Mark Thompson
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Dr Mark Q Thompson
BAppSc(OT) MPH PhD
Dr Thompson is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow with the University of Adelaide’s Centre of Research Excellence: Frailty and Healthy Ageing. His current research is focused on the epidemiology of frailty and sarcopenia in older adults and factors associated with improvement or worsening of frailty status, and primary care management of older adults. Dr Thompson is a clinician researcher and works occupational therapist with experience in ageing, rehabilitation, Aboriginal health, and palliative care. He is the managing director of a private allied health service which delivers community-based aged care.
Dr Thompson represents SA on the Council of the Australia New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research which aims to disseminate current knowledge of sarcopenia and frailty, as well as muscle, bone and joint disease.
Dr Thompson's current research activity, primarily focused on frailty and sarcopenia, consists of:
- Examining frailty and sarcopenia prevalence and outcomes among patients admitted to TQEH Acute Medical Unit or General Medicine who undergo a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA);
- Investigating the predictive ability and diagnostic test accuracy of various frailty screening instruments;
- Validating the clinical frailty scale (CFS) classification tree for assisting a novice clinician to derive an accurate CFS frailty score in the acute care setting.
- Examining sarcopenia and frailty among individuals living in residential aged in the FIRST study, and changes in frailty status;
- Examining the effectiveness of comprehensive health assessment in primary care in improving health outcomes for community-dwelling older people.
He has a focus on knowledge translation for clinicians and consumers:
- Co-authoring a frailty clinical pathway commissioned by the Adelaide PHN for the HealthPathways SA Portal;
- Co-designing audio-visual frailty resources.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2020 - ongoing Post Doctoral Research Fellow NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence: Frailty and Healthy Ageing -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy University of Adelaide Australia Master of Public Health University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Ambagtsheer, R. C., Hurley, C. J., Lawless, M., Braunack-Mayer, A., Visvanathan, R., Beilby, J., . . . Chudecka, A. (2024). IMPAACT: IMproving the PArticipAtion of older people in policy decision-making on common health CondiTions - A study protocol. BMJ Open, 14(1), 7 pages.
2023 Mudd, A., Feo, R., Pinero De Plaza, M. A., Tieu, M., Paia, S. Y., Cleland, J., . . . Lange, B. (2023). The Use of Digital Technologies in the Inpatient Setting to Promote Communication during the Early Stage of an Infectious Disease Outbreak: A Scoping Review. Telemedicine and e-Health, 29(2), 172-197.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12023 Ahip, S. S., Ghazali, S. S., Theou, O., Samad, A. A., Lukas, S., Mustapha, U. K., . . . Visvanathan, R. (2023). The Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale-Malay version (PFFS-M): reliability and validity testing in Malaysian primary care. Family practice, 40(2), 290-299.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12023 Ambagtsheer, R. C., Thompson, M. Q., Tucker, G. R., Schultz, T., Beilby, J., & Visvanathan, R. (2023). Does CGA Improve Health Outcomes in the Community? An Umbrella Review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 24(6), 782-789.
Scopus22023 Jadczak, A. D., Thompson, M. Q., Tucker, G. R., & Visvanathan, R. (2023). Life-Space Mobility Change in Nursing Home Residents Over 12 Months.. J Am Med Dir Assoc, S1525-8610(23)00919-2.
2022 Thompson, M. Q., Jadczak, A. D., Tucker, G. R., Theou, O., & Visvanathan, R. (2022). Frailty change based on minimally important difference in nursing home residents: FIRST cohort study findings. Age and Ageing, 51(11), 8 pages.
Scopus2 WoS12022 Thompson, M. Q., Jadczak, A. D., Yu, S., Tucker, G. R., & Visvanathan, R. (2022). Sarcopenia risk in nursing home residents using SARC-F: first study findings. Geriatr Gerontol Int, 22(3), 206-212.
Scopus1 WoS12022 Daly, R. M., Iuliano, S., Fyfe, J. J., Scott, D., Kirk, B., Thompson, M. Q., . . . Maier, A. B. (2022). Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Sarcopenia and Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults: Recommendations from the Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ANZSSFR) Expert Working Group. JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING, 26(6), 637-651.
Scopus21 WoS19 Europe PMC152021 Thompson, M. Q., Yu, S., Tucker, G. R., Adams, R. J., Cesari, M., Theou, O., & Visvanathan, R. (2021). Frailty and sarcopenia in combination are more predictive of mortality than either condition alone. Maturitas, 144, 102-107.
