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Associate Professor Hamish Jamieson

Hamish JamiesonGeriatrician

BMedSci MB ChB (Otago) PhD(Sydney) FRACP

Tel +64 3 244 1806
Email hamish.jamieson@cdhb.health.nz

Department of Medicine
University of Otago, Christchurch
P.O. Box 4345
Christchurch
New Zealand

Associate Professor Hamish Jamieson is a medical specialist in Older Persons Health and is the clinical leader of the Big Data and Better Ageing Research Group.

Associate Professor Jamieson has an interest in using big data to improve patient outcomes and identify unmet areas of need.

He is currently lead investigator on a number of projects funded by the Ageing Well National Science Challenge and Health Research Council.

Current Roles

  • Associate Professor in Medicine
  • Medical Specialist in Health Care of Older People (Geriatrician) Burwood Hospital

Research Interests

  • Ageing
  • Human longevity
  • Translational research (ensuring clinical findings are translated into improved clinical management of older people
  • interRAI
  • Healthy ageing and ageing well
  • Analysing big data to identify opportunities to improve care for older people

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Publications

Jamieson, H., Scrase, R., Abey-Nesbit, R., Bergler, U., & Pickering, J. (2023). Development and validation of a frailty index comparable with three interRAI assessment instruments. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM) Annual Scientific Medicine. Retrieved from https://www.anzsgmconference.org/

Abey-Nesbit, R., Jamieson, H. A., Bergler, H. U., Kerse, N., Pickering, J. W., & Teh, R. (2023). Chronic health conditions and mortality among older adults with complex care needs in Aotearoa New Zealand. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), 318. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03961-8

March de Ribot, F., March de Ribot, A., Walker, X., Jamieson, H., & Cheung, G. (2023). Dementia and cataract surgery in Australia and New Zealand. Australasian Journal on Ageing. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13208

Phutietsile, G. O., Fotaki, N., Jamieson, H. A., & Nishtala, P. S. (2023). The association between anticholinergic burden and mobility: A systematic review and meta-analyses. BMC Geriatrics, 23, 161. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03820-6

Jamieson, H., Nishtala, P. S., Bergler, H. U., Weaver, S. K., Pickering, J. W., Ailabouni, N. J., Abey-Nesbit, R., … Mangin, D. (2023). Deprescribing anticholinergic and sedative drugs to reduce polypharmacy in frail older adults living in the community: A randomized controlled trial. Journals of Gerontology Series A, glac249. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glac249

Jamieson, H. A., Dobbs, B. R., Day, W. A., Rogers, G. W. T., & Fraser, R. (2001). The liver sieve in diabetes: Are the ultrastructural changes similar to those seen in alcoholism? In E. Wisse, D. L. Knook, R. De Zanger & M. P. J. Arthur (Eds.), Cells of the hepatic sinusoid (vol. 8). (pp. 123-124). Netherlands: The Kupffer Cell Foundation.

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Jamieson, H. A., Day, W. A., Dobbs, B. R., Rogers, G. W. T., & Fraser, R. (1999). Is the fatty liver of diabetes like that of alcohol related to an increased porosity of the liver sieve? In E. Wisse, D. L. Knook, R. deZanger & R. Fraser (Eds.), Cells of Hepatic Sinusoid Volume 7. (pp. 96-98). Leiden: The Kupffer Cell Foundation.

Chapter in Book - Research

Abey-Nesbit, R., Jamieson, H. A., Bergler, H. U., Kerse, N., Pickering, J. W., & Teh, R. (2023). Chronic health conditions and mortality among older adults with complex care needs in Aotearoa New Zealand. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), 318. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03961-8

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Jamieson, H., Nishtala, P. S., Bergler, H. U., Weaver, S. K., Pickering, J. W., Ailabouni, N. J., Abey-Nesbit, R., … Mangin, D. (2023). Deprescribing anticholinergic and sedative drugs to reduce polypharmacy in frail older adults living in the community: A randomized controlled trial. Journals of Gerontology Series A, glac249. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glac249

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March de Ribot, F., March de Ribot, A., Walker, X., Jamieson, H., & Cheung, G. (2023). Dementia and cataract surgery in Australia and New Zealand. Australasian Journal on Ageing. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13208

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Phutietsile, G. O., Fotaki, N., Jamieson, H. A., & Nishtala, P. S. (2023). The association between anticholinergic burden and mobility: A systematic review and meta-analyses. BMC Geriatrics, 23, 161. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03820-6

