarcopenia Series (Mandarin)
Episode 1: What is sarcopenia?
Episode 2: What are the signs of sarcopenia?
25 Feb 2023, Vintage Radio
- First-of-its-kind study sheds new light on sarcopenic obesity
4 Oct 2019, Channel News Asia
- Fight muscle loss and resist ageing
4 Mar 2019, The Straits Times
- Economist Ready for 100 Interview and roundtable discussion.
Part 2: Healthcare
23 July 2019, Media launch
- Fight muscle loss and resist aging
4 March 2019, The Straits Times
- Healthy aging and frailty (In conjunction with: International Day of Older Persons)
2 Oct 2018, LianHe ZaoBao
- Staying Strong; and From Science to Action
Sep-Oct 2018 Issue, LifeWise magazine
- DocTalk on Frailty Myths
12 June 2018, The Straits Times
- Empowering you to live healthier
7 Dec 2016, Channel NewsAsia Perspectives
- Ageing well and ageism
30 Sep 2016, Channel NewsAsia First Look Asia
- Experts call for greater awareness of sarcopenia among elderly
23 Aug 2016, TODAY
Muscle Health & Sarcopenia
Our publications highlight IGA's contributions to the science and practice of healthy ageing. Led by clinician-researchers and strengthened through local and international collaborations, our work generates evidence that advances understanding, informs practice, and improves the health and quality of life of older persons.
2025
- Beaudart C, Alcazar J, Aprahamian I, Batsis JA, Yamada Y, Prado CM, …, Lim WS, et al. Health outcomes of sarcopenia: a consensus report by the outcome working group of the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS). Aging Clin Exp Res. 2025;37(1):100. doi:10.1007/s40520-025-02995-9.
- Chen LK, Hsiao FY, Akishita M, Assantachai P, Lee WJ, Lim WS, et al. A focus shift from sarcopenia to muscle health in the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2025 Consensus Update. Nat Aging. 2025;5(11):2164-75. doi:10.1038/s43587-025-01004-y.
- Cheong G, Tov W, Choo RWM, Tan M, Lau LK, Lim WS, Ding YY, et al. Exploring the relationship between intrinsic capacity and social participation in healthy ageing: Evidence from Singapore. J Nutr Health Aging. 2025;29(5):100524. doi:10.1016/j.jnha.2025.100524.
- Chew J, Lee J, Hernandez HHC, Munro YL, Lim CL, Lim WS. The vitality domain of intrinsic capacity: A scoping review of conceptual frameworks and measurements. J Frailty Aging. 2025;14(4):100058. doi:10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100058.
- Chew J, Zeng Z, Tan THB, Chew P, Ali NB, Wang H, … , Chin JJ, Lim WS, et al. ADL+: A Digital Toolkit for Multidomain Cognitive, Physical, and Nutritional Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2025;22(1):42.
- Choo WMR, Lau LK, Cheong LLG, Tan CSM, Tov W, Straughan P, Ding YY, Lim WS. Reliability and validity of a self-administrated online assessment of intrinsic capacity: a Singapore cohort study. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2025. doi:10.4235/agmr.25.0036.
- Gao J, Lun P, Lau LK, Tan WS, Tan E, Lim WS, … , Ding YY. Developing a Delphi Consensus on the Domains and Conduct of Brief Geriatric Assessments in Singapore. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2025;29(2):177-84. doi:10.4235/agmr.24.0198.
- Ginting ML, Sum G, Wang SZ, Ding YY, Tay L. Integrated frailty and intrinsic capacity care model for community-dwelling older adults in Singapore: a rapid qualitative study of anticipated implementation barriers and enablers using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and its Outcomes Addendum. Front Health Serv. 2025;5:1563686. doi:10.3389/frhs.2025.1563686.
- Hum A, Kaur P, Goh WY, Tay R, Neo HY, Koh MYH, Ali NB, Lim WS, …, Ding YY. Implementing a transmural model of early palliative care in advanced dementia: the use of a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study design. BMC Geriatr. 2025;25(1):303. doi:10.1186/s12877-025-05955-0.
- Lau LK, Lun P, Gao J, Tan E, Ding YY. Application and implementation of brief geriatric assessment in primary care and community settings: a scoping review. BMC Geriatr. 2025;25(1):2. doi:10.1186/s12877-024-05615-9.
- Lim WS, Yang D. Singapore Clinical Practice Guidelines For Sarcopenia: Screening, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention. The Singapore Family Physician. 2025;51(3):6-14. doi:doi.org/10.33591/sfp.51.3.u1.
- Lu Y, Lee TS, Lim WS, Yap P, Cheong CY, Rawtaer I, et al. Curcumin-Rich Curry Consumption Is Associated with Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline and Incidence of Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia: An Asian Population-Based Study. Nutrients. 2025;17(15). doi:10.3390/nu17152488.
- Muangpaisan W, Assantachai P, Arai H, Lim WS, Woo J, Won CW, et al. Prioritizing integrated care and sarcopenia prevention for healthy ageing across Asia. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2025;136:105771. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2025.105771.
- Nai ZL, Choo R, Sum G, Goh SF, Ding YY, Lim WS, et al. Patient-outcomes of a frailty management program for community-dwelling older adults in Singapore: A cohort evaluation. J Frailty Aging. 2025;14(4):100048. doi:10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100048.
- Ng JPH, Ramason R, Chen S, Ho SWL, Chua ITH. Fragility fractures of the lower limb beyond the hip: A descriptive prospective cohort study. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2025;54(10):671-3. doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.202562.
- Piodena-Aportadera MRB, Lau S, Tan CN, Chew J, Lim JP, Ismail NH, Ding YY, Lim WS. Yubi-Wakka Test for Sarcopenia Screening: Influence of Abdominal Obesity on Diagnostic Performance. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2025;29(1):138-41. doi:10.4235/agmr.24.0150.
- Renuka V, Lim WS, Woo J. Geriatrics in Asia Pacific Region. Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. . 9 ed: Elsevier; 2025. p. .
- Shin HE, Jang JY, Arai H, Lim WS, Chen LK, Kim M, et al. Obesity indicators and risk of mortality and functional health outcomes in Asian community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Exp Gerontol. 2025;212:112936. doi:10.1016/j.exger.2025.112936.
- Sim SZ, Ng X, Gan WC, Zheng D, Tan SY, Lim WS, et al. Empowering self-assessment of frailty: A revised CFS-Self tool for primary and community care. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2025. doi:10.4235/agmr.25.0076.
- Sum G, Choo RWM, Nai ZL, Goh SF, Lim WS, Ding YY, et al. A Novel Integrated Geriatric Services Hub for Frailty Identification and Comprehensive Management of Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore: Impact on Health Service Utilization. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025;73(5):1576-87. doi:10.1111/jgs.19339.
- Tan SYT, Wong JJ, Tan GHM, Tan RS, Gao F, Teo LLY, …, Lim WS, et al. Associations between muscle quality index and cardiac function in older adults with sarcopenia and obesity. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2025;37(1):333. doi:10.1007/s40520-025-03230-1.
- Tan WS, Gao J, Ho E, Lau LK, Lun P, Ding YY. Brief geriatric assessments for older adults in the community in Singapore: a policy brief. Front Public Health. 2025;13:1584990. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1584990.
- Tay MRJ, Kim JM, Ong PL, Khin LW, Wong CJ, Kong KH, … , Lim WS, …, Chew J, et al. Targeting osteosarcopenia and multimorbidity for frailty prevention through identification and deep phenotyping methods in healthy ageing and high-burden disease cohorts (OPTIMA-C): a longitudinal observational cohort study protocol for neuromusculoskeletal muscle health. BMJ Open. 2025;15(5):e094279. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094279.
- Teng PHJ, Tan HTR, Ha NHL, Lim WS, Ding YY, Tan WS, et al. Enablers and constraints influencing implementation of a novel, multi-site community-based frailty programme: perspectives of leaders and implementers. BMC Geriatr. 2025;25(1):557. doi:10.1186/s12877-025-06164-5.
- Tou NX, Lau LK, Gao J, Tang JY, Guo L, Munro YL, Ding YY, et al. Exercise Interventions Involving Minimal Equipment for Community-Dwelling Adults With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025;26(12):105917. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105917.
- Wang LYT, Lim WS, Tan RS, Teo LLY, Tan SY, Ooi CH, et al. Frequency, intensity and duration of physical activity is associated with frailty in older adults with cardiac aging. Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):15679. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-00657-4.
- Win KK, Chew J, Lim JP, Ho E, Ali NB, Chan M, Lim WS. Utility of self-rated vs informant-rate AD8 (Ascertain Dementia 8) for detection of early cognitive impairment: Experience of a "real-world" memory clinic. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2025. doi:10.4235/agmr.25.0082.
- Yang DZ, Kua J, Lim WS. The impact of lifestyle factors across the life course on sarcopenia and physical frailty. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2025;28(3):208-23. doi:10.1097/MCO.0000000000001111.
- Yang DZ, Rodrigues EE, Hernandez HHC, Ong EH, Heyzer L, Tan CN, Kua J, Ismail NH, Lim WS. Validation of the revised multi-sensor-based electronic Short Physical Performance Battery (eSPPB) kiosk in community-dwelling older adults. Eur Geriatr Med. 2025;16(3):975-83. doi:10.1007/s41999-024-01151-2.
2024
- Chan EY, Ong ZL, Glass GF Jr., Ang SL, Lim JP, Ali NB, Lim WS. Exploring the Feasibility of a Caregiver Burden-Mastery Hybrid Assessment Tool With Decision Matrix in a Memory Clinic: A Multimethod Study. SAGE Open Nurs. 2024;10:23779608241307002. doi:10.1177/23779608241307002.
- Chan ML, Lim DW, Win KK, Smith H. Enhancing guidelines for managing cognitively impaired drivers: Insights from Western evidence for Asian adaptation. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2024;53(10):621-6. doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2024141.
- Chew J, Tan CH, Chew P, Ng KP, Ali NB, Lim WS. Cognitive frailty in older adults: examining the impact of frailty criteria on neuropsychological profile, functional outcomes, activity levels, and quality of life. Eur Geriatr Med. 2024;15(6):1803-15. doi:10.1007/s41999-024-01040-8.
- Chong E, Goh EF, Lim WS. Functional Dependency as a Marker for Positive SARC-F Screen among Older Persons at the Emergency Department. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2024;28(4):401-9. doi:10.4235/agmr.24.0091.
- Chua KY, Li H, Sheng LT, Lim WS, Koh WP. Intake of vegetables and fruits at midlife and the risk of physical frailty in later life. J Nutr Health Aging. 2024;28(11):100374. doi:10.1016/j.jnha.2024.100374.
- Chua S, Chia JQ, Lim JP, Chew J, Lim WS. Case-Finding for Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Comparison of Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment with SARC-F and SARC-CalF. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2024;28(1):57-64. doi:10.4235/agmr.23.0190.
- Ha JWY, Pereira MJ, Chong EKC, Molina JADC, Lim WS. Comparing patient- and proxy-reported health-related quality of life of frail older patients at the emergency department. Discover Public Health. 2024;21(1):34. doi:10.1186/s12982-024-00165-2.
- Kirk B, Cawthon PM, Arai H, Ávila-Funes JA, Barazzoni R, Bhasin S, et al. The Conceptual Definition of Sarcopenia: Delphi Consensus from the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS). Age Ageing. 2024;53(3). doi:10.1093/ageing/afae052.
- Lee ST, Lim JP, Tan CN, Yeo A, Chew J, Lim WS. SARC-F and modified versions using arm and calf circumference: Diagnostic performance for sarcopenia screening and the impact of obesity. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2024;24 Suppl 1:182-8. doi:10.1111/ggi.14758.
- Lim JP, Lau S, Lun P, Tang JY, Chan ES, Shi L, …, Ding YY, …, Lim WS. Optimising dementia screening in community-dwelling older adults: A rapid review of brief diagnostic tools in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2024;53(12):742-53. doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2024163.
- Ng WHD, Ang WHD, Fukahori H, Goh YS, Lim WS, Siah CJR, et al. Virtual reality-based reminiscence therapy for older adults to improve psychological well-being and cognition: A systematic review. Journal of clinical nursing. 2024. doi:10.1111/jocn.17375.
- Piodena-Aportadera MRB, Lau S, Tan CN, Chew J, Lim JP, Ismail NH, Ding YY, Lim WS. Yubi-Wakka Test for Sarcopenia Screening in the Community: Comparative Agreement, Diagnostic Performance and Validity with Calf Circumference Measurements. J Frailty Aging. 2024;13(2):98-107. doi:10.14283/jfa.2024.25.
- Tang JY, Teng PHJ, Chen CY, Tan KT, Ang W, Lau S, …, Kyaw KK, …, Ding YY, et al. Appropriate Prescribing for older adults with Multimorbidity (Pro-M): protocol for a feasibility study. Arch Public Health. 2024;82(1):37. doi:10.1186/s13690-024-01264-x.
- Yong K, Chew J, Low K, Yeo A, Tan CN, Lim JP, Ding YY, Lim WS. Predictive Validity of Intrinsic Capacity Composite Scores for Risk of Frailty at 2 Years: A Comparison of 4 Scales. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024;25(9):105146. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105146.
2023
- Arai H, Maeda K, Wakabayashi H, Naito T, Konishi M, Assantachai P, …, Lim WS, et al. Diagnosis and outcomes of cachexia in Asia: Working Consensus Report from the Asian Working Group for Cachexia. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2023. doi:10.1002/jcsm.13323.
- Chew J, Chia JQ, Kyaw KK, Fu JK, Ang J, Lim YP, …, Tan HN, Lim WS. Association of Oral Health with Frailty, Malnutrition Risk and Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Frailty Aging. 2023;12(4):277-83. doi:10.14283/jfa.2023.33.
- Chew J, Chia JQ, Kyaw KK, Fu KJ, Lim C, Chua S, Tan HN. Frailty Screening and Detection of Geriatric Syndromes in Acute Inpatient Care: Impact on Hospital Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmissions. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2023;27(4):315-23. doi:10.4235/agmr.23.0124.
- Chew W, Lim YP, Lim WS, Chambers ES, Frost G, Wong SH, Ali Y. Gut-muscle crosstalk. A perspective on influence of microbes on muscle function. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023;9:1065365. doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.1065365.
- Chong E, Ong T, Lim WS. Front-Door Geriatrics: Frailty-Ready Emergency Department to Achieve the Quadruple Aim. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2023. doi:10.14283/jfa.2023.42.
- Chong E, Tham A, Chew J, Chen WT, Tan HN, Chan M, …, Lim WS. Novel Clinical Frailty Scale Scoring Tools for Community-Dwelling Older Persons: An Interim Analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2023.03.039.
- Chua KY, Li H, Lim WS, Koh WP. Consumption of Coffee, Tea, and Caffeine at Midlife, and the Risk of Physical Frailty in Late Life. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2023.06.015.
- Frolova E, Arosio B, Lim WS. Editorial: Intrinsic capacity and resilience vs. frailty: On the way to healthy aging. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023;10:1155648. doi:10.3389/fmed.2023.1155648.
- Hernandez HHC, Yang DZ, Tan CN, Kua J, Ismail NH, Lim WS. Short Physical Performance Battery Cutoff Points Using Clinical Outcomes for At-Risk Older Adults in Singapore: An Exploratory Study. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2023;27(4):358-60. doi:10.4235/agmr.23.0164.
- Kaur P, Kannapiran P, Ng SHX, Chu J, Low ZJ, Ding YY, et al. Predicting mortality in patients diagnosed with advanced dementia presenting at an acute care hospital: the PROgnostic Model for Advanced DEmentia (PRO-MADE). BMC Geriatr. 2023;23(1):255. doi:10.1186/s12877-023-03945-8.
- Koh AS, Siau A, Gao F, Chioh FWJ, Leng S, Zhao X, …, Lim WS, et al. Left Atrial Phasic Function in Older Adults Is Associated with Fibrotic and Low-Grade Inflammatory Pathways. Gerontology. 2023;69(1):47-56. doi:10.1159/000522632.
- Kua J, Teo W, Lim WS. Learning experiences of adaptive experts: a reflexive thematic analysis. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2023;27(5):1345-59. doi:10.1007/s10459-022-10166-y.
- Lau LK, Tou NX, Jabbar KA, Tang JY, Gao J, Ding YY, et al. Effects of Exercise Interventions on Physical Performance and Activities of Daily Living in Oldest-Old and Frail Older Adults: A Review of the Literature. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2023;102(10):939-49. doi:10.1097/phm.0000000000002246.
- Lee S, Chew E, Koh HL, Quak S, Ding YY, Subramaniam M, et al. How do older adults with multimorbidity navigate healthcare?: a qualitative study in Singapore. BMC Prim Care. 2023;24(1):239. doi:10.1186/s12875-023-02195-2.
- Lim CL, Keong NLS, Yap MMC, Tan AWK, Tan CH, Lim WS. The effects of community-based exercise modalities and volume on musculoskeletal health and functions in elderly people. Front Physiol. 2023;14:1227502. doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1227502.
- Lim W. Singapore Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sarcopenia: Screening, Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention. The Singapore Family Physician. 2023;49:6 - 14. doi:10.33591/sfp.49.3.ul.
- Pereira MJ, Chong E, Molina JAD, Ng SHX, Goh EF, Zhu B, Chan M, Lim WS. Evaluating Quality-of-Life, Length of Stay and Cost-Effectiveness of a Front-Door Geriatrics Program: An Exploratory Proof-of-Concept Study. J Frailty Aging. 2023;12(3):214-20. doi:10.14283/jfa.2022.40.
- Prakash BK, Srinivasa AC, Yeow LY, Chen WX, Yeo A, Lim WS, Tan CH. MultiRes Attention Deep Learning Approach for Abdominal Fat Compartment Segmentation and Quantification. 2023.
- Teng PHJ, Lun P, Tang JY, Tan KT, Ang W, Ding YY. Using multiple approaches to develop a physician-pharmacist collaborative care intervention to facilitate appropriate prescribing for older adults with multimorbidity. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2023;115:105110. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2023.105110.
- Yamada M, Lee WJ, Akishita M, Yang M, Kang L, Kim S, Lim JP, Lim WS, et al. Clinical practice for sarcopenia in Asia: Online survey by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2023;115:105132. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2023.105132.
- Lim ZX, Lim WS, Chan EY. Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Short Version Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-9) for Caregivers of Persons With Cognitive Impairment. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2023;37(1):59-65. doi:10.1097/wad.0000000000000537.
2022
- Baldevarona-Llego J, Zhu B, Chong E. Emergency Department Staff Perceptions of Emergency Department Interventions for Frailty (EDIFY). J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022;23(1):179-81.e3. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.08.038.
- Bhanu PK, Arvind CS, Yeow LY, Chen WX, Lim WS, Tan CH. CAFT: a deep learning-based comprehensive abdominal fat analysis tool for large cohort studies. Magma. 2022;35(2):205-20. doi:10.1007/s10334-021-00946-9.
- Bhanu PK, Arvind CS, Yeow LY, Chen WX, Lim WS, Tan CH. Correction to: CAFT: a deep learning-based comprehensive abdominal fat analysis tool for large cohort studies. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine. 2022;35(2):221-. doi:10.1007/s10334-021-00956-7.
- Calcaterra L, Cesari M, Lim WS. Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) During the COVID-19 Pandemic-Lessons From the Asian Approach: A Narrative Review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2022;23(3):399-404. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2022.01.049.
- Chia JQ, Low K, Chew J, Lim JP, Goh LL, Wansaicheong G, Lim WS. Self-Reported Frailty Screening Tools: Comparing Construct Validity of the Frailty Phenotype Questionnaire and FRAIL. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2022.04.046.
- Chong E, Zhu B, Ng SHX, Tan H, Goh EF, Molina JDC, …, Baldevarona-Llego J, Chia JQ, Chong A, …, Chan M, Lim WS. Emergency department interventions for frailty (EDIFY): improving functional outcomes in older persons at the emergency department through a multicomponent frailty intervention. Age and Ageing. 2022;51(2):afab251. doi:10.1093/ageing/afab251.
- Chua K, Lin X, Lim WS, Koh WP. Gender and physical frailty modify the association between abdominal obesity and functional disability in older adults. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2022;34. doi:10.1007/s40520-022-02167-z.
- Foo YY, Tan K, Rao J, Lim WS, Xin X, Cheng Q, et al. Viewing interprofessional collaboration through the lens of networked ecological systems theory. J Interprof Care. 2022:1-9. doi:10.1080/13561820.2021.2007864.
- Gao J, Lun P, Ding YY, George PP. COVID-19 Vaccination for Frail Older Adults in Singapore - Rapid Evidence Summary and Delphi Consensus Statements. J Frailty Aging. 2022;11(2):236-41. doi:10.14283/jfa.2022.12.
- Hernandez HHC, Ong EH, Heyzer L, Tan CN, Ghazali F, Yang DZ, …, Ismail NH, Lim WS. Validation of a Multi-Sensor-Based Kiosk in the Use of the Short Physical Performance Battery in Older Adults Attending a Fall and Balance Clinic. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2022;26(2):125-33. doi:10.4235/agmr.22.0022.
- Hernandez HHC, Ong PL, Anthony P, Ang SL, Salim NBM, Yew S, Ali NB, Lim JP, Lim WS, Chew J. Cognitive Assessment by Telemedicine: Reliability and Agreement between Face-to-Face and Remote Videoconference-Based Cognitive Tests in Older Adults Attending a Memory Clinic. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2022;26(1):42-8. doi:10.4235/agmr.22.0005.
- Heyzer L, Ramason R, De Castro Molina JA, Wai W, Chen YL, Eng E. Integrated hip fracture care pathway (IHFCP): reducing complications and improving outcomes. Singapore Med J. 2022;63(8):439-44. doi:10.11622/smedj.2021041.
- Lee J, Chew J, Lim YR, Ng W, Yeo A, Ong L, Chan M, Lim WS, et al. Validating the Centre of Excellence on Longevity Self-AdMinistered (CESAM) Questionnaire: An Online Self-Reported Tool for Frailty Assessment of Older Adults. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2022.06.031.
- Lim JP, Chew J. Spectrum bias in derivations of cut-offs for five-repetition sit-to-stand test: A proposal for alternative analysis. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2022;22(5):458-9. doi:10.1111/ggi.14384.
- Lim WS. Other dementias. Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine2022. p. 860-77.
- Lim WS, Cheong CY, Lim JP, Tan MMY, Chia JQ, Malik NA, et al. Singapore Clinical Practice Guidelines For Sarcopenia: Screening, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2022. doi:10.14283/jfa.2022.59.
- Lim ZX, Chua WL, Lim WS, Lim AQ, Chua KC, Chan EY. Psychometrics of the Pearlin Mastery Scale among Family Caregivers of Older Adults Who Require Assistance in Activities of Daily Living. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(8). doi:10.3390/ijerph19084639.
- Loh DR, Tan RS, Lim WS, Koh AS. Cardio-sarcopenia: A syndrome of concern in aging. Frontiers in Medicine. 2022;9. doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.1027466.
- Lu Y, Fülöp T, Gwee X, Lee TS, Lim WS, Chong MS, et al. Cardiometabolic and Vascular Disease Factors and Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. Gerontology. 2022;68(9):1061-9. doi:10.1159/000521547.
- Lu Y, Lim WS, Jin X, Zin Nyunt MS, Fulop T, Gao Q, et al. Lower insulin level is associated with sarcopenia in community-dwelling frail and non-frail older adults. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022;9:971622. doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.971622.
- Ng TP, Lee TS, Lim WS, Chong MS, Yap P, Cheong CY, et al. Functional mobility decline and incident mild cognitive impairment and early dementia in community-dwelling older adults: the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. Age Ageing. 2022;51(9). doi:10.1093/ageing/afac182.
- Ong M, Pek K, Tan CN, Chew J, Lim JP, Yew S, … , Lim WS. Social Frailty and Executive Function: Association with Geriatric Syndromes, Life Space and Quality of Life in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2022;11(2):206-13. doi:10.14283/jfa.2021.43.
- Przybycien-Gaweda PM, Lee TS, Lim WS, Chong MS, Yap P, Cheong CY, et al. One-Carbon Metabolism Biomarkers and Risks of Incident Neurocognitive Disorder among Cognitively Normal Older Adults. Nutrients. 2022;14(17). doi:10.3390/nu14173535.
- Rose Berlin Piodena-Aportadera M, Lau S, Chew J, Lim JP, Ismail NH, Ding YY, Lim WS. Calf Circumference Measurement Protocols for Sarcopenia Screening: Differences in Agreement, Convergent Validity and Diagnostic Performance. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2022;26(3):215-24. doi:10.4235/agmr.22.0057.
- Subramaniam A, Anstey C, Curtis JR, Ashwin S, Ponnapa Reddy M, Aliberti MJR, …, Lim JP, et al. Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Frailty Admitted to ICU With Coronavirus Disease 2019: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Explor. 2022;4(1):e0616. doi:10.1097/cce.0000000000000616.
- Sum G, Nicholas SO, Nai ZL, Ding YY, Tan WS. Health outcomes and implementation barriers and facilitators of comprehensive geriatric assessment in community settings: a systematic integrative review [PROSPERO registration no.: CRD42021229953]. BMC Geriatrics. 2022;22(1):379. doi:10.1186/s12877-022-03024-4.
- Tan LL, Teunissen PW, Lim WS, Mok VWL, Yap HL. The conceptualisation of educational supervision in a National Psychiatry Residency Training Program. The Asia Pacific Scholar. 2022;7(1):66-75. doi:10.29060/taps.2022-7-1/oa2521.
- Tan RS, Goh EF, Wang D, Chan RCL, Zeng Z, Yeo A, …, Kua J, Wong WC, …, Lim WS. Effectiveness and usability of the system for assessment and intervention of frailty for community-dwelling pre-frail older adults: A pilot study. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022;9:955785. doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.955785.
- Tan WS, Nai ZL, Tan HTR, Nicholas S, Choo R, Ginting ML, …, Lim WS, …, Ding YY, et al. Protocol for a mixed-methods and multi-site assessment of the implementation process and outcomes of a new community-based frailty programme. BMC Geriatrics. 2022;22(1):586. doi:10.1186/s12877-022-03254-6.
- Tan YH, Lim JP, Lim WS, Gao F, Teo LLY, Ewe SH, et al. Obesity in Older Adults and Associations with Cardiovascular Structure and Function. Obes Facts. 2022;15(3):336-43. doi:10.1159/000521729.
- Tang JY, Lun P, Teng PHJ, Ang W, Tan KT, Ding YY. Intervention elements and behavior change techniques to improve prescribing for older adults with multimorbidity in Singapore: a modified Delphi study. Eur Geriatr Med. 2022;13(3):531-9. doi:10.1007/s41999-021-00566-5.
- Yam M, Ng H, Lim CL, Munro YL, Lim WS. Sarcopenia in Distal Radius Fractures: A Scoping Review. J Frailty Aging. 2022;11(2):169-76. doi:10.14283/jfa.2022.6.
