Emeritus Professor Richard Sainsbury, Our people, University of Otago, Christchurch, University of Otago, New Zealand

Dick Sainsbury

MB ChB(Otago) FRACP Grad Dip Arts(Massey) MA(Dist)Massey

Department of Medicine
University of Otago, Christchurch
The Princess Margaret Hospital
P O Box 800
Christchurch

Email dsain@xtra.co.nz

Current Roles

Emeritus Professor, Health Care of the Elderly, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Past President, N.Z. Geriatrics Society
Locum Physician in Geriatric Medicine, The Princess Margaret Hospital, Burwood Hospital Christchurch Hospital
Elected member Medical Council of New Zealand
Board member, New Zealand Artificial Limb Board

Research Interests

Physiological function of Older People
Hip fracture
Parkinson’s Disease
Service Innovations for Older People
Older People in Literature

Top 10 Publications

Ebrahim SBJ, Sainsbury R., Watson S. Foot problems in the elderly - a hospital survey. Brit Med J (1981); 283: 949-950. [100708]
Bennett T, MacDonald IA, Sainsbury R. The influence of acute starvation on the cardiovascular responses to lower body sub-atmospheric pressure or to standing in man. Clin Science (1984); 66: 141-146. [100599]
Bennett T, MacDonald IA, Sainsbury R. The influence of a 48 hour fast on thermo-regulatory responses to graded cooling in man. Clin Science (1984); 67: 445-452. [100599]
Begg EJ, Sharman JR, Kidd JE, Sainsbury R., Clark DWJ. Variability in the elimination of Mianserin in elderly patients. B J of Clin Pharmacology (1989); 27: 445-452. [100708]
Nichol SR, Sainsbury R., Bailey RR, King A, Frampton C, Elliot JR, Turner JG. Assessment of creatinine clearance in healthy subjects over 65 years of age. Nephron (1991); 59: 621-625. [100713]
Wilkinson TJ, Sainsbury R. Elderly people referred for institutional care - is prior assessment necessary? NZ Med J (1992) 105; 945: 451-452. [100708]
Wilkinson TJ., Buhrkuhl DC., Sainsbury R. Assessing and restoring function in the elderly - more than rehabilitation. Clinical Rehabilitation. (1997); 11: 321-328. [100708]
Wilkinson, TJ., Hanger HC., George P., and Sainsbury R. The response to treatment of subclinical thiamine deficiency in the elderly. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1997); 66:925-8. [100708]
Hanger HC., Fogarty B., Wilkinson TJ., Sainsbury R. Stroke patients’ views on stroke outcomes: Death versus disability. Clinical Rehabilitation (2000) 14; 4: 429 - 436
Watson DR., Wilkinson TJ., Sainsbury R., Kidd JE. Effect of hospital admission on the opinions and knowledge of elderly patients regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Age and Ageing (1997); 26: 429-434.

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Publications

Sainsbury, R. (2018, August). Reflections on a career in geriatric medicine. Verbal presentation at the 9th South General Practice Conference & Medical Exhibition (GP CME), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Sainsbury, R. (2017). How literature enhances the practice of geriatric medicine [Invited]. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 36(Suppl. 2), (pp. 18). doi: 10.1111/ajag.12419

Hutchinson, C., Hanger, C., Wilkinson, T., Sainsbury, R., & Pithie, A. (2009). Spontaneous spinal infections in older people. Internal Medicine Journal, 39(12), 845-848. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02052.x

Hanger, H. C., Fletcher, V. J., Wilkinson, T. J., Brown, A. J., Frampton, C. M., & Sainsbury, R. (2008). Effect of aspirin and warfarin on early survival after intracerebral haemorrhage. Journal of Neurology, 255(3), 347-352. doi: 10.1007/s00415-008-0650-z

Wong, A., Burford, S., Wyles, C. L., Mundy, H., & Sainsbury, R. (2008). Evaluation of strategies to improve nutrition in people with dementia in an assessment unit. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 12(5), 309-312. doi: 10.1007/BF02982660

Beard, M. E. J., Thwaites, J. H., Chambers, S. T., Colls, B. M., Cameron, C., Jeffery, M., … Pithie, A., … Sainsbury, R. (2007). Management guidelines for common medical conditions (12th ed.). Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury District Health Board, 288p.

Authored Book - Other

Beard, M. E. J., Thwaites, J. H., Chambers, S. T., Colls, B. M., Doogue, M., Jeffery, M., … Pithie, A., … Sainsbury, R. (2005). Management guidelines for common medical conditions (11th ed.). Christchurch, NZ: Canterbury District Health Board, 271p.

