Kalpa Kharicha

The relationship between pain intensity and severity and depression in older people: exploratory study (2009)

Iliffe, Steve, Kharicha, Kalpa, Carmaciu, Claudia, Harari, Danielle, Swift, Cameron, Gillman, Gerhard, ...

Abstract Background Pain and depression are known to be associated in later life, and both have a negative effect on physical performance both separately and in combination. The nature of the...

Promotion of health in older people: a randomised controlled trial of health risk appraisal in British general practice (2008)

Harari, Danielle, Iliffe, Steve, Kharicha, Kalpa, Egger, Matthias, Gillmann, Gerhard, ...

Background: there is inadequate evidence to support currently formulated NHS strategies to achieve health promotion and preventative care in older people through broad-based screening and assessment...

Development, feasibility and performance of a health risk appraisal questionnaire for older persons (2007)

Stuck, Andreas E, Kharicha, Kalpa, Dapp, Ulrike, Anders, Jennifer, Meier-Baumgartner, Hans, ...

Abstract Background Health risk appraisal is a promising method for health promotion and prevention in older persons. The Health Risk Appraisal for the Elderly (HRA-E) developed in the U.S. has...

The PRO-AGE study: an international randomised controlled study of health risk appraisal for older persons based in general practice (2007)

Stuck, Andreas E, Kharicha, Kalpa, Dapp, Ulrike, Anders, Jennifer, Meier-Baumgartner, Hans, ...

Abstract Background This paper describes the study protocol, the recruitment, and base-line data for evaluating the success of randomisation of the PRO-AGE (PRevention in Older people – Assessment...

Tearing down the Berlin wall: social workers' perspectives on joint working with general practice (2005)

Kharicha, Kalpa, Iliffe, Steve, Levin, Enid, Davey, Barbara, Fleming, Cass

Background. The arrangements for delivering social work and primary health care to older people in England and Wales are currently subject to rapid re-configuration, with the development of...

Tearing down the Berlin wall: social workers' perspectives on joint working with general practice (2005)

Kharicha, Kalpa, Iliffe, Steve, Levin, Enid, Davey, Barbara, Fleming, Cass

Background. The arrangements for delivering social work and primary health care to older people in England and Wales are currently subject to rapid re-configuration, with the development of...

Self-reported visual function in healthy older people in Britain: an exploratory study of associations with age, sex, depression, education and income (2005)

Iliffe, Steve, Kharicha, Kalpa, Harari, Danielle, Swift, Cameron, Gillmann, Gerhard, Stuck, Andreas

Background. Tractable but undetected visual impairment in older people may be relatively common, particularly amongst the very old and in more deprived populations. Measurement of visual acuity is...

Self-reported visual function in healthy older people in Britain: an exploratory study of associations with age, sex, depression, education and income (2005)

Iliffe, Steve, Kharicha, Kalpa, Harari, Danielle, Swift, Cameron, Gillmann, Gerhard, Stuck, Andreas

Background. Tractable but undetected visual impairment in older people may be relatively common, particularly amongst the very old and in more deprived populations. Measurement of visual acuity is...