About the Authors

Daniela Rohde

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

danielamrohde@rcsi.ie

Affiliation Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Eva Gaynor

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Margaret Large

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Lisa Mellon

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Kathleen Bennett

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

David J. Williams

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geriatric and Stroke Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Linda Brewer

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geriatric and Stroke Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Patricia Hall

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Elizabeth Callaly

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geriatric Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Eamon Dolan

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geriatric Medicine, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Anne Hickey

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

DW has served in the past as an advisory board member for Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Bayer, and has received personal fees for this outside the submitted work. DW received a speaker honorarium for Boehringer Ingelheim and has received personal fees for this outside the submitted work. All other authors report no conflicting interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.