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Advanced Research in Geriatric and Gerontological Nursing

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Aging".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 February 2024) | Viewed by 14762

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Carmen María Sarabia-Cobo

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Guest Editor
Department of Nursing, Universidad de Cantabria, IDIVAL, 39008 Santander, Spain
Interests: care; nursing; aging; dementia; person center; nursing school
Dr. Julia González-Vaca

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Department of Nursing, Universidad de Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Interests: dementia; pain; ageism; nursing homes
Dr. Ángela Fernández-Rodríguez

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ICASS, Gobierno de Cantabria, IDIVAL, 39011 Santander, Spain
Interests: bioethics; advance directives; dementia; nursing homes; active aging

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The world's population is aging, requiring increasing attention to be paid to chronic diseases and long-term care. Nursing care needs to be multifactorial and appropriate to the characteristics of the elderly population.

Nurses, as a health vehicle, are a fundamental pillar of health promotion and prevention. Their activities are aimed at a vulnerable and fragile population, which requires a high level of care. Being subjected to a high workload, this situation generates different perceptions in the nurse, not always positive, which hinder their performance of quality work.

This Special Issue on "Advanced Research in Gerontological Nursing” aims to provide an international forum for advancing knowledge and practice in geriatric and gerontological nursing. The peer-reviewed articles report on the latest advances in acute and chronic care of the elderly in all areas of life. This publication aims to contribute original papers focused on the care of the elderly, through an interdisciplinary, holistic approach and centered on a changing world. Scholarly papers on all aspects of nursing older people, including research, practice, education, management, and policy, are welcome.

The Special Issue accepts manuscripts reporting research, theory, integrative and systematic reviews, instrument development, and research methods, with the aim of improving the wellness and quality of care of the older adult population.

The journal is written specifically for all members of the interdisciplinary teams that work with older adults in any care setting. All submissions must reflect a consideration of an international readership and include an explicit perspective on geriatric and gerontological nursing.

Prof. Dr. Carmen María Sarabia-Cobo
Dr. Julia González-Vaca
Dr. Ángela Fernández-Rodríguez
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • aging
  • care
  • caregiving
  • carers
  • dementia
  • frailty
  • functional status
  • geriatric care
  • geriatric nursing
  • geriatric syndromes
  • geriatric
  • gerontological
  • nurses
  • nursing older people
  • person-centered

