Journal
BMC GERIATRICS
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-018-0934-9
Keywords
Research; Clinical trials; Challenges; Barriers; Nursing homes; Long-term care; Long term care hospitals; Chronic care; Skilled-nursing facilities; Residences for senior citizens
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- Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging
- Canadian Institute of Health Research
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Background: The aim of this review is to describe the challenges and barriers to conducting research in long-term care facilities. Methods: A literature search was conducted in Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central, PsycINFO and CINAHL. Keywords used included long term care, nursing home, research', trial, challenge and barrier, etc. Resulting references were screened in order to identify relevant studies that reported on challenges derived from first-hand experience of empirical research studies. Challenges were summarized and synthesized. Results: Of 1723 references, 39 articles were selected for inclusion. To facilitate understanding we proposed a classification framework of 8 main themes to categorize the research challenges presented in the 39 studies, relating to the characteristics of facility/owner/administrator, resident, staff caregiver, family caregiver, investigator, ethical or legal concerns, methodology, and budgetary considerations. Conclusions: Conducting research in long-term care facilities is full of challenges which can be categorized into 8 main themes. Investigators should be aware of all these challenges and specifically address them when planning their studies. Stakeholders should be involved from an early stage and flexibility should be built into both the methodology and research budget.
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