Scopus26 WoS18 Europe PMC172021 Jadczak, A. D., Robson, L., Cooper, T., Bell, J. S., & Visvanathan, R. (2021). The Frailty In Residential Sector over Time (FIRST) study: methods and baseline cohort description. BMC Geriatrics, 21(1), 99-1-99-12.
Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC92021 Archibald, M., Ambagtsheer, R., Lawless, M. T., Thompson, M. O., Shultz, T., Chehade, M. J., . . . Kitson, A. L. (2021). Co-Designing Evidence-Based Videos in Health Care: A Case Exemplar of Developing Creative Knowledge Translation “Evidence-Experience” Resources. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20, 1-10.
Scopus14 WoS22021 Archibald, M., Ambagtsheer, R. C., Lawless, M., Thompson, M., Shultz, T., Chehade, M. J., . . . Kitson, A. (2021). Co-designing evidence-based videos to reduce evidence misalignments in health care: a case exemplar of creative knowledge translation resource development in frailty research. Implementation Science, 10, 10 pages.
2020 Thompson, M. Q., Theou, O., Tucker, G. R., Adams, R. J., & Visvanathan, R. (2020). FRAIL scale: Predictive validity and diagnostic test accuracy. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39(4), e529-e536.
Scopus30 WoS22 Europe PMC202020 Thompson, M. Q., Theou, O., Ratcliffe, J., Tucker, G. R., Adams, R. J., Walters, S. J., & Visvanathan, R. (2020). Frailty state utility and minimally important difference: findings from the North West Adelaide Health Study. Age and Ageing, 50(2), 565-569.
WoS1 Europe PMC22020 Ambagtsheer, R. C., Thompson, M. Q., Archibald, M. M., Casey, M. G., & Schultz, T. J. (2020). Diagnostic test accuracy of self-reported screening instruments in identifying frailty in community-dwelling older people: A systematic review. Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 20(1), 14-24.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC62019 Taylor, D., Barrie, H. R., Lange, J., Thompson, M., Theou, O., & Visvanathan, R. (2019). Geospatial modelling of the prevalence and changing distribution of frailty in Australia – 2011 to 2027. Experimental Gerontology, 123, 57-65.
Scopus26 WoS22 Europe PMC112019 Thompson, M. Q., Theou, O., Tucker, G. R., Adams, R. J., & Visvanathan, R. (2019). Recurrent measurement of frailty is important for mortality prediction: findings from the North West Adelaide Health Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(11), 2311-2317.
Scopus30 WoS26 Europe PMC222018 Thompson, M., Theou, O., Yu, S., Adams, R., Tucker, G., & Visvanathan, R. (2018). Frailty prevalence and factors associated with the Frailty Phenotype and Frailty Index: findings from the North West Adelaide Health Study. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 37(2), 120-126.
Scopus45 WoS36 Europe PMC162018 Thompson, M., Theou, O., Karnon, J., Adams, R., & Visvanathan, R. (2018). Frailty prevalence in Australia: findings from four pooled Australian cohort studies. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 37(2), 155-158.
Scopus42 WoS36 Europe PMC232018 Thompson, M. Q., Theou, O., Adams, R. J., Tucker, G. R., & Visvanathan, R. (2018). Frailty state transitions and associated factors in South Australian older adults. Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 18(11), 1549-1555.
Scopus41 WoS36 Europe PMC252017 Ambagtsheer, R. C., Thompson, M. Q., Archibald, M. M., Casey, M. G., & Schultz, T. J. (2017). Diagnostic test accuracy of self-reported frailty screening instruments in identifying community-dwelling older people at risk of frailty and pre-frailty: a systematic review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 15(10), 2464-2468.
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2020 Thompson, M. Q., Theou, O., Tucker, G. R., Adams, R. J., & Visvanathan, R. (2020). Frailty is a dynamic condition where repeated measurement is important for mortality prediction: findings from the North West Adelaide Health Study. Poster session presented at the meeting of AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING. WILEY. 2019 Ambagtsheer, R. C., Thompson, M. Q., Archibald, M. M., Casey, M. G., & Schultz, T. J. (2019). Diagnostic test accuracy of self-reported and self-administered screening instruments to identify frailty among older, community-dwelling populations: a systematic review. Poster session presented at the meeting of AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING. WILEY. 2018 Thompson, M., Theou, O., Tucker, G., Adams, R., & Visvanathan, R. (2018). Frailty state transitions and associated factors in South Australian older adults. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, as published in Australasian Journal on Ageing. Sydney, Australia: Wiley.
Adelaide Medical School. 5th year geriatrics rotation.
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