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Living Conditions and the Incidence and Risk of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Multifactorial Study
by Irene Escosura Alegre, Eduardo José Fernández Rodríguez, Celia Sánchez Gómez, Alberto García Martín and María Isabel Rihuete Galve
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 4921; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064921 - 10 Mar 2023
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Old age represents a social group that is undergoing continuous expansion. The aging population will be prone to chronic diseases and falls, which is a marker of frailty and a public health problem. This study aims to examine the relationship between living conditions [...] Read more.
Old age represents a social group that is undergoing continuous expansion. The aging population will be prone to chronic diseases and falls, which is a marker of frailty and a public health problem. This study aims to examine the relationship between living conditions and the prevalence of the risk of falls in older adults within the community. As an observational cross-sectional study, intentional sampling was carried out on residents of the metropolitan area over 75 years of age. The socio-demographic data of the subjects and their history of falls were collected. Additionally, the subjects were evaluated on the risk of falling, basic activities of daily living, such as walking and balance, fragility, and their fear of falling. The statistical analyses used were based on the Shapiro–Wilk test for normality, statistics of central tendency with description, mean (M) and dispersion, standard deviation (SD), bivariate contingency tables for studying the relationships between the variables, and the analysis of Pearson’s relational statistics (χ2). The comparisons of means were resolved by parametric or non-parametric routes. We obtained the following results: 1. The socio-demographic profile of our sample consisted of adults over 75 years of age, the majority of whom were overweight or obese women living in an urban area, specifically in an apartment, and receiving care; 2. Older people in the studied community had mild dependency and frailty, and were also at severe risk of falls; 3. The prevalence of falls was higher in women than in men in this study. Through these results, we confirmed the relationship between living conditions and the prevalence of risk of falls in older adults within the community. Full article
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Mindfulness-Based Intervention for the Reduction of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Nurse Caregivers of Institutionalized Older Persons with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
by Victoria Pérez, Ernesto J. Menéndez-Crispín, Carmen Sarabia-Cobo, Pablo de Lorena, Angela Fernández-Rodríguez and Julia González-Vaca
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(18), 11441; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811441 - 11 Sep 2022
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The recent COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the mental health of nurses caring for institutionalized older people. Caring in this environment can be complex, with higher levels of burnout and compassion fatigue in staff. It is therefore important to find interventions to increase [...] Read more.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the mental health of nurses caring for institutionalized older people. Caring in this environment can be complex, with higher levels of burnout and compassion fatigue in staff. It is therefore important to find interventions to increase the well-being of staff. Mindfulness training is known to be effective in treating a variety of physical and mental health conditions. This study sought to conduct a direct evaluation of the effectiveness of a combined online training in two types of mindfulness-based therapies for the reduction of compassion fatigue and burnout in geriatric nurses caring for institutionalized elderly people with dementia. In a randomized controlled trial (n = 39 experimental group, n = 35 control group), we explored whether individuals with high levels of burnout and compassion fatigue would benefit more from an online mindfulness training program. The outcome variable was the ProQoL professional quality of life scale, which was collected at baseline, at six weeks, and at three months after completion of the intervention. Significant differences were found between both groups for the subscales Compassion Fatigue and Burnout (p < 0.05), with a significant improvement in the experimental group (significant effect size). These findings were maintained at three months after the end of the intervention for both compassion fatigue (F1,28 = 18.14, p = 0.003) and burnout (F1,28 = 7.25, p = 0.040). However, there were no differences between groups for the satisfaction subscale. The effect of time and the effects of comparing the two groups after controlling for time were statistically significant for all three subscales of the questionnaire (all p values < 0.001), with effect sizes ranging from small to large (R2 change 0.10–0.47). These data indicate that the experimental condition was more effective, explaining between 10 and 18% more of the variance. A short, online intervention based on mindfulness training appears to be effective for reducing compassion fatigue and burnout in geriatric nurses, with sustained effects over time. Full article
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Effectiveness of Microcurrent Therapy for Treating Pressure Ulcers in Older People: A Double-Blind, Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial
by Juan Avendaño-Coy, Noelia M. Martín-Espinosa, Arturo Ladriñán-Maestro, Julio Gómez-Soriano, María Isabel Suárez-Miranda and Purificación López-Muñoz
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(16), 10045; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610045 - 15 Aug 2022
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The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of microcurrent therapy for healing pressure ulcers in aged people. A multicentric, randomized clinical trial was designed with a sham stimulation control. The experimental group received an intervention following a standardized protocol for [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of microcurrent therapy for healing pressure ulcers in aged people. A multicentric, randomized clinical trial was designed with a sham stimulation control. The experimental group received an intervention following a standardized protocol for curing ulcers combined with 10 h of microcurrent therapy daily for 25 days. The sham group received the same curing protocol plus a sham microcurrent stimulation. The studied healing-related variables were the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) and the surface, depth, grade, and number of ulcers that healed completely. Three evaluations were conducted: pre-intervention (T1), 14 days following the start of the intervention (T2), and 1 day after the intervention was completed (T3). In total, 30 participants met the inclusion criteria (n = 15 in each group). The improvement in the PUSH at T2 and T3 was 16.8% (CI95% 0.5–33.1) and 25.3% (CI95% 7.6–43.0) greater in the experimental group versus the sham control, respectively. The reduction in the wound area at T2 and T3 was 20.1% (CI95% 5.2–35.0) and 28.6% (CI95% 11.9–45.3) greater in the experimental group versus the control, respectively. Microcurrent therapy improves the healing of pressure ulcers in older adults, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Full article
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Transition from Nurses to Medicalized Elderly Caregivers: Comparison on Willingness between Traditional and Modern Regions in China
by Wenqing Gao, Shuailong Li, Zhuoyuan Chi, Fangfang Gong and Wenxi Tang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(10), 5950; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105950 - 13 May 2022
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As China is transitioning to an aging society, the Chinese government has proposed an eldercare pattern, called medicalized elderly care, to help solve the rapid aging and health care problems together. However, the shortage of elderly caregivers is a critical issue, with deficiency [...] Read more.
As China is transitioning to an aging society, the Chinese government has proposed an eldercare pattern, called medicalized elderly care, to help solve the rapid aging and health care problems together. However, the shortage of elderly caregivers is a critical issue, with deficiency both in quantity and quality. This study aims to survey nurses’ willingness to transition into medicalized elderly caregivers and compare it between modern and traditional regions. Nurses working in Guangdong (modern region) and Jilin (traditional region) were investigated using a self-administered questionnaire in October 2021. We analyzed the influencing factors through χ²-test, t-test a and binary logistic regression model and further explored the influence of region using propensity score matching (PSM). A total of 1227 nurses were included, with 726 (59.2%) of them showing willingness to transition. Nurses from traditional regions showed a significantly higher willingness to transition after PSM (p = 0.027). Other factors influencing nurses’ willingness were age, education, lived with older adults, participated in voluntary activities related to older adults, visited eldercare institutions, attitudes toward older adults, knowledge about older adults, hospice care attitudes and death attitudes. The willingness of nurses to transition was not high enough. To have more willing and skillful human resources for eldercare, we need a more “intimate society for older adults” in the first place. Full article
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