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Abey-Nesbit, R., Bergler, U., Pickering, J. W., Nishtala, P. S., & Jamieson, H. (2022). Development and validation of a frailty index compatible with three interRAI assessment instruments. Age & Ageing, 51, afac178. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afac178

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Abey-Nesbit, R., Van Doren, S., Ahn, S., Iheme, L., Peel, N. M., Declercq, A., … Jamieson, H. A. (2022). Factors associated with caregiver distress among home care clients in New Zealand: Evidence based on data from interRAI Home Care assessment. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41, 237-246. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13011

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Bloomfield, K., Wu, Z., Tatton, A., Calvert, C., Peel, N., Hubbard, R., Jamieson, H., … Connolly, M. J. (2022). An interRAI derived frailty index predicts acute hospitalizations in older adults residing in retirement villages: A prospective cohort study. PLoS ONE, 17(3), e0264715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264715

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Cheung, G., Bala, S., Lyndon, M., Ma'u, E., Rivera Rodriguez, C., Waters, D. L., Jamieson, H., Nada-Raja, S., … Walker, X. (2022). Impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on the health and psychosocial well-being of Māori, Pacific Peoples and New Zealand Europeans living in aged residential care. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41, 293-300. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13025

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Pickering, J. W., Scrase, R., Troughton, R., & Jamieson, H. A. (2022). Evaluation of the added value of Brain Natriuretic Peptide to a validated mortality risk-prediction model in older people using a standardised international clinical assessment tool. PLoS ONE, 17(11), e0277850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277850

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Schluter, P. J., Abey-Nesbit, R., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Bergler, H. U., Broadbent, J. C., Glanville, M., Keeling, S., & Jamieson, H. A. (2022). Carer distress among community living older adults with complex needs in the pre- and post-COVID-19 era: A national population study. Scientific Reports, 12, 19697. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24073-0

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Abey-Nesbit, R., Peel, N. M., Matthews, H., Hubbard, R. E., Nishtala, P. S., Bergler, U., Deely, J. M., Pickering, J. W., Schluter, P. J., & Jamieson, H. A. (2021). Frailty of Māori, Pasifika, and non-Māori/non-Pasifika older people in New Zealand: A national population study of older people referred for home care services. Journals of Gerontology Series A, 76(6), 1101-1107. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa265

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Abey-Nesbit, R., Schluter, P. J., Wilkinson, T. J., Thwaites, J. H., Berry, S. D., Allore, H., & Jamieson, H. A. (2021). Risk factors for injuries in New Zealand older adults with complex needs: A national population retrospective study. BMC Geriatrics, 21, 630. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02576-1

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Bloomfield, K., Wu, Z., Tatton, A., Calvert, C., Peel, N., Hubbard, R., Jamieson, H., Hikaka, J., … Connolly, M. J. (2021). An interRAI-derived frailty index is associated with prior hospitalisations in older adults residing in retirement villages. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40, 66-71. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12863

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Cheung, G., Gee, S., Jamieson, H., & Berger, U. (2021). What is frailty? Perspectives from Chinese clinicians and older immigrants in New Zealand. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 36, 201-213. doi: 10.1007/s10823-021-09424-0

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Gee, S., Bullmore, I., Cheung, G., Bergler, U., & Jamieson, H. (2021). It's about who they are and what they can do: Māori perspectives on frailty in later life. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1535), 17-24. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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McLay, L., Jamieson, H. A., France, K. G., & Schluter, P. J. (2021). Loneliness and social isolation is associated with sleep problems among older community dwelling women and men with complex needs. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 4877. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-83778-w

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Schluter, P. J., Askew, D. A., McKelvey, V. A., Jamieson, H. A., & Lee, M. (2021). Oral health among older adults with complex needs living in the community and in aged residential care facilities within New Zealand. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22, 1177-1183. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.06.041

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Jamieson, H. A., Abey-Nesbit, R., & Pickering, J. W. (2020). Effect of capacity to undertake instrumental activities of daily living on entry to aged residential care in older people with heart failure. Frontiers in Medicine, 7, 386. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00386

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Jamieson, H., Abey-Nesbit, R., Nishtala, P. S., Allore, H., Han, L., Deely, J. M., & Pickering, J. W. (2020). Predictors of residential care admission in community-dwelling older people with dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(11), 1665-1670. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.04.021

