Caroline Brundle
Senior Research Fellow
ORCID0000-0003-3412-7280
Caroline is project manager for the Academic Unit for Ageing and Stroke Research’s INCLUDE Study: development of methods to identify digitally excluded older people, and tailoring of interventions to meet their digital needs. Prior to this she worked as an Ageing and Stroke Researcher on several of the Unit’s projects, including the CARE75+ (Community Ageing Research) cohort study and the PROSPER (Personalised Care Planning for Older People with Frailty) Programme.
Before joining the in August 2014, Caroline worked at the University of Manchester on projects investigating support needs of cancer patients and carers, treatments for adolescent depression, falls in older people with visual impairment and discharge from inpatient care at end of life. Her research career has also included roles in a housing association and a social research consultancy.
Recent Publications
Brundle C, Johansson JF, Best K, Clegg A, Forster A, Atkinson T, Foster M, Humphrey S, Iliff A, Inglis J, Walker C, Graham L. Development of methods to identify digitally excluded older people, and tailoring of interventions to meet their digital needs: a protocol for a mixed-methods study (the INCLUDE study). BMJ Open 2025;15(9):e102723. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9/e102723
Crocker TC, Lam N, Ensor J, Jordão M, Bajpai R, Bond M, Forster A, Riley R, Andre D, Brundle C, Ellwood A, Green J, Hale M, Morgan J, Patetsini E, Prescott M, Ramiz R, Todd O, Walford R, Gladman J and Clegg A. Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Health Technology Assessment 2024;28(48):1-194. https://doi.org/10.3310/HNRP2514
Crocker TF, Ensor J, Lam N, Jordão M, Bajpai R, Bond M, Forster A, Riley R, Andre D, Brundle C, Ellwood A, Green J, Hale M, Mirza L, Morgan J, Patel I, Patetsini E, Prescott M, Ramiz R, Todd O, Walford R, Gladman J, Clegg A. Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis BMJ 2024; 384 :e077764. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-077764
Graham L, Brundle C, Harrison N, Andre D, Clegg A, Forster A, Spilsbury K. What are the priorities for research of older people living in their own home, including those living with frailty? A systematic review and content analysis of studies reporting older people’s priorities and unmet needs, Age and Ageing 2024; 53(1):afad232. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad232
Crocker TF, Lam N, Jordão M, Brundle C, Prescott M, Forster A, Ensor J, Gladman J, Clegg A. Risk-of-bias assessment using Cochrane’s revised tool for randomized trials (RoB 2) was useful but challenging and resource-intensive: observations from a systematic review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2023;161:39-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.015
Brundle C, Heaven A, Clegg A. Eligibility screening older research participants using remote cognitive assessment—experiences and reflections from a primary care randomised controlled trial. Trials 2022; 23:862. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06805-9
Brown L, Heaven A, Quinn C, Goodwin V, Chew-Graham C, Mahmood F, Hallas S, Jacob I, Brundle C, Best K, Daffu-O’Reilly A, Spilsbury K, Young TA, Hawkins R, Hanratty B, Teale E, Clegg A. Community Ageing Research 75+ (CARE75+) REMOTE study: a remote model of recruitment and assessment of the health, well-being and social circumstances of older people. BMJ Open 2021;11(11):e048524. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048524
Harrison N, Brundle C, Heaven A, Clegg A. The cost of community research—recruiting community-dwelling participants to a feasibility primary care cluster randomised controlled trial Trials 2021;22:332. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05297-3
Brown L, Mossabir R, Harrison N, Brundle C, Smith J, Clegg A. Life in lockdown: A telephone survey to investigate the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the lives of older people (≥ 75years). Age Ageing 2020; afaa255, https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa255
Hale M, Santorelli G, Brundle C, Clegg A. A cross-sectional study assessing agreement between self-reported and general practice recorded health conditions among community dwelling older adults. Age Ageing 2019; 49(1):135-140. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afz124
Heaven A, Brown L, Young J, Teale E, Hawkins R, Spilsbury K, Mountain G, Young T, Goodwin V, Hanratty B, Chew-Graham C, Brundle C, Mahmood F, Jacob I, Daffu-O’Reilly A, Clegg A. Community ageing research 75+ study (CARE75+): an experimental ageing and frailty research cohort. BMJ Open 2019;9(3):e026744. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026744
Brundle C, Heaven A, Brown L, Teale E, Young J, West R, Clegg A. Convergent validity of the electronic frailty index. Age Ageing 2019;48(1):152-156.