Research Publications

2025: Das, S., & Ayalon, L. Ageism, ableism, and their intersection: Evidence from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India wave 1. International Psychogeriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100104 

2025: Ayalon, L., & Das, S. Perceived age discrimination and social isolation mediate the relationship between disasters and loneliness: results from Wave 1 of the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 80(8), gbaf121. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf121 

2025 (In Press): Das, S., Tolani, H., & Neogi, S. Understanding Frailty in India: A State-Level Bayesian Spatial Model Study. Research on Aging. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027525136095 

2025: Das, S., Pooley, E. & Holland, C. A holistic approach to cognitive frailty in an older community-dwelling population in India: Evidence from a nationally representative survey, Journal of Global Ageing. 2(2), 255-280. https://doi.org/10.1332/29767202Y2025D000000033 

2025: Holland, C., Dravecz, N., Broughton, S., Barker, L.A., Bature, F., Clarke, C., Danat, I.M., Das, S., et al. Interventions for Cognitive Frailty: developing a Delphi consensus with multidisciplinary and multisectoral experts, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience., 17(2025). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2025.1541048 

2025: Das, Sayani. Social Welfare Initiative and its Impact on Hypertension among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 37 (4), 684-703. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2025.2461946 

2024: Das, S., Mukhopadhyay, B. & Mukhopadhyay, S. Understanding Frailty: Perspectives and Experiences of Rural Older Adults in India. The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 79(8), gbae096. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae096 

2023: Pai M., Muhammad T., Das S., Chaudhary M., Srivastava S. Gender differences in the association between physical frailty and life satisfaction among older adults in India. 23, 6. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyg.13014 

2023: Das, S., Goswami, V. Chandel, S. Normal Weight Central Obesity and Hypertension in India: Cross-Sectional   Finding From LASI, 2017-19, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 33(10), 1888-1898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2023.06.022 

2023: Das, Sayani. The impact of diabetes on sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults in India: key findings from the longitudinal ageing study in India (LASI). Diabetes Epidemiology and Management. 12, 100158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.deman.2023.100158 

2023: Das, S., Prasad, J. Gender Differences in Determinants of the Components of the Frailty Phenotype among Older Adults in India: Findings from LASI Wave-1. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(40), 3055. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043055 

2022: Das, S., Mukhopadhyay, S. & Mukhopadhyay, B. The Association between Physical Frailty and Psycho-Social Health in Determining Geriatric Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural West Bengal, India. Ageing International. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-022-09511-8 

2022: Das, Sayani. Cognitive frailty among community-dwelling rural elderly population of West Bengal in India. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 70(2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103025 

2021: Das, S., Mukhopadhyay, S. & Mukhopadhyay, B. The Association of Frailty Syndrome with Sarcopenia among Community-Dwelling Rural Elderly Population: A Cross-Sectional Study. Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 16(2), 82-87. https://doi.org/10.12809/ajgg-2021-458-oa 

 2021: Das, S., Dey, A & Prasad, J. Self-adaptive coping strategies among urban community-dwelling elderly population amidst COVID-19 pandemic situation in India. Indian Journal of Gerontology, 35 (3), 327-340 http://www.gerontologyindia.com/pdf/vol35-2.pdf 

2019: Das, S. & Chandel, S. The age-old tradition of Hookah smoking and its association with geriatric anaemia in rural women of north India. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 10 (2), 487-494. https://rjhssonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2019-10-2-34 

2019: Das, Sayani. Frailty Syndrome: A problem lurking in the Indian geriatric population. Indian Journal of Social Research, 60 (2), 269-277. 

2018: Das, S. & Chandel, S. Frailty pattern among the elderly rural women of India. Indian Journal of Gerontology, 32 (2), 138-148 http://www.gerontologyindia.com/pdf/Vol-32-2.pdf 

2017: Das, S. & Chandel, S. Association between blood pressure and anthropometric indicators of obesity among elderly rural women of India. Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 8(9), 950-953.