Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers

Collating the published research around institutional, long term care is confounded by the differing terminologies used to describe this health-care setting. We aimed to collate the descriptors used by researchers to inform the future development of a ‘search filter’ (a collection of search terms to...

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Main Authors: Burton, Jennifer K., Quinn, Terence J., Gordon, Adam L., MacLullich, Alasdair M.J., Reynish, Emma L., Shenkin, Susan D.
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48078/
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author Burton, Jennifer K.
Quinn, Terence J.
Gordon, Adam L.
MacLullich, Alasdair M.J.
Reynish, Emma L.
Shenkin, Susan D.
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Shenkin, Susan D.
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description Collating the published research around institutional, long term care is confounded by the differing terminologies used to describe this health-care setting. We aimed to collate the descriptors used by researchers to inform the future development of a ‘search filter’ (a collection of search terms to help identify relevant records from electronic literature databases). We surveyed international researchers via the Nursing Home Research International Working Group, European Geriatric Medicine Society and published reviewers, achieving at 38% response rate across 21 countries. Our findings identified variation in terminology used by researchers to describe long-term care settings in their country of practice. Nursing home was the most accepted term (96%). ‘Homes for the Aged’ was selected by 48% of respondents. A range of terms are likely to be necessary to identify all relevant research and these may not be intuitive. We will use these data to help inform development of a search filter.
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spelling nottingham-480782020-05-04T19:14:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48078/ Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers Burton, Jennifer K. Quinn, Terence J. Gordon, Adam L. MacLullich, Alasdair M.J. Reynish, Emma L. Shenkin, Susan D. Collating the published research around institutional, long term care is confounded by the differing terminologies used to describe this health-care setting. We aimed to collate the descriptors used by researchers to inform the future development of a ‘search filter’ (a collection of search terms to help identify relevant records from electronic literature databases). We surveyed international researchers via the Nursing Home Research International Working Group, European Geriatric Medicine Society and published reviewers, achieving at 38% response rate across 21 countries. Our findings identified variation in terminology used by researchers to describe long-term care settings in their country of practice. Nursing home was the most accepted term (96%). ‘Homes for the Aged’ was selected by 48% of respondents. A range of terms are likely to be necessary to identify all relevant research and these may not be intuitive. We will use these data to help inform development of a search filter. Serdi 2017-10-31 Article PeerReviewed Burton, Jennifer K., Quinn, Terence J., Gordon, Adam L., MacLullich, Alasdair M.J., Reynish, Emma L. and Shenkin, Susan D. (2017) Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers. Journal of Nursing Home Research, 3 (2017). pp. 99-102. ISSN 2496-0799 Nursing home; Long-term care; Care home; Residential care; Survey http://www.jnursinghomeresearch.com/all-issues.html?article=150 doi:10.14283/jnhrs.2017.15 doi:10.14283/jnhrs.2017.15
spellingShingle Nursing home; Long-term care; Care home; Residential care; Survey
Burton, Jennifer K.
Quinn, Terence J.
Gordon, Adam L.
MacLullich, Alasdair M.J.
Reynish, Emma L.
Shenkin, Susan D.
Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers
title Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers
title_full Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers
title_fullStr Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers
title_full_unstemmed Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers
title_short Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers
title_sort indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers
topic Nursing home; Long-term care; Care home; Residential care; Survey
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48078/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48078/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48078/