Authored Book - Other

Beard, M. E. J., Thwaites, J. H., Begg, E. J., Chambers, S., Colls, B. M., Jeffery, G. M., … Pithie, A., … Sainsbury, R., & Young, C. (2003). Management guidelines for common medical conditions (10th ed.). Christchurch, NZ: Canterbury District Health Board, 299p.

Authored Book - Other

Beard, M. E. J., Thwaites, J. H., Begg, E. J., Chambers, S., Jeffery, G. M., King, S., Pithie, A., … Sainsbury, R., & Young, C. (2001). Management Guidelines for Common Medical Conditions (9th ed.). Christchurch: Canterbury District Health Board.

Authored Book - Other

Journal - Research Article

Hanger, H. C., Wilkinson, T. J., Fayez-Iskander, N., & Sainsbury, R. (2007). The risk of recurrent stroke after intracerebral haemorrhage. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 78, 836-840. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.106500

Journal - Research Article

Thwaites, J., Mann, F., Gilchrist, N., McKie, J., & Sainsbury, R. (2007). Older patients with hip fractures: Evaluation of a long-term specialist orthopaedic medicine service in their outcomes. New Zealand Medical Journal, 120(1254). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/120-1254/2535/content.pdf

Journal - Research Article

Roud, H., Keeling, S., & Sainsbury, R. (2006). Using the COPE assessment tool with informal carers of people with dementia in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1237). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1237/2053/content.pdf

Journal - Research Article

Lynn, S., Sainsbury, R., & Searle, M. (2005). Older patients in the nephrology clinic: Should they be referred? New Zealand Medical Journal, 118(1225). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/118-1225/1728/content.pdf

Journal - Research Article

Thwaites, J. H., Mann, F., Gilchrist, N., Frampton, C., Rothwell, A., & Sainsbury, R. (2005). Shared care between geriatricians and orthopaedic surgeons as a model of care for older patients with hip fractures. New Zealand Medical Journal, 118(1214). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/118-1214/1438/content.pdf

Journal - Research Article

Beckert, L. E. L., Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (2003). A needs-based study and examination skills course improves students' performance. Medical Education, 37, 424-428.

Journal - Research Article

Botting, C., Sutherland, M., Wells, E., Town, I., Sainsbury, R., & Toop, L. (2003). The use of inhaled and related respiratory medications in Christchurch rest homes. New Zealand Medical Journal, 116(1187). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1187/709/content.pdf

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (2003). Evaluation of a warfarin initiation protocol for older people. Internal Medicine Journal, 33, 465-467.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T., & Sainsbury, R. (2003). Stroke services high priority, but neither coordinated nor timely [Editorial]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 116(1174). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1174/433/content.pdf

Journal - Research Article

Sainsbury, R., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2002). Funding health services for older people. New Zealand Medical Journal, 115(1150), 119-120.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., Gower, S. E., & Sainsbury, R. (2002). The earlier, the better: The effect of early community contact on the attitudes of medical students to older people. Medical Education, 36, 540-542.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., Thomas, K., MacGregor, S., Tillard, G., Wyles, C., & Sainsbury, R. (2002). Tolerance of early diet textures as indicators of recovery of dysphagia after stroke. Dysphagia, 17(3), 227-232.

Journal - Research Article

Davison, C. W., Merrilees, M. J., Wilkinson, T. J., McKie, J. S., Sainsbury, R., & Gilchrist, N. L. (2001). Hip fracture mortality and morbidity - can we do better? New Zealand Medical Journal, 114, 329-331.

Journal - Research Article

Low, J., Wyles, C., Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (2001). The effect of compliance on clinical outcomes for patients with dysphagia on videofluoroscopy. Dysphagia, 16(2), 123-127.

Journal - Research Article

Granger, A. S., Sainsbury, R., Wilkinson, T. J., & MacFarlane, M. (2000). Multiple meningiomas: Case report and review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 7(2), 149-152.

Journal - Research Article

Hanger, H. C., Fogarty, B., Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (2000). Stroke patients' views on stroke outcomes: Death versus disability. Clinical Rehabilitation, 14, 417-424.

Journal - Research Article

Hanger, H. C., Whitewood, P., Brown, G., Ball, M. C., Harper, J., Cox, R., & Sainsbury, R. (2000). A randomised controlled trial of strapping to prevent post-stroke shoulder pain. Clinical Rehabilitation, 14(4), 370-380. doi: 10.1191/0269215500cr339oa

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., Hanger, H. C., George, P. M., & Sainsbury, R. (2000). Is subclinical thiamine deficiency in elderly people related to age or co-morbidity? Age & Ageing, 29, 111-116.

Journal - Research Article

Sainsbury, R., & Wilkinson, T. J. (1999). The achievements of geriatric medicine. New Zealand Medical Journal, 112(1098), 407-410.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., Begg, E. J., Winter, A. C., & Sainsbury, R. (1999). Incidence and risk factors for hyponatraemia following treatment with fluoxetine or paroxetine in elderly people. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 47(2), 211-217.