- Yamada M, Lim JY, Assantachai P, Tanaka T, Kim M, Lee SY, Lim WS, et al. Five-repetition sit-to-stand test: End with the fifth stand or sit? Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2022;n/a(n/a). doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14358.
- Yamada M, Lim JY, Assantachai P, Tanaka T, Kim M, Lee SY, Lim WS, et al. Reply to the comments on “Five-repetition sit-to-stand test: End with the fifth stand or sit?”. Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2022;22(7):539-40. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14395.
- Zhu B, Cheong S, Chong E. The role of an advanced practice nurse (APN) in geriatric care at the emergency department. Journal of advanced nursing. 2022;78(1):e31-e2. doi:10.1111/jan.15029.
2021
- Afandy NO, Lock HS, Tay L, Yeo A, Yew S, Leung BP, Lim WS. Association of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 and Dickkopf-1 with Body Composition and Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore. J Frailty Sarcopenia Falls. 2021;6(1):25-31. doi:10.22540/jfsf-06-025.
- Ali NB, Anthony P, Lim WS, Chong MS, Poon EWH, Drury V, Chan M. Exploring Differential Perceptions and Barriers to Advance Care Planning in Dementia among Asian Patient–Caregiver Dyads—A Mixed-Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021;18(13):7150. doi:660-4601/18/13/7150.
- Chew J, Lim JP, Yew S, Yeo A, Ismail NH, Ding YY, Lim WS. Disentangling the Relationship between Frailty and Intrinsic Capacity in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cluster Analysis. J Nutr Health Aging. 2021;25(9):1112-8. doi:10.1007/s12603-021-1679-2.
- Chong E, Bao M, Goh EF, Lim WS. SARC-F at the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Performance for Frailty and Predictive Performance for Reattendances and Acute Hospitalizations. J Nutr Health Aging. 2021;25(9):1084-9. doi:10.1007/s12603-021-1676-5.
- Chong E, Chan M, Tan HN, Lim WS. Heterogeneity in functional status among moderately frail older adults: improving predictive performance using a modified approach of subgrouping the Clinical Frailty Scale. European Geriatric Medicine. 2021;12(2):275-84. doi:10.1007/s41999-020-00418-8.
- Chong E, Huang Y, Chan M, Tan HN, Lim WS. Concurrent and Predictive Validity of FRAIL-NH in Hospitalized Older Persons: An Exploratory Study. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021;22(8):1664-9.e4. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.04.017.
- Chong E, Tham A, Chew J, Lim WS, Tan HN, Ang H, Chan M. Brief Aids to Guide Clinical Frailty Scale Scoring at the Front Door of Acute Hospitals. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2021;22(5):1116-7.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.005.
- Chong E, Zhu B, Tan H, Molina JC, Goh EF, Baldevarona-Llego J, Chia JQ, Chong A, …, Chan M, Lim WS. Emergency Department Interventions for Frailty (EDIFY): Front-Door Geriatric Care Can Reduce Acute Admissions. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021;22(4):923-8.e5. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.01.083.
- Chow A, Htun HL, Kyaw WM, Ang H, Tan G, Tan HN, et al. Atypical COVID-19: Preventing transmission from unexpected cases. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021;42(9):1146-8. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.419.
- Chua KY, Lin X, Wang Y, Chong YS, Lim WS, Koh WP. Visceral fat area is the measure of obesity best associated with mobility disability in community dwelling oldest-old Chinese adults. BMC Geriatrics. 2021;21(1):282. doi:10.1186/s12877-021-02226-6.
- Foo YY, Tan K, Xin X, Lim WS, Cheng Q, Rao J, et al. Institutional ethnography - a primer. Singapore Med J. 2021;62(10):507-12. doi:10.11622/smedj.2021199.
- George PP, Lun P, Ong SP, Lim WS. A Rapid Review of the Measurement of Intrinsic Capacity in Older Adults. The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 2021;25(6):774-82. doi:10.1007/s12603-021-1622-6.
- Goh KH, Wang L, Yeow AYK, Ding YY, Au LSY, Poh HMN, et al. Prediction of Readmission in Geriatric Patients From Clinical Notes: Retrospective Text Mining Study. Journal of medical Internet research. 2021;23(10):e26486. doi:10.2196/26486.
- Ho E, Neo HY. COVID 19: prioritise autonomy, beneficence and conversations before score-based triage. Age and Ageing. 2021;50(1):11-5. doi:10.1093/ageing/afaa205.
- Jung HW, Lim WS, Cesari M, Auyeung TW, Kojima T, Ga H, et al. Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Journals to Serve the Older Population in Western Pacific Region. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2021;25(4):231-6. doi:10.4235/agmr.21.0129.
- Kaur P, Tan WS, Gunapal PPG, Ding YY, Ong R, Wu HY, et al. Deaths in dementia: a scoping review of prognostic variables. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2021;11(3):242-52. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002217.
- Kua J, Lim WS, Teo W, Edwards RA. A scoping review of adaptive expertise in education. Med Teach. 2021;43(3):347-55. doi:10.1080/0142159x.2020.1851020.
- Lee CF, Seow DCC, Teo I, Neo SHS, Yang GM, Lee GL, Lim WS, et al. Development of a short form of the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale - Dementia: SCQOLS-D-15. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2021;5(1):56. doi:10.1186/s41687-021-00330-0.
- Lee HX, Yeo A, Tan CN, Yew S, Tay L, Ding YY, Lim WS. Combined Impact of Positive Screen for Sarcopenia and Frailty on Physical Function, Cognition and Nutrition in the Community Dwelling Older Adult. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2021;25(3):210-6. doi:10.4235/agmr.21.0068.
- Lee JQ, Ding YY, Latib A, Tay L, Ng YS. INtrinsic Capacity and its RElAtionship With Life-SpacE Mobility (INCREASE): a cross-sectional study of community-dwelling older adults in Singapore. BMJ Open. 2021;11.
- Liaw SY, Choo T, Wu LT, Lim WS, Choo H, Lim SM, et al. "Wow, woo, win": Healthcare students’ and facilitators’ experiences of interprofessional simulation in three-dimensional virtual world: A qualitative evaluation study. Nurse education today. 2021;105:105018. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105018.
- Lim JP, Chew J, Ismail NH, Lim WS. Obesity Definition for Muscle Outcomes in Sarcopenic Obesity: Utility of Waist Circumference Revisited. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2021. doi:10.14283/jfa.2021.28.
- Lim JP, Low K, Lin N, Lim C, Ong S, Tan W, …, Lim WS. Predictors for development of critical illness amongst older adults with COVID-19: Beyond age to age-associated factors. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2021;94:104331. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2020.104331.
- Lim WS. Sarcopenia: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment in an Asian Community Setting. Singapore Family Physician. 2021;47(6):5-12.
- Lu Y, Gwee X, Chua DQ, Lee TS, Lim WS, Chong MS, et al. Nutritional Status and Risks of Cognitive Decline and Incident Neurocognitive Disorders: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies. J Nutr Health Aging. 2021;25(5):660-7. doi:10.1007/s12603-021-1603-9.
- Lun P, Law F, Ho E, Tan KT, Ang W, Munro Y, Ding YY. Optimising prescribing practices in older adults with multimorbidity: a scoping review of guidelines. BMJ Open. 2021;11(12):e049072. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049072.
- Lun P, Tang JY, Lee JQ, Tan KT, Ang W, Ding YY. Barriers to appropriate prescribing in older adults with multimorbidity: A modified Delphi study. Aging medicine (Milton (NSW)). 2021;4(3):180-92. doi:10.1002/agm2.12169.
- Natesan S, Li JY, Kyaw KK, Soh Z, Yong E, Hong Q, et al. Effectiveness of Comanagement Model: Geriatric Medicine and Vascular Surgery. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.10.022.
- Ng TP, Lee TS, Lim WS, Chong MS, Yap P, Cheong CY, et al. Development, Validation and Field Evaluation of the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study (SLAS) Risk Index for Prediction of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2021;8(3):335-44. doi:10.14283/jpad.2021.19.
- Pek K, Tan CN, Yew S, Yeo A, Lim JP, Chew J, Lim WS. Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 Pandemic Control Measures: Impact on Social Frailty and Health Outcomes in Non-Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults. J Nutr Health Aging. 2021;25(6):816-8. doi:10.1007/s12603-021-1635-1.
- Tan H, How AX, Wang XX, Lee JE, Lim WS. COVID-19 and Persons with Dementia in Acute Care Settings: How to “Evade” Challenging Behaviors. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2021;10(1):73-4. doi:10.14283/jfa.2020.53.
- Tan SHX, Lee CKJ, Yong CW, Ding YY. Scoping review: Facilitators and barriers in the adoption of teledentistry among older adults. Gerodontology. 2021;38(4):351-65. doi:10.1111/ger.12588.
- Tan SY, Lew KJ, Xie Y, Lee PSS, Koh HL, Ding YY, et al. Healthcare cost of patients with multiple chronic diseases in Singapore public primary care setting. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021;50(11):809-17. doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021246.