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Martinez-Ruiz, A., Huang, Y., Gee, S., Jamieson, H., & Cheung, G. (2020). Individual risk factors for possible undetected dementia amongst community-dwelling older people in New Zealand. Dementia, 19(3), 750-765. doi: 10.1177/1471301218786277

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Pickering, J. W., Abey-Nesbit, R., Allore, H., & Jamieson, H. (2020). Development and validation of multivariable mortality risk-prediction models in older people undergoing an interRAI home-care assessment (RiskOP). eClinicalMedicine, 29-30, 100614. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100614

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Schluter, P. J., Askew, D. A., Jamieson, H. A., & Arnold, E. P. (2020). Urinary and fecal incontinence are independently associated with falls risk among older women and men with complex needs: A national population study. Neurourology & Urodynamics, 39, 945-953. doi: 10.1002/nau.24266

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Abey-Nesbit, R., Schluter, P. J., Wilkinson, T., Thwaites, J. H., Berry, S. D., & Jamieson, H. A. (2019). Risk factors for hip fracture in New Zealand older adults seeking home care services: A national population cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics, 19, 93. doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1107-1

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Bala, S. S., Jamieson, H. A., & Nishtala, P. S. (2019). Determinants of prescribing potentially inappropriate medications in a nationwide cohort of community dwellers with dementia receiving a comprehensive geriatric assessment. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34, 153-161. doi: 10.1002/gps.5004

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Bala, S. S., Jamieson, H. A., & Nishtala, P. S. (2019). Factors associated with inappropriate prescribing among older adults with complex care needs who have undergone the interRAI assessment. Current Medical Research & Opinion, 35(5), 917-923. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2018.1543185

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Beere, P., Keeling, S., & Jamieson, H. (2019). Ageing, loneliness, and the geographic distribution of New Zealand's interRAI-HC cohort. Social Science & Medicine, 227, 84-92. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.08.002

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Gee, S. B., Cheung, G., Bergler, U., & Jamieson, H. (2019). “There’s more to frail than that”: Older New Zealanders and health professionals talk about frailty. Journal of Aging Research, 2019, 2573239. doi: 10.1155/2019/2573239

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Jamieson, H. A., Nishtala, P. S., Scrase, R., Deely, J. M., Abey-Nesbit, R., Hilmer, S. N., … Lacey, C. J., & Schluter, P. (2019). Drug Burden Index and its association with hip fracture among older adults: A national population-based study. Journals of Gerontology Series A, 74(7), 1127-1133. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gly176

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Jamieson, H., Abey-Nesbit, R., Bergler, U., Keeling, S., Schluter, P. J., Scrase, R., & Lacey, C. (2019). Evaluating the influence of social factors on aged residential care admission in a national home care assessment database of older adults. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20, 1419-1424. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.02.005

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Lacey, C., Manuel, J., Schluter, P. J., Porter, R. J., Pitama, S., & Jamieson, H. A. (2019). Sociodemographic, environmental characteristics and comorbidities of older adults with schizophrenia who access community health service support: A national cross-sectional study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(6), 570-580. doi: 10.1177/0004867419828480

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McAuliffe, M. J., Schluter, P. J., & Jamieson, H. A. (2019). An epidemiological profile of communication disability among older adults with complex needs: A national cross-sectional study. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21(6), 537-546. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2018.1495763

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Nishtala, P. S., Jamieson, H. A., Hanger, H. C., Chyou, T.-y., & Hilmer, S. N. (2019). Examining the risks of major bleeding events in older people using antithrombotics. Cardiovascular Drugs & Therapy, 33, 323-329. doi: 10.1007/s10557-019-06867-z

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Schluter, P. J., McAuliffe, M. J., Askew, D. A., & Jamieson, H. A. (2019). Hearing ability is not a risk factor for admission to aged residential care of older persons in New Zealand. Scientific Reports, 9, 17272. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53457-y

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Burn, R., Hubbard, R. E., Scrase, R. J., Abey-Nesbit, R. K., Peel, N. M., Schluter, P. J., & Jamieson, H. A. (2018). A frailty index derived from a standardized comprehensive geriatric assessment predicts mortality and aged residential care admission. BMC Geriatrics, 18, 319. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-1016-8

