Aging Research - Methodological Issues

✍ Scribed by Carmen García-Peña, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 249
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is the second edition of a well received book that reviews classical epidemiological and clinical research designs, with a specific focus on aging. Chapters cover basic topics like the scientific method, ethics, and the consequences of certain exclusion criteria. The work also includes a look at clinical concepts like multimorbidity, frailty and functionality. New material includes chapters such as geroscience, health systems research, big data and data mining, financing and future of aging research. The authors reveal the issues and challenges for researchers of age and aging, and also consider, 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
The Need for Differentiated Research Methodology in Aging (Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Carmen García-Peña, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo)....Pages 1-9
The Scientific Method as a Point of Departure in Aging Research (Rubén Fossion, Leonardo Zapata-Fonseca)....Pages 11-24
Biomedical Research in Aging (José Mario González-Meljem, Scott Haston, Suchira Gallage, Andrew J. Innes)....Pages 25-54
Geroscience (Isabel Arrieta-Cruz, Armando Luna-López)....Pages 55-62
Descriptive Studies in Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics (Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Lorena Jocabed Rocha Balcázar, Miguel Germán Borda)....Pages 63-72
Qualitative Research in Gerontology and Geriatrics (Fernando A. Wagner, Laurens G. Van Sluytman, Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi, Chioma Nwakanma Wosu)....Pages 73-81
Case-Control Studies in Aging Research (Sergio Sánchez-García, Erika Heredia-Ponce, Luis Pablo Cruz-Hervert, Ángel Cárdenas-Bahena, Laura Bárbara Velázquez-Olmedo, Carmen García-Peña)....Pages 83-93
Longitudinal Studies and Older Adults Cohorts (Carmen García-Peña, Claudia Espinel-Bermúdez, Pamela Tella-Vega, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo)....Pages 95-113
Clinical Trials on Aging Research (Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Antonio Cherubini, Carmen García-Peña, Elisa Zengarini, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo)....Pages 115-127
Mixed Methods in Geriatrics and Gerontology Research (Joseph J. Gallo, Jin Hui Joo)....Pages 129-142
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis in Aging Research (Miguel Ángel Villasís-Keever, Mario Enrique Rendón-Macías, Raúl Hernán Medina-Campos)....Pages 143-155
Health Systems Research in Aging (Hortensia Reyes-Morales, Svetlana V. Doubova, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas)....Pages 157-174
Technology and Aging: Ubiquitous Sensing Technology for Aging Research (Jesús Favela, Luis A. Castro)....Pages 175-184
The Challenge of Big Data and Data Mining in Aging Research (Juan Carlos Gómez-Verján, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo)....Pages 185-196
Research in Public Policies for Aging (Elizabeth Caro-López, Ernesto Velasco-Sánchez)....Pages 197-208
Ethical Issues in Research in Aging (Tirso Zúñiga-Santamaría, Carmen Jimena Vázquez-García)....Pages 209-219
Integration of Consortiums and Search for International Funding (David X. Marquez, Iraida V. Carrion, Susan Aguiñaga, Melissa Lamar)....Pages 221-229
Future of Aging Research (Matteo Cesari, Marco Canevelli, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda)....Pages 231-241
Back Matter ....Pages 243-246

✦ Subjects

Biomedicine; Biomedicine, general; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Aging; Science Education; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary