Demystifying the role of dementia and cancer in quality of life of ageing population.
Supervisors:
Dr Vignir Helgason, School of Cancer Sciences, (University of Glasgow)
Prof Bernadette McGuinness, Geriatric Medicine (Queens University Belfast)
Dr Bhautesh Jani, School of Health and Wellbeing (University of Glasgow)
Dr Bodhayan Prasad, School of Cancer Sciences (University of Glasgow)
Summary:
With the advancement of medical science, longevity has increased. However, this increased lifespan involves multiple chronic conditions (or multimorbidity). Very little is known regarding different risk factors that could drive the occurrence of multiple chronic diseases. Furthermore, a lot of these patients have poor quality of life, as seen by their disease progression. This study endeavours to identify these risk factors and understand the disease trajectories in ageing populations, which can be used for risk stratification.