2020
- Ali NB, Tan CN, Kang J, Chew AP, Caroline C, Lee M, Lim WS. Bridging Biomedical and Person-centered Care Approaches via Namaste Care with Family Participation: An Asian Experience in Advanced Dementia Treatment. OBM Geriatrics. 2020;4(4). doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.2004140.
- Chen LK, Woo J, Assantachai P, Auyeung TW, Chou MY, Iijima K, Jang HC, …, Lim WS, et al. Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia: 2019 Consensus Update on Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Treatment. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2020;21(3):300-7.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2019.12.012.
- Cheung YB, Teo I, Lim WS, Hum A, Neo S, Yang G, et al. Development and evaluation of the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale - Dementia. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2020;4(1):84-. doi:10.1186/s41687-020-00252-3.
- Chew J, Yeo A, Yew S, Lim JP, Tay L, Ding YY, Lim WS. Muscle Strength Definitions Matter: Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Predictive Validity for Adverse Outcomes Using the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 (EWGSOP2) Criteria. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2020;24(6):614-8. doi:10.1007/s12603-020-1371-y.
- Chew J, Yeo A, Yew S, Tan CN, Lim JP, Hafizah Ismail N, Lim WS. Nutrition Mediates the Relationship between Osteosarcopenia and Frailty: A Pathway Analysis. Nutrients. 2020;12(10). doi:10.3390/nu12102957.
- Chong E, Chan M, Tan HN, Lim WS. COVID-19: Use of the Clinical Frailty Scale for Critical Care Decisions. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2020;68(6):E30-e2. doi:10.1111/jgs.16528.
- Chong E, Chan M, Tan HN, Lim WS. Heterogeneity in functional status among moderately frail older adults: improving predictive performance using a modified approach of subgrouping the Clinical Frailty Scale. European Geriatric Medicine. 2020. doi:10.1007/s41999-020-00418-8.
- Chua KY, Lim WS, Lin X, Yuan JM, Koh WP. Handgrip Strength and Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) Test are Predictors of Short-Term Mortality among Elderly in a Population-Based Cohort in Singapore. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2020;24(4):371-8. doi:10.1007/s12603-020-1337-0.
- Goh EF, Tan CN, Pek K, Leong S, Wong WC, Lim WS. Not Wasting a Crisis: How Geriatrics Clinical Research Can Remain Engaged During COVID-19. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020;68(8):1676-7. doi:10.1111/jgs.16569.
- Goh WY, Lee HXR, Neo HY. Geriatric oncology and palliative care: Cautionary on using geriatric assessment as a sole basis to limit care. Palliative Medicine. 2020;34(2):253-4. doi:10.1177/0269216319891844.
- Guerini FR, Lim WS, Arosio B. Editorial: Biomarkers to Disentangle the Physiological From Pathological Brain Aging. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2020;12:88. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2020.00088.
- Kaur P, Tan WS, Gunapal PPG, Ding YY, Ong R, Wu HY, et al. Deaths in dementia: a scoping review of prognostic variables. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 2020:bmjspcare-2020-002217. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002217.
- Khor E, Lim JP, Tay L, Yeo A, Yew S, Ding YY, Lim WS. Obesity Definitions in Sarcopenic Obesity: Differences in Prevalence, Agreement and Association with Muscle Function. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2020;9(1):37-43. doi:10.14283/jfa.2019.28.
- Koh ZY, Law F, Chew J, Ali NB, Lim WS. Impact of Coronavirus Disease on Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers: An Audit Study. Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2020;24(4):316-20. doi:10.4235/agmr.20.0059.
- Kua J, Lim WS, Teo W, Edwards RA. A scoping review of adaptive expertise in education. Medical Teacher. 2020;43(3):347-55. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2020.1851020.
- Lau S, Lun P, Ang W, Tan KT, Ding YY. Barriers to effective prescribing in older adults: applying the theoretical domains framework in the ambulatory setting – a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics. 2020;20(1):459. doi:10.1186/s12877-020-01766-7.
- Lau S, Pek K, Chew J, Lim JP, Ismail NH, Ding YY ,… , Lim WS. The Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) as a Screening Tool for Risk of Malnutrition: Optimal Cutoff, Factor Structure, and Validation in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Nutrients. 2020;12(9). doi:10.3390/nu12092885.
- Lee ES, Lee PSS, Chew EAL, Muthulingam G, Koh HL, Tan SY, Ding YY. Video Consultations for Older Adults With Multimorbidity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for an Exploratory Qualitative Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020;9(10):e22679-e. doi:10.2196/22679.
- Lee JQ, Ying K, Lun P, Tan KT, Ang W, Munro Y, Ding YY. Intervention elements to reduce inappropriate prescribing for older adults with multimorbidity receiving outpatient care: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2020;10(8):e039543. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039543.
- Lee R, Ho E, Neo HY, Hum A, Lim WS. Letter to the Editor: Setting Goals or Shifting Goalposts: Role of Frailty for Critical Care Decisions during COVID-19. The Journal of frailty & aging. 2020;9(4):246-7. doi:10.14283/jfa.2020.46.
- Lee SY, Kua A, Qiu W, Lai KY, Jumala J, Yong L, … , Lim WS. Exercise as Medicine in Frailty Prevention and Management: Why Now, Why Here, and Making it Happen. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2020;49:810-3. doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2020158.
- Liaw SY, Wu LT, Soh SLH, Ringsted C, Lau TC, Lim WS. Virtual Reality Simulation in Interprofessional Round Training for Health Care Students: A Qualitative Evaluation Study. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 2020;45:42-6. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2020.03.013.
- Lim JP, Yew S, Tay L, Chew J, Yeo A, Hafizah N, Ding YY, Lim WS. Grip Strength Criterion Matters: Impact of Average Versus Maximum Handgrip Strength on Sarcopenia Prevalence and Predictive Validity for Low Physical Performance. J Nutr Health Aging. 2020;24(9):1031-5. doi:10.1007/s12603-020-1461-x.
- Lim WS, Liang CK, Assantachai P, Auyeung TW, Kang L, Lee WJ, et al. COVID-19 and older people in Asia: Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia calls to actions. Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2020;20(6):547-58. doi:10.1111/ggi.13939.
- Lim WS, Lim JP, Chew J, Tan A. Influence of Obesity on Diagnostic Accuracy and Optimal Cutoffs for Sarcopenia Screening in Non-Frail Older Adults: A Comparison of SARC-F Versus SARC-CalF. The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 2020;24(8):914-6. doi:10.1007/s12603-020-1393-5.
- Lim WS, Lim JP, Chew J, Tan AWK. Calf Circumference as a Case-Finding Tool for Sarcopenia: Influence of Obesity on Diagnostic Performance. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020;21(9):1359-61. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2020.03.033.
- Neo HY, Tan KT, Caroline C, Ng D, Ho E, Lim JP, Lee R, … , Ding YY. Higher rates of carbapenem-related seizures in older hospitalised adults. The Journal of Internal Medicine. 2020;50(1):123-7. doi:10.1111/imj.14693.
- Ong YH, Koh MYH, Lim WS. Shared leadership in interprofessional teams: beyond team characteristics to team conditions. J Interprof Care. 2020;34(4):444-52. doi:10.1080/13561820.2019.1653834.
- Pang J, Tan HN, Mak TM, Octavia S, Maurer-Stroh S, Sirota F, Chan M, Leong I, et al. A COVID-19 Nursing Home Cluster Linked to a Household Transmission: An Epidemiological, Clinical and Phylogenetic Investigation. SSRN; 2020.
- Pek K, Chew J, Lim JP, Yew S, Tan CN, Yeo A, Ding YY, Lim WS. Social Frailty Is Independently Associated with Mood, Nutrition, Physical Performance, and Physical Activity: Insights from a Theory-Guided Approach. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2020;17(12):4239. doi:10.3390/ijerph17124239.
- Pereira MJ, Tay RY, Tan WS, Molina JAC, Ali NB, Leong I, …, Chin JJ, et al. Integrated palliative homecare in advanced dementia: reduced healthcare utilisation and costs. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 2020. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002145.
- Tay RY, Hum AYM, Ali NB, Leong IYO, Wu HY, Chin JJ, et al. Comfort and Satisfaction With Care of Home-Dwelling Dementia Patients at the End of Life. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020;59(5):1019-32.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.004.
- Wang X, Lu Y, Li C, Larbi A, Feng L, Shen Q, …, Lim WS, et al. Associations of lifestyle activities and a heathy diet with frailty in old age: a community-based study in Singapore. Aging. 2020;12(1):288-308. doi:10.18632/aging.102615.
2019
- Cabradilla J, Ong PL, Villaverde E, Marasigan E, Declarador N, Tan KT, Tan HN, Ding YY. The Safety of Treatment with Cefepime in Elderly Patients. Aging Medicine and Healthcare. 2019;10:139-45. doi:10.33879/AMH.2019.125-1805.010.
- Chan EY, Lim ZX, Ding YY, Chan YH, Lim WS. Development of a Brief Caregiver-centric Screening Tool to Identify Risk of Depression among Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Adults. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2019;23(6):578-85. doi:10.1007/s12603-019-1197-7.
