Challenges in conducting research with acutely ill hospitalized older patients

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-259

  Hancock, Karen ^a   Chenoweth, Lynn ^b   Chang, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute care; Hospital setting; Methodological difficulties; Older patient; Research; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONSUMER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FATIGUE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LONELINESS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344740684     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2003.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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