Journal - Research Article

Begg, E. J., Wilkinson, T. J., Winter, A. C., & Sainsbury, R. (1998). Incidence and risk factors for hyponatraemia following fluoxetine or paroxetine in elderly poeple. Proceedings of ASCEPT, 5, 60.

Journal - Research Article

Hanger, H. C., Walker, G., Patterson, L., McBride, S., & Sainsbury, R. (1998). What do patients and their carers want to know about stroke? A two year follow-up study. Clinical Rehabilitation, 12, 45-52.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (1998). A census-based comparison of centenarians in New Zealand with those in the United States. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 46(4), 488-491.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (1998). Educating medical students in geriatric medicine: the Christchurch experience. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 17(3), 115-119.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (1998). Hip protectors. Age & Ageing, 27, 89-90.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (1998). The association between mortality, morbidity and age in New Zealand's oldest old. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 46(4), 333-343.

Journal - Research Article

Hanger, H. C., & Sainsbury, R. (1997). Risky discharges: are we too cautious? Australian Journal on Ageing, 16(4), 155-157.

Journal - Research Article

Watson, D. R., Wilkinson, T. J., Sainsbury, R., & Kidd, J. E. (1997). The effect of hospital admission on the opinions and knowledge of elderly patients regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Age & Ageing, 26(6), 429-434.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., Buhrkuhl, D. C., & Sainsbury, R. (1997). Assessing and restoring function in elderly people: more than rehabilitation. Clinical Rehabilitation, 11(4), 321-328.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., Hanger, H. C., Elmslie, J., George, P. M., & Sainsbury, R. (1997). The response to treatment of subclinical thiamine deficiency in the elderly. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 66(4), 925-928.

Journal - Research Article

Elliott, J. M., Wilkinson, T. J., Hanger, H. C., Gilchrist, N. L., Sainsbury, R., Shamy, S., & Rothwell, A. (1996). The added effectiveness of early geriatrician involvement on acute orthopaedic wards to orthogeriatric rehabilitation. New Zealand Medical Journal, 109(1017), 72-73.

Journal - Research Article

Everts, R., Hanger, H. C., Jennings, L. C., Hawkins, A., & Sainsbury, R. (1996). Outbreaks of influenza A among elderly hospital inpatients. New Zealand Medical Journal, 109, 272-274.

Journal - Research Article

Hanger, H. C., & Sainsbury, R. (1996). Sensory abnormalities after stroke. Stroke, 27, 1439-1440.

Journal - Research Article

Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (2005). Response to the article Changing medical students' attitudes about older adults and future older patients. Academic Medicine, 80(10, Suppl.), S6-S9. Retrieved from http://www.academicmedicine.org/cgi/eletters/80/10_suppl/S6#184

Journal - Research Other

Hanger, H. C., Wilkinson, T., Keeling, S., & Sainsbury, R. (2004). New Zealand guideline for management of stroke [Letter]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 117(1192). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/117-1192/863/content.pdf

Journal - Research Other

Wilkinson, T. J., Sainsbury, R., & Gilchrist, N. L. (2002). How well are community-living people treated for osteoporosis after hip fracture? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(11), 1914.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Wilkinson, T. J., Sainsbury, R., & Gilchrist, N. L. (2001). Osteoporosis follow-up after fracture. Archives of Internal Medicine, 161, 2633.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Wilkinson, T. J., Watson, D. R. R., Sainsbury, R., & Kidd, J. E. E. (1998). Hospital admission and opinions of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Age & Ageing, 27, 546.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Wilkinson, T. J., Watson, D. R., Sainsbury, R., & Kidd, J. E. E. (1998). Implementation of guidelines for No-CPR orders. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 28(1), 67-68.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Sainsbury, R. (2017). How literature enhances the practice of geriatric medicine [Invited]. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 36(Suppl. 2), (pp. 18). doi: 10.1111/ajag.12419

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hanger, H. C., Iskander, N. F., Wilkinson, T. J., & Sainsbury, R. (2006). Recurrence of intracerebral haemorrhage after an index bleed. Internal Medicine Journal, 36(2), (pp. A8). doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01019.x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hanger, H. C., Wilkinson, T. J., Fayez-Iskander, N., & Sainsbury, R. (2006). The risk of recurrent stroke after intracerebral haemorrhage. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1245). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1245/2330/content.pdf

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hutchinson, C., Hanger, H. C., Sainsbury, R., Wilkinson, T. J., & Pithie, A. (2006). Incidence and outcome of bacterial discitis in the elderly in Canterbury. Internal Medicine Journal, 36(Suppl. 5), (pp. A176). doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01206.x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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