Staff Profile
Dr Sarah Richardson
NIHR Clinical Lecturer
- Telephone: 01912081314
- Personal Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5771-1845
- Address: AGE Research Group
NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre
3rd floor Biomedical Research Building
Campus for Ageing and Vitality
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 5PL
Background
Sarah Richardson is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Older People's Medicine. She divides her time equally between clinical training in hospitals within the Northern Deanery and working with the AGE Research Group. Her research interests are the epidemiology of delirium and the complex relationships between physical and cognitive function.
Publications
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Articles
- Cooper R, Bunn JG, Richardson SJ, Hillman SJ, Sayer AA, Witham MD. Rising to the challenge of defining and operationalising multimorbidity in a UK hospital setting: the ADMISSION research collaborative. European Geriatric Medicine 2024, 15, 853-860.
- Gerakios F, Yarnall AJ, Bate G, Wright L, Davis D, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Brayne C, Stebbins G, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Allan L, Richardson SJ, Lawson RA. Delirium is more common and associated with worse outcomes in Parkinson's disease compared to older adult controls: results of two prospective longitudinal cohort studies. Age and Ageing 2024, 53(3), afae046.
- Cullinan RJ, Richardson SJ, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Allan LM, Lawson RA. Documentation and Diagnosis of Delirium in Parkinson’s Disease. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2023, 147(5), 527-535.
- Richardson S, Lawson RA, Price A, Taylor JP. Challenges in diagnosis and management of delirium in Lewy body disease. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2023, 147(5), 475-480.
- Lawson RA, Richardson SJ, Kershaw D, Davis D, Stephan B, Robinson L, Brayn C, Barnes L, Yarnall AJ, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Parker S, Allan LM. Evaluation of Bedside Tests of Attention and Arousal Assessing Delirium in Parkinson’s Disease, Dementia, and Older Adults. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2022, 12(2), 655-665.
- Richardson S, Murray J, Davis D, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Brayne C, Barnes L, Parker S, Sayer A, Dodds R, Allan L. Delirium and delirium severity predict the trajectory of the Hierarchical Assessment of Balance and Mobility (HABAM) in hospitalised older people: findings from the DECIDE Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A 2022, 77(3), 531-535.
- Richardson SJ, Davis DHJ, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Brayne C, Barnes LE, Taylor J-P, Parker SG, Allan LM. Recurrent delirium over 12 months predicts dementia: results of the Delirium and Cognitive Impact in Dementia (DECIDE) study. Age and Ageing 2021, 50(3), 914-920.
- Dodds RM, Murray JC, Granic A, Hurst C, Uwimpuhwe G, Richardson S, Brayne C, Matthews FE, Sayer AA, CFAS MRC. Prevalence and factors associated with poor performance in the 5-chair stand test: findings from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II (CFAS II) and proposed Newcastle protocol for use in the assessment of sarcopenia. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle 2021, 12(2), 308-318.
- Richardson SJ, Lawson RA, Davis D, Stephan B, Robinson L, Matthews FE, Brayne C, Barnes L, Taylor JP, Parker S, Allan LM. Hospitalisation without delirium is not associated with cognitive decline in a population-based sample of older people – results from a nested, longitudinal cohort study. Age and Ageing 2021, 50(5), 1675-1681.
- Welch C, Richardson S, Witham M, Geriatric Medicine Research Collaborative. Age and frailty are independently associated with increased COVID-19 mortality and increased care needs in survivors: results of an international multi-centre study. Age and Ageing 2021, 50(3), 617-630.
- Richardson SJ, Carroll CB, Close J, Gordon AL, O'Brien J, Quinn TJ, Rochester L, Sayer AA, Shenkin SD, van der Velde N, Woo J, Witham MD. Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities. Age and Ageing 2020, 49(6), 901-906.
- Lawson RA, Richardson SJ, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Allan LM. Identifying delirium in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2020, 35(5), 547-552.
- Gual N, Richardson SJ, Davis DHJ, Bellelli G, Hasemann W, Meagher D, Kreisel SH, MacLullich AMJ, Cerejeira J, Inzitari M, Morandi A. Impairments in balance and mobility identify delirium in patients with comorbid dementia. International Psychogeriatrics 2019, 31(5), 749-753.
- Davis D, Richardson SJ, Hornby J, Bowden H, Hoffmann K, Weston-Clarke M, Green F, Chaturvedi N, Hughes A, Kuh D, Sampson E, Mizoguchi R, Cheah KL, Romain M, Sinha A, Jenkin R, Brayne C, MacLullich A. The delirium and population health informatics cohort study protocol: ascertaining the determinants and outcomes from delirium in a whole population. BMC Geriatrics 2018, 18, 45.
- Richardson SJ, Davis DHJ, Stephan B, Robinson L, Brayne C, Barnes L, Parker S, Allan LM. Protocol for the Delirium and Cognitive Impact in Dementia (DECIDE) study: A nested prospective longitudinal cohort study. BMC Geriatrics 2017, 17(1), 98.
- Richardson SJ, Davis DHJ, Bellelli G, Hasemann W, Meagher D, Kreisel SH, MacLullich AMJ, Cerejeira J, Morandi A. Detecting delirium superimposed on dementia: diagnostic accuracy of a simple combined arousal and attention testing procedure. International Psychogeriatrics 2017, 29(10), 1585-1593.
- Richardson SJ, Fisher JM, Teodorczuk A. The Future Hospital: a blueprint for effective delirium care. Future Hospital Journal 2016, 3(3), 178-181.
- Jackson TA, Wilson D, Richardson S, Lord JM. Predicting outcome in older hospital patients with delirium:a systematic literature review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2016, 31(4), 392-399.
- Jenkin RPL, Al-Attar A, Richardson S, Myint PK, MacLullich AMJ, Davis DHJ. Increasing delirium skills at the front door: results from a repeated survey on delirium knowledge and attitudes. Age and Ageing 2016, 45(4), 517-522.
- Kane JPM, Richardson S, Allan L, Thomas A. Diagnosing dementia. British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2016, 77(2), C22-C25.
- Richardson S, Teodorczuk A, Bellelli G, Davis DHJ, Neufeld KJ, Kamholz BA, Trabucchi M, MacLullich AMJ, Morandi A. Delirium superimposed on dementia: a survey of delirium specialists shows a lack of consensus in clinical practice and research studies. International Psychogeriatrics 2016, 28(5), 853-861.
- Kuhn E, Du X, McGrath K, Coveney S, O'Regan N, Richardson S, Teodorczuk A, Allan L, Wilson D, Inouye SK, MacLullich AMJ, Meagher D, Brayne C, Timmons S, Davis D. Validation of a Consensus Method for Identifying Delirium from Hospital Records. PLoS One 2014, 9(11), e0111823.
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Review
- Morandi A, Davis D, Bellelli G, Arora RC, Caplan GA, Kamholz B, Kolanowski A, Fick DM, Kreisel S, MacLullich A, Meagher D, Neufeld K, Pandharipande PP, Richardson S, Slooter AJC, Taylor JP, Thomas C, Tieges Z, Teodorczuk A, Voyer P, Rudolph JL. The Diagnosis of Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: An Emerging Challenge. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2017, 18(1), 12-18.