- Chan EY, Phang KN, Glass GF, Jr., Lim WS. Crossing, Trudging and Settling: A phenomenological inquiry into lived experience of Asian family caregivers of older persons with dementia. Geriatr Nurs. 2019;40(5):502-9. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.03.015.
- Cheong TS, Goh WY, Ong EH, Abdul-Karim SN, See LL, Chong E. The Prevalence of Frailty and Its Association with Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Older Adults. Journal of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. 2019;5(3):8. doi:10.23937/2469-5858/1510076.
- Chew BH, Tang CJ, Lim WS, Yap JKY, Zhou W, Liaw SY. Interprofessional bedside rounds: Nurse-physician collaboration and perceived barriers in an Asian hospital. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2019;33(6):820-2. doi:10.1080/13561820.2019.1566218.
- Chew J, Tay L, Lim JP, Leung BP, Yeo A, Yew S, Ding YY, Lim WS. Serum Myostatin and IGF-1 as Gender-Specific Biomarkers of Frailty and Low Muscle Mass in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2019;23(10):979-86. doi:10.1007/s12603-019-1255-1.
- Chong E, Chia JQ, Law F, Chew J, Chan M, Lim WS. Validating a Standardised Approach in Administration of the Clinical Frailty Scale in Hospitalised Older Adults. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2019;48(4):115-24.
- Heyzer L, Ali NB, Chew AP, Chan M, Lim WS. Worry about Performance: Unravelling the Relationship between 'Doing More' and 'Doing Better'. J Nutr Health Aging. 2019;23(9):843-8. doi:10.1007/s12603-019-1225-7.
- Hum A, Tay RY, Wong YKY, Ali NB, Leong IYO, Wu HY, Chin JJ, et al. Advanced dementia: an integrated homecare programme. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2019. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001798.
- Lau S, Ali NB, Lim JP, Lim WS. ZBI multidimensionality: The salience of worry about performance. International psychogeriatrics. 2019;31(6):909-11. doi:10.1017/S1041610218001217.
- Lim JP, Chong MS, Tay L, Yang YX, Leung BP, Yeo A, …, Lim WS. Inter-muscular adipose tissue is associated with adipose tissue inflammation and poorer functional performance in central adiposity. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2019;81:1-7. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2018.11.006.
- Lim WS, Chew J, Lim JP, Tay L, Hafizah N, Ding YY. Case for Validated Instead of Standard Cut-Offs for SARC-CalF. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2019;23(4):393-5. doi:10.1007/s12603-019-1177-y.
- Lim WS, Tham KM, Adzahar FB, Neo HY, Wong WC, Lim I, et al. Trends of clarification purpose of medical education research in the Asia-Pacific region: A scoping review. The Asia Pacific Scholar. 2019;4(1):24-33.
- Lim WS, Wong CH, Ding YY, Rockwood K, Lien C. Translating the Science of Frailty in Singapore: Results from the National Frailty Consensus Discussion. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2019;48(1):25-31.
- Malhotra R, Bautista MAC, Müller AM, Aw S, Koh GCH, Theng YL, …, Lim WS, et al. The Aging of a Young Nation: Population Aging in Singapore. Gerontologist. 2019;59(3):401-10. doi:10.1093/geront/gny160.
2018
- Chan EY, Glass G, Chua KC, Ali NB, Lim WS. Relationship between Mastery and Caregiving Competence in Protecting against Burden, Anxiety and Depression among Caregivers of Frail Older Adults. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2018;22(10):1238-45. doi:10.1007/s12603-018-1098-1.
- Chong E, Chan M, Lim WS, Ding YY. Frailty Predicts Incident Urinary Incontinence Among Hospitalized Older Adults-A 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2018;19(5):422-7. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.12.103.
- Chong E, Chan M, Lim WS, Ding YY. Response to the Letter to the Editor: Flaws Related to the Article Entitled "Frailty Predicts Incident Urinary Incontinence Among Hospitalized Older Adults". Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2018;19(11):1020-1. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2018.07.002.
- Chong E, Ho E, Baldevarona-Llego J, Chan M, Wu L, Tay L, Ding YY, Lim WS. Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults: Comparing Different Frailty Measures in Predicting Short- and Long-term Patient Outcomes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2018;19(5):450-7.e3. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.10.006.
- Chong MS, Tan CN, Yew S, Lim JP, Lim WS, Lieu PK. Successful Ageing in Nonagenarians: Bio-psychosocial Factors Determining Successful Ageing in Long-Lived Older Adults. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2018;19(1):90-2. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.10.015.
- Declarador N, Ramason R, Tay L, Chan WLW, Kwek EBK. Beyond comanaged inpatient care to community integration: Factors leading to surgical delay in hip fractures and their associated outcomes. Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong). 2018;26(2):2309499018783909. doi:10.1177/2309499018783909.
- Gao Q, Gwee X, Feng L, Nyunt MSZ, Collinson SL, Chong MS, Lim WS, et al. Mild Cognitive Impairment Reversion and Progression: Rates and Predictors in Community-Living Older Persons in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies Cohort. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra. 2018;8(2):226-37. doi:10.1159/000488936.
- Kua J, Chan M, See J, Ng D, Lim WS. STarDom study - Applying systems theory framework for Internal Medicine senior residency career development in a Singapore ACGMEI Residency Programme. The Asia-Pacific Scholar. 2018;3(2):6-18. doi:10.29060/TAPS.2018-3-2/OA1046.
- Kumar R, Teo EK, How CH, Wong TY, Ang TL. A practical clinical approach to liver fibrosis. Singapore Med J. 2018;59(12):628-33. doi:10.11622/smedj.2018145.
- Li J, Cesari M, Del Campo N, Andrieu S, Dong B, Lim WS, et al. Impact of diabetes on caregiver stress in patients with Alzheimer's disease: data from the ICTUS study. International psychogeriatrics. 2018;30(8):1109-17. doi:10.1017/s1041610217002460.
- Li R, Chong MS, Chan M, Tay L, Ali NB, Lim WS. Worry About Caregiving Performance: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Frontiers in Medicine. 2018;5:79. doi:10.3389/fmed.2018.00079.
- Liaw SY, Carpio GAC, Lau Y, Tan SC, Lim WS, Goh PS. Multiuser virtual worlds in healthcare education: A systematic review. Nurse education today. 2018;65:136-49. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2018.01.006.
- Lim WS, Canevelli M, Cesari M. Editorial: Dementia, Frailty and Aging. Frontiers in Medicine. 2018;5:168. doi:10.3389/fmed.2018.00168.
- Lim WS, Tay L, Yeo A, Yew S, Hafizah N, Ding YY. Modulating Effect of Contextual Factors on Factor Structure and Reliability of SARC-F. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2018;19(6):551-3. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2018.02.009.
- Loo ME, Krishnasamy C, Lim WS. Considering Face, Rights, and Goals: A Critical Review of Rapport Management in Facilitator-Guided Simulation Debriefing Approaches. Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2018;13(1):52-60. doi:10.1097/sih.0000000000000258.
- Tay L, Leung BP, Wee S, Tay KS, Ali NB, Chan M, Lim WS. Association of nutrition and immune-endocrine dysfunction with muscle mass and performance in cognitively impaired older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2018;75:20-7. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2017.11.008.
- Wong J, Archarya R, Kwang HM, Kam YT, Tan E, Ting J, Lim WS. SimRound, A novel approach to transitions of Junior Medical Students into Clinical Clerkships: Rationale, Development and Lessons Learnt. MedEdPublish. 2018;7:40. doi:doi:https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2018.0000178.1.
2017
- Abengana J, Chong MS, Tay L. Delirium superimposed on dementia: phenomenological differences between patients with and without behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in a specialized delirium unit. International psychogeriatrics. 2017;29(3):485-95. doi:10.1017/s1041610216001836.
- Ch'ng A, Yong K, Ng D, Heyzer L, Lim WS. Trends in Geriatrics-Related Translational Research and Funding in the "Big 4" Medical Journals. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017;18(6):544-5. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.02.018.
- Chew J, Lim WS, Chong MS, Ding YY, Tay L. Impact of frailty and residual subsyndromal delirium on 1-year functional recovery: A prospective cohort study. Geriatrics and Gerontology International. 2017;17(12):2472-8. doi:10.1111/ggi.13108.
- Chong E, Ho E, Baldevarona-Llego J, Chan M, Wu L, et al. Frailty and Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Comparison of Different Frailty Measures. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017;18(7):638.e7-.e11. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.04.011.
- Dent E, Lien C, Lim WS, Wong WC, Wong CH, Ng TP, et al. The Asia-Pacific Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Frailty. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017;18(7):564-75. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.04.018.
- Ding YY. Predictive Validity of Two Physical Frailty Phenotype Specifications Developed for Investigation of Frailty Pathways in Older People. Gerontology. 2017;63(5):401-10. doi:10.1159/000471803.
- Ding YY, Kuha J, Murphy M. Pathways from physical frailty to activity limitation in older people: Identifying moderators and mediators in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Experimental Gerontology. 2017;98:169-76. doi:10.1016/j.exger.2017.08.029.
