Meeting the challenges in conducting research in vulnerable older adults with self-neglect-notes from a field team
Gaining a systematic understanding of possible ways to increase the quality and lifespan of older adults experiencing self-neglect has unique challenges. These challenges include identifying self-neglect in the community and navigating levels of cognitive, physical, and/or psychological difficulties...
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| description | Gaining a systematic understanding of possible ways to increase the quality and lifespan of older adults experiencing self-neglect has unique challenges. These challenges include identifying self-neglect in the community and navigating levels of cognitive, physical, and/or psychological difficulties in this population that impact recruitment, consent, and accurate data collection. Conducting quality research under some of the environmental self-neglect conditions such as squalor, animal and insect infestations and no utilities can also challenge planned study protocols and study validity. This manuscript presents details of these overarching challenges and some of the workable solutions noted and implemented by research field-team members who have enrolled over 300 adults experiencing self-neglect for various studies. Usual research methodology must overcome these barriers to work to create consciousness about the self-neglect population. The classic series of cases is still a good alternative when describing self-neglect. Considerations for conducting future self-neglect research are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0bee08de24cc46ca9d0fe3ae56d8f3f72023-03-29T04:50:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2023-03-011010.3389/fmed.2023.11148951114895Meeting the challenges in conducting research in vulnerable older adults with self-neglect-notes from a field teamSabrina Pickens0Jason Burnett1Mary Ellen Trail Ross2Erick Jones3Felicia Jefferson4College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, United StatesMcGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United StatesCenter for Nursing Research, Cizik School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United StatesDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United StatesDepartment of Neuroscience, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA, United StatesGaining a systematic understanding of possible ways to increase the quality and lifespan of older adults experiencing self-neglect has unique challenges. These challenges include identifying self-neglect in the community and navigating levels of cognitive, physical, and/or psychological difficulties in this population that impact recruitment, consent, and accurate data collection. Conducting quality research under some of the environmental self-neglect conditions such as squalor, animal and insect infestations and no utilities can also challenge planned study protocols and study validity. This manuscript presents details of these overarching challenges and some of the workable solutions noted and implemented by research field-team members who have enrolled over 300 adults experiencing self-neglect for various studies. Usual research methodology must overcome these barriers to work to create consciousness about the self-neglect population. The classic series of cases is still a good alternative when describing self-neglect. Considerations for conducting future self-neglect research are presented.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1114895/fullself-neglectaging adultsfield notesvulnerable adultelder abuse |
| spellingShingle | Sabrina Pickens Jason Burnett Mary Ellen Trail Ross Erick Jones Felicia Jefferson Meeting the challenges in conducting research in vulnerable older adults with self-neglect-notes from a field team Frontiers in Medicine self-neglect aging adults field notes vulnerable adult elder abuse |
| title | Meeting the challenges in conducting research in vulnerable older adults with self-neglect-notes from a field team |
| title_full | Meeting the challenges in conducting research in vulnerable older adults with self-neglect-notes from a field team |
| title_fullStr | Meeting the challenges in conducting research in vulnerable older adults with self-neglect-notes from a field team |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meeting the challenges in conducting research in vulnerable older adults with self-neglect-notes from a field team |
| title_short | Meeting the challenges in conducting research in vulnerable older adults with self-neglect-notes from a field team |
| title_sort | meeting the challenges in conducting research in vulnerable older adults with self neglect notes from a field team |
| topic | self-neglect aging adults field notes vulnerable adult elder abuse |
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