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Jamieson, H. A., Gibson, H. M., Abey-Nesbit, R., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Keeling, S., & Schluter, P. J. (2018). Profile of ethnicity, living arrangements and loneliness amongst older adults in Aotearoa New Zealand: A national cross-sectional study. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 37(1), 68-73. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12496

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Jamieson, H. A., Nishtala, P. S., Scrase, R., Deely, J. M., Abey-Nesbit, R., Connolly, M. J., … Schluter, P. J. (2018). Drug burden and its association with falls among older adults in New Zealand: A national population cross-sectional study. Drugs & Aging, 35(1), 73-81. doi: 10.1007/s40266-017-0511-5

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Jordan, J., Crowe, M., Gillon, D., McCall, C., Frampton, C., & Jamieson, H. (2018). Reduced pain reports with increasing cognitive impairment in older persons in New Zealand. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, 33(7), 463-470. doi: 10.1177/1533317518772685

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Schluter, P. J., Arnold, E. P., & Jamieson, H. A. (2018). Falls and hip fractures associated with urinary incontinence among older men and women with complex needs: A national population study. Neurourology & Urodynamics, 37(4), 1336-1343. doi: 10.1002/nau.23442

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Crowe, M., Jordan, J., Gillon, D., McCall, C., Frampton, C., & Jamieson, H. (2017). The prevalence of pain and its relationship to falls, fatigue and depression in a cohort of older people living in the community. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(11), 2642-2651. doi: 10.1111/jan.13328

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Jamieson, H. A., Schluter, P. J., Pyun, J., Arnold, T., Scrase, R., Nisbet-Abey, R., Mor, V., Deely, J. M., & Gray, L. (2017). Fecal incontinence is associated with mortality among older adults with complex needs: An observational cohort study. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 112, 1431-1437. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2017.200

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Narayan, S. W., Jamieson, H. A., & Nishtala, P. S. (2017). Evaluation of the national minimum data set for neurological conditions in older adults. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neurology, 30(6), 331-336. doi: 10.1177/0891988717732154

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Schluter, P. J., Lacey, C., Porter, R. J., & Jamieson, H. A. (2017). An epidemiological profile of bipolar disorder among older adults with complex needs: A national cross-sectional study. Bipolar Disorders, 19(5), 375-385. doi: 10.1111/bdi.12511

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Schluter, P. J., Ward, C., Arnold, E. P., Scrase, R., & Jamieson, H. A. (2017). Urinary incontinence, but not fecal incontinence, is a risk factor for admission to aged residential care of older persons in New Zealand. Neurourology & Urodynamics, 36(6), 1588-1595. doi: 10.1002/nau.23160

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Nishtala, P. S., Gnjidic, D., Jamieson, H. A., Hanger, H. C., Kaluarachchi, C., & Hilmer, S. N. (2016). ‘Real-world’ haemorrhagic rates for warfarin and dabigatran using population-level data in New Zealand. International Journal of Cardiology, 203, 746-752. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.067

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Schluter, P. J., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Anderson, T. J., Beere, P., Brown, J., Dalrymple-Alford, J., … Gillon, D. A., … Keeling, S., … Lacey, C., … Millar, N., Mor, V., & Jamieson, H. A. (2016). Comprehensive clinical assessment of home-based older persons within New Zealand: An epidemiological profile of a national cross-section. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(4), 349-355. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12525

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Schluter, P. J., Spittlehouse, J. K., Cameron, V. A., Chambers, S., Gearry, R., Jamieson, H. A., Kennedy, M., Lacey, C. J., Murdoch, D. R., Pearson, J., Porter, R. J., Richards, M., Skidmore, P. M. L., Troughton, R., Vierck, E., & Joyce, P. R. (2013). Canterbury Health, Ageing and Life Course (CHALICE) study: Rationale, design and methodology. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1375). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Fraser, R., Cogger, V. C., Dobbs, B., Jamieson, H., Warren, A., …, & Le Couteur, D. G. (2012). The liver sieve and atherosclerosis. Pathology, 44(3), 181-186. doi: 10.1097/PAT.0b013e328351bcc8

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Pearson, K. J., Baur, J. A., Lewis, K. N., Peshkin, L., Price, N. L., Labinskyy, N., … Jamieson, H. A., … de Cabo, R. (2008). Resveratrol delays age-related deterioration and mimic transcriptional aspects of dietary restriction without extending life span. Cell Metabolism, 8, 157-168. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2008.06.011

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