Overview
- Reviews classical epidemiological and clinical research designs focusing on aging
- Presents refreshing ideas and concepts in health research
- Supports research on one of the great world challenges, of aging population
- Includes new content
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
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.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aging Research - Methodological Issues
Editors: Carmen García-Peña, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95387-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95386-1Published: 09 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07025-0Published: 20 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95387-8Published: 25 September 2018
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 246
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedicine general, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Aging, Science Education, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary