Aging Research - Methodological Issues

ISBN-13: 9783319953861 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 246 str.

Carmen Garcia-Pena;Luis Miguel Gutierrez-Robledo;Mario Ulises Perez-Zepeda

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Preface

1. The Need for Differentiated Research Methodology in Aging

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

2. The Scientific Method as a Point of Departure in Aging Research
Rubén Fossion, Leonardo Zapata-Fonseca.

 3. Biomedical Research in Aging
José Mario González-Meljem, Scott Haston, Suchira Gallage, Andrew J. Innes.

4. Geroscience
Isabel Arrieta-Cruz, Armando Luna-López.

 5. Descriptive Studies in Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics
Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Lorena Jocabed Rocha Balcázar, Miguel Germán Borda. 

6. Qualitative Research in Gerontology and Geriatrics
Fernando A. Wagner, Laurens G. Van Sluytman, Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi, Chioma Nwakanma Wosu.

7. 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.

8. Longitudinal Studies and Older Adults Cohorts
Carmen García-Peña, Claudia Espinel-Bermúdez, Pamela Tella-Vega, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo.

9. Clinical Trials in Aging Research
Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Antonio Cherubini, Carmen García-Peña, Elisa Zengarini, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo.

10. Mixed Methods in Geriatrics and Gerontology Research
Joseph J. Gallo, Jin Hui Joo. 

11. Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in Aging Research
Miguel Ángel Villasís-Keever, Mario Enrique Rendón-Macías, Raul Hernán Medina-Campos.

12. Health Systems Research in Aging
Hortensia Reyes-Morales, Svetlana V. Doubova, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas.

13. Technology and Aging: Ubiquitous Sensing Technology for Aging Research
Jesús Favela, Luis A. Castro.

14. The Challenge of Big Data and Data Mining in Aging Research
Juan Carlos Gómez-Verjan, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo.

15. Research in Public Policies for Aging
Elizabeth Caro-López, Ernesto Velasco-Sánchez.

16. Ethical Issues in Research in Aging
Tirso Zúñiga-Santamaría, Carmen Jimena Vázquez-García.

17. Integration of Consortiums and Search for International Funding
David X. Marquez, Iraida V. Carrion, Susan Aguiñaga, Melissa Lamar.

18. Future of Aging Research
Matteo Cesari, Marco Canevelli, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda.

Index

O autorze

Luis Miguel Gutiérrez Robledo is the General Director of the National Institute of Geriatrics. He is a medical doctor with specialization in internal medicine and geriatrics from Grenobole University, France. Dr Gutierrez-Robledo obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Bordeaux, France. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine in México and an international member of the National Academy of Medicine in France.

Carmen García-Peña is  the Research Director of the National Institute of Geriatrics at Mexico. She is a medical doctor with an specialization of family medicine and a  master degree in medical sciences. She  obtained her PhD in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is  qualified as National Researcher level III by the National Council of Science and Technology. Member of the National Academy of Medicine and international member of the National Academy of Medicine at USA.

Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda is a health researcher at the National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico. He is a medical doctor graduated from Anahuac University with specialization in  Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, both at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He is a professor at the Universidad Anáhuac México and the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. In 2017 he was awarded the national prize for the best clinical category scientific paper in Mexico.​