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Título del libro: Aging Research - Methodological Issues: Second Edition
Título del capítulo: Clinical trials on aging research

Autores UNAM:
MARIO ULISES PEREZ ZEPEDA; MARIA DEL CARMEN GARCIA PEÑA; LUIS MIGUEL FRANCISCO GUTIERREZ ROBLEDO;
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Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2018
Palabras clave:

Clinical trials; Interventions for older adults; Pragmatic trials


Resumen:

Clinical trials are considered to be one of the best methodologies in health research and they are used primarily to test interventions in medicine. Aging research is no exception for this goal, and clinical trials are used to test different interventions in older adults with a number of variations in this particular research. In addition to drugs, in older adult's diverse non-pharmacological interventions are experimented for a wide-array of diseases and conditions that are particular for this age group. A careful design and sometimes adaptation of clinical trials methodology are necessary to have accurate results and translate them into actions in everyday clinical care of the older adult. Below, we provide a general and schematic review of the theoretical concept of clinical trials and their variants, followed by examples of interventions and specific outcomes in research on older adults. © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. All rights reserved.


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