- Ding YY, Kuha J, Murphy M. Multidimensional predictors of physical frailty in older people: identifying how and for whom they exert their effects. Biogerontology. 2017;18(2):237-52. doi:10.1007/s10522-017-9677-9.
- Feng L, Lim WS, Chong MS, Lee TS, Gao Q, Nyunt MS, et al. Depressive Symptoms Increase the Risk of Mild Neurocognitive Disorders among Elderly Chinese. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2017;21(2):161-4. doi:10.1007/s12603-016-0765-3.
- Feng L, Nyunt MS, Gao Q, Lee TS, Tsoi T, Chong MS, Lim WS, et al. Physical Frailty, Cognitive Impairment, and the Risk of Neurocognitive Disorder in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2017;72(3):369-75. doi:10.1093/gerona/glw050.
- Heywood R, Gao Q, Nyunt MSZ, Feng L, Chong MS, Lim WS, et al. Hearing Loss and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Findings from the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2017;43(5-6):259-68. doi:10.1159/000464281.
- Koh ZY, Lim S, Lim WS. An Interesting Case of "Refractory" Hypomagnesemia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017;18(7):632-3. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.04.009.
- Lim WS, Tham KM, Adzahar FB, Neo HY, Wong WC, Ringsted C. Determinants of clarification research purpose in medical education research: A systematic review. The Aisa-Pacific Scholar. 2017;2(2):8-17. doi:10.29060/TAPS.2017-2-2/OA1004.
- Lim WS, Wong SF, Leong I, Choo P, Pang WS. Forging a Frailty-Ready Healthcare System to Meet Population Ageing. International Journal Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017;14(12):E1448. doi:10.3390/ijerph14121448.
- Nyunt MSZ, Soh CY, Gao Q, Gwee X, Ling ASL, Lim WS, et al. Characterisation of Physical Frailty and Associated Physical and Functional Impairments in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Frontiers in Medicine. 2017;4(18):230. doi:10.3389/fmed.2017.00230.
- Ong SY, Tan N, Knab MS, Farrell SE, Lim WS. Attitudes of clinician educators towards interprofessional education and collaboration: Insights from two interprofessional scales. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2017;31(5):656-60. doi:10.1080/13561820.2017.1320275.
- Rawtaer I, Gao Q, Nyunt MS, Feng L, Chong MS, Lim WS, et al. Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors and Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Community Dwelling Elderly: Findings from the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. American Journal of Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias. 2017;57(2):603-11. doi:10.3233/jad-160862.
- Teo WL, Lee M, Lim WS. The relational activation of resilience model: How leadership activates resilience in an organizational crisis. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 2017;25:136-47. doi:10.1111/1468-5973.12179.
- Walsh K, Noben C, Gregory S, Lim WS, Green C, Roberts T, et al. Cost benefit analysis of healthcare professional education: report of a conference workshop. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning. 2017;4(2):95-6. doi:10.1136/bmjstel-2017-000214.
- Win KK, Chong MS, Ali NB, Chan M, Lim WS. Burden among Family Caregivers of Dementia in the Oldest-Old: An Exploratory Study. Frontiers in Medicine. 2017;4:205. doi:10.3389/fmed.2017.00205.
- Yang YX, Chong MS, Lim WS, Tay L, Yew S, Yeo A, et al. Validity of estimating muscle and fat volume from a single MRI section in older adults with sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. Clinical Radiology. 2017;72(5):427.e9-.e14. doi:10.1016/j.crad.2016.12.011.
- Yock Y, Lim I, Lim YH, Lim WS, Chew N, Archuleta S. Sometimes Means Some of the Time: Residents' Overlapping Responses to Vague Quantifiers on the ACGME-I Resident Survey. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2017;9(6):735-40. doi:10.4300/jgme-d-17-00187.1.
- Zhao YJ, Lim WS. Dabigatran Compared With Rivaroxaban vs Warfarin. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2017;177(5):742. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0564.
2016
- Chan CY, Sum MY, Lim WS, Chew NW, Samarasekera DD, Sim K. Adoption and correlates of Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) in the evaluation of learning environments - A systematic review(). Medical Teacher. 2016;38(12):1248-55. doi:10.1080/0142159x.2016.1210108.
- Chew J, Cheong S, Tay L. Quetiapine-Induced Cutaneous Vasculitis: Diagnostic Challenges and Therapeutic Implications. Journal of Amercian Geriatrics Society. 2016;64(5):1137-8. doi:10.1111/jgs.14107.
- Ding YY. Developing physical frailty specifications for investigation of frailty pathways in older people. Age. 2016;38(2):47. doi:10.1007/s11357-016-9903-4.
- Feng L, Chong MS, Lim WS, Gao Q, Nyunt MS, Lee TS, et al. Tea Consumption Reduces the Incidence of Neurocognitive Disorders: Findings from the Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2016;20(10):1002-9. doi:10.1007/s12603-016-0687-0.
- Kua J, Ramason R, Rajamoney G, Chong MS. Which frailty measure is a good predictor of early post-operative complications in elderly hip fracture patients? Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 2016;136(5):639-47. doi:10.1007/s00402-016-2435-7.
- Lee SY, Dong L, Lim YH, Poh CL, Lim WS. SBAR: towards a common interprofessional team-based communication tool. Medical education. 2016;50(11):1167-8. doi:10.1111/medu.13171.
- Loke SC, Lim WS, Someya Y, Hamid TA, Nudin SSH. Examining the Disability Model From the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Using a Large Data Set of Community-Dwelling Malaysian Older Adults. J Aging Health. 2016;28(4):704-25. doi:10.1177/0898264315609907.
- Ng TP, Feng L, Nyunt MS, Feng L, Gao Q, Lim ML, …, Chong MS, Lim WS, et al. Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Progression to Dementia: Follow-up of the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study Cohort. JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(4):456-63. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.4899.
- Ong YH, Lim I, Tan KT, Chan M, Lim WS. Assessing shared leadership in interprofessional team meetings: A validation study. The Asia Pacific Scholar. 2016;1(1):9-19. doi:10.29060/TAPS.2016-1-1/OA1003.
- Rawtaer I, Feng L, Yuen VH, Li J, Chong MS, Lim WS, et al. A Risk Score for the Prediction of Neurocognitive Disorders among Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Adults. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2016;41(5-6):348-58. doi:10.1159/000447448.
- Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, Ali NB, Chong MS. A Combined Cognitive Stimulation and Physical Exercise Programme (MINDVital) in Early Dementia: Differential Effects on Single- and Dual-Task Gait Performance. Gerontology. 2016;62(6):604-10. doi:10.1159/000444084.
- Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, Ye RJ, Chong MS. The Independent Role of Inflammation in Physical Frailty among Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2016;20(3):288-99. doi:10.1007/s12603-015-0617-6.
- Yang YX, Chong MS, Tay L, Yew S, Yeo A, Tan CH. Automated assessment of thigh composition using machine learning for Dixon magnetic resonance images. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine. 2016;29(5):723-31. doi:10.1007/s10334-016-0547-2.
- Yeo C, Lim WS, Chan M, Ho XQ, Anthony PV, Han HC, Chong MS. Severe Impairment Rating Scale: A Useful and Brief Cognitive Assessment Tool for Advanced Dementia for Nursing Home Residents. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias. 2016;31(1):87-96. doi:10.1177/1533317515587085.
- Zhao YJ, Lin L, Zhou HJ, Tan KT, Chew AP, Foo CG, …, Lim WS. Cost-effectiveness modelling of novel oral anticoagulants incorporating real-world elderly patients with atrial fibrillation. Int J Cardiol. 2016;220:794-801. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.087.
2015
- Abisheganaden J, Ding YY, Chong WF, Heng BH, Verma A, Lim TK. Health-Care Associated Pneumonia (HCAP): Identification of Low and High-Risk Patients. Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews. 2015;11(3):241-6. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2008.03.015.
- Cheong CY, Merchant RA, Ngiam NS, Lim WS. Facilitated simulated patient sessions in mental-state examination teaching. Medical education. 2015;49(11):1147-8. doi:10.1111/medu.12846.
- Cheung YB, Xu Y, Feng L, Nyunt MS, Chong MS, Lim WS, et al. Unconditional and Conditional Standards Using Cognitive Function Curves for the Modified Mini-Mental State Exam: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses in Older Chinese Adults in Singapore. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2015;23(9):915-24. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2014.08.008.
- Chew J, Chong MS, Fong YL, Tay L. Outcomes of a multimodal cognitive and physical rehabilitation program for persons with mild dementia and their caregivers: a goal-oriented approach. Clinical interventions in aging. 2015;10:1687-94. doi:10.2147/cia.s93914.
- Chong MS, Tay L, Chan M, Lim WS, Ye R, Tan EK, Ding YY. Prospective longitudinal study of frailty transitions in a community-dwelling cohort of older adults with cognitive impairment. BMC Geriatrics. 2015;15(1):175. doi:10.1186/s12877-015-0174-1.
- Chong MS, Tay L, Ismail NH, Tan CH, Yew S, Yeo A, …, Ding YY. The Case for Stage-Specific Frailty Interventions Spanning Community Aging to Cognitive Impairment. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2015;16(11):1003.e13–.e19. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2015.08.025.
