Aging Research - Methodological Issues

Carmen García-Peña, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

X, 149 Seiten

2015 | 2015
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-18322-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book reviews classical epidemiological and clinical research studies, with a focus on aging. Chapters cover methodological topics like the scientific method, ethics, and the consequences of certain exclusion criteria and the work includes a look at clinical concepts like multi morbidity, frailty and functionality. The authors reveal the issues and challenges for researchers of age and aging, and also consider the translation of scientific knowledge, from basic to clinical and from clinical to public policies of social and health care.

The focus on aging is what gives this book its valuable perspective on research methodology. All authors have considerable experience in aging, geriatrics or gerontology and each chapter includes both a theoretical framework and practical examples of studies in aging. Readers will discover study designs that are reviewed for basic structure, main flaws and advantages and are analyzed for specific conditions and variables regarding aging.

This text is suited to both health care professionals caring for older adults and researchers who are new to research in aging. It is relevant across the disciplines, including medicine, psychology, social sciences and dentistry and it supports learning with graphs and figures.

Inhalt

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION
Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Carmen García-Peña, Victoria E. Arango-Lopera and Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Rubén Fossion and Leonardo Zapata-Fonseca

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Eunice Lopez-Muñoz

DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES
Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda and Jocabed Rocha-Balcázar

QUALITATIVE STUDIES
Teresa Juárez-Cedillo, Edgar Jarillo-Soto, Sergio Sánchez-García and Carmen García-Peña

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES
Sergio Sánchez-García, Érika Heredia-Ponce, Pablo Cruz-Hervert, Ángel Cárdenas-Bahena, Laura Bárbara Velázquez-Olmedo and Carmen García-Peña

LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
Carmen García-Peña, Claudia Espinel-Bermúdez, Laura del Pilar Torres-Arreola, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda and Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo

CLINICAL TRIALS
Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Carmen García-Peña, Victoria E. Arango-Lopera, Elisa Zengarini and Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo

MIXED-METHODS STUDIES
Elías Varga-Amezcua

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META ANALYSIS
Miguel Ángel Villasís-Keever and Mario Enrique Rendón-Macías

TECHNOLOGY AND AGING
Jesús Favela and Luis A. Castro

TRANSLATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Elizabeth Caro-López

INDEX

Rezensionen

"The editors have compiled classic epidemiological and clinical research studies about the aging population in this book. ... The book is written for several audiences, including undergraduate and postgraduate students with an interest in aging research and senior researchers who are interested in conducting research on this population." (Michalene A. King, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2015)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2015
• Zusatzinfo: X, 149 p. 23 illus., 15 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
• Schlagworte: Aging Research • Geriatrics • Multimorbidity • Research Methodology • research studies
• ISBN-10: 3-319-18322-2 / 3319183222
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-18322-0 / 9783319183220
• Zustand: Neuware