- Ding YY, Kader B, Christiansen CL, Berlowitz DR. Hemoglobin Level and Hospital Mortality Among ICU Patients With Cardiac Disease Who Received Transfusions. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2015;66(22):2510-8. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.057.
- Goh LK, Lim WS, Teo S, Vijayaraghavan A, Chan M, Tay L, …, Chong MS. TOMM40 alterations in Alzheimer's disease over a 2-year follow-up period. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD. 2015;44(1):57-61. doi:10.3233/jad-141590.
- Koh GC, Ling CL, Ma BH, Chen C, Lim WS, Scherer SC, et al. Effect of a new longitudinal interprofessional geriatric medicine educational track on knowledge and attitude of medical students: a controlled cohort study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2015;63(3):558-64. doi:10.1111/jgs.13295.
- Lau S, Chong MS, Ali NB, Chan M, Chua KC, Lim WS. Caregiver Burden: Looking Beyond the Unidimensional Total Score. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders. 2015;29(4):338-46. doi:10.1097/wad.0000000000000085.
- Lim JP, Leung BP, Ding YY, Tay L, Ismail NH, Yeo A, …, Chong MS. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1: a proinflammatory cytokine elevated in sarcopenic obesity. Clinical interventions in aging. 2015;10:605-9. doi:10.2147/cia.s78901.
- Lim JP, Li I, Lim WS. Memantine-Induced Myoclonus Precipitated by Renal Impairment and Drug Interactions. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2015;63(12):2643-4. doi:10.1111/jgs.13847.
- Lim WS, Ding YY. Evidence-balanced medicine: "real" evidence-based medicine in the elderly. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2015;44(1):1-5.
- Lin L, Lim WS, Zhou HJ, Khoo AL, Tan KT, Chew AP, …, Chin JJ, et al. Clinical and Safety Outcomes of Oral Antithrombotics for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2015;16(12):1103.e1-.e19. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2015.09.008.
- Loo B, Chew J, Sridevi S. Pilot Programme on Animal-Assisted Therapy in Singapore. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2015;24(2):113-6. doi:10.1177/201010581502400207.
- Ng TP, Feng L, Lim WS, Chong MS, Lee TS, Yap KB, et al. Montreal Cognitive Assessment for screening mild cognitive impairment: variations in test performance and scores by education in Singapore. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2015;39(3-4):176-85. doi:10.1159/000368827.
- Seng WR, Belani MH, Ramason R, Naidu G, Doshi HK. Functional Improvement in Geriatric Hip Fractures: Does Vitamin D Deficiency Affect the Functional Outcome of Patients With Surgically Treated Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures. Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. 2015;6(3):186-91. doi:10.1177/2151458515584639.
- Tay L, Ding YY, Leung BP, Ismail NH, Yeo A, Yew S, …, Chong MS. Sex-specific differences in risk factors for sarcopenia amongst community-dwelling older adults. Age. 2015;37(6):121. doi:10.1007/s11357-015-9860-3.
- Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, Ali NB, Mahanum S, Chew P, …, Chong MS. New DSM-V neurocognitive disorders criteria and their impact on diagnostic classifications of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in a memory clinic setting. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015;23(8):768-79. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2015.01.004.
- Veronese N, Cereda E, Solmi M, Fowler SA, Manzato E, Maggi S, …, Chan M, et al. Inverse relationship between body mass index and mortality in older nursing home residents: a meta-analysis of 19,538 elderly subjects. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. 2015;16(11):1001-15. doi:10.1111/obr.12309.
2014
- Chong MS, Chan M, Tay L, Ding YY. Outcomes of an innovative model of acute delirium care: the Geriatric Monitoring Unit (GMU). Clinical interventions in aging. 2014;9:603-12. doi:10.2147/cia.s60259.
- Chong MS, Tay L, Chan M, Lim WS, Ye R, Wong WC, Lim JP, …, Ding YY. Stage-Specific Relationship between Frailty and Cognitive Impairment in a Specialist Memory Clinic Setting. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2014;3(2):113-9. doi:10.14283/jfa.2014.11.
- Doshi HK, Ramason R, Azellarasi J, Chan WL, Naidu G. Functional improvement of self-care in the elderly after hip fracture: is age a factor? Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 2014;134(4):489-93. doi:10.1007/s00402-014-1924-9.
- Doshi HK, Ramason R, Azellarasi J, Naidu G, Chan WL. Orthogeriatric model for hip fracture patients in Singapore: our early experience and initial outcomes. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 2014;134(3):351-7. doi:10.1007/s00402-013-1900-9.
- Lam CY, Tay L, Chan M, Ding YY, Chong MS. Prospective observational study of delirium recovery trajectories and associated short-term outcomes in older adults admitted to a specialized delirium unit. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2014;62(9):1649-57. doi:10.1111/jgs.12995.
- Lim WS, Cheah WK, Ali NB, Han HC, Anthony PV, Chan M, Chong MS. Worry about performance: a unique dimension of caregiver burden. International psychogeriatrics. 2014;26(4):677-86. doi:10.1017/s1041610213002445.
- Ramason R, Chong MS, Chan W, Rajamoney GN. Innovations in Hip Fracture Care: A Comparison of Geriatric Fracture Centers. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2014;15(4):232-3. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2014.01.005.
- Ramason R, Selvaganapathi N, Ismail NHB, Wong WC, Rajamoney GN, Chong MS. Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients With Hip Fracture Seen in an Orthogeriatric Service in Sunny Singapore. Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. 2014;5(2):82-6. doi:10.1177/2151458514528952.
- Tan KT, Adzhahar FB, Lim I, Chan M, Lim WS. Transactive memory system as a measure of collaborative practice in a geriatrics team: implications for continuing interprofessional education. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2014;28(3):239-45. doi:10.3109/13561820.2014.901938.
- Tay L, Chua KC, Chan M, Lim WS, Ang YY, Koh E, Chong MS. Differential perceptions of quality of life (QoL) in community-dwelling persons with mild-to-moderate dementia. International psychogeriatrics. 2014;26(8):1273-82. doi:10.1017/s1041610214000660.
2013
- Chong MS, Goh LK, Lim WS, Chan M, Tay L, Chen G, et al. Gene expression profiling of peripheral blood leukocytes shows consistent longitudinal downregulation of TOMM40 and upregulation of KIR2DL5A, PLOD1, and SLC2A8 among fast progressors in early Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD. 2013;34(2):399-405. doi:10.3233/jad-121621.
- Chong MS, Tan KT, Tay L, Wong YM, Ancoli-Israel S. Bright light therapy as part of a multicomponent management program improves sleep and functional outcomes in delirious older hospitalized adults. Clinical interventions in aging. 2013;8:565-72. doi:10.2147/cia.s44926.
- Chong MS, Tan WS, Chan M, Lim WS, Ali NB, Ang YY, et al. Cost of informal care for community-dwelling mild-moderate dementia patients in a developed Southeast Asian country. International psychogeriatrics. 2013;25(9):1475-83. doi:10.1017/s1041610213000707.
- Ding YY, Abisheganaden J, Chong WF, Heng BH, Lim TK. Effectiveness of acute geriatric units in the real world: the case of short-term mortality among seniors hospitalized for pneumonia. Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2013;13(1):55-62. doi:10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00858.x.
- Feng L, Chong MS, Lim WS, Lee TS, Collinson SL, Yap P, et al. Metabolic syndrome and amnestic mild cognitive impairment: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study-2 findings. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD. 2013;34(3):649-57. doi:10.3233/jad-121885.
- Nagaendran K, Chen LH, Chong MS, Chua EV, Goh CK, Kua J, et al. Ministry of health clinical practice guidelines: dementia. Singapore Med J. 2013;54(5):293-8. doi:10.11622/smedj.2013112.
- Neo HY, Tan KT, Ding YY. Higher than expected rates of seizures associated with the use of ertapenem in older hospitalized patients. Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2013;4(1):17-21. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcgg.2012.09.004.
- Nyunt MS, Chong MS, Lim WS, Lee TS, Yap P, Ng TP. Reliability and Validity of the Clinical Dementia Rating for Community-Living Elderly Subjects without an Informant. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra. 2013;3(1):407-16. doi:10.1159/000355122.
- Tay L, Chan M, Chong MS. Functional improvement in hospitalized older adults is independent of dementia diagnosis: experience of a specialized delirium management unit. Journal of hospital medicine. 2013;8(6):321-7. doi:10.1002/jhm.2035.
- Ting SK, Chong MS, Kandiah N, Hameed S, Tan L, Au WL, et al. Absence of A673T amyloid-beta precursor protein variant in Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases. Neurobiology of aging. 2013;34(10):2441.e7-.e8. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.04.012.
Special Issue: Dementia, Frailty and Aging
This issue under Frontiers in Medicine blends nicely with our research focuses of ageing brain (dementia) and frailty. The collection of 14 articles runs the gamut from insights in interface between cognition and physical domains, through to pertinent areas of caregiving and diagnosis in dementia, and evolving areas such as big data and microbes theory in brain ageing.
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/5